Security News

Microsoft Security Exec Sees Improvements
2000-07-26 08:10

http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,17825,00.html The company has taken several steps, including faster distribution of software patches, he says. by Gary H. Anthes, Computerworld July...

Heading off Cyber-geddon
2000-07-26 04:28

http://triblive.com/business/bcyb0725.html July 25, 2000 By: Paul Beebe TRIBUNE-REVIEW A hacker breaks into the computers at the Worcester, Mass., airport control tower. Someone shuts down Miami's...

PowerGen coughs up after security scandal
2000-07-22 07:04

http://www.uk.internet.com/Article/100322 James Middleton 21 Jul 2000 PowerGen is in the process of writing to each of its 7000 online customers to offer them 50 compensation for inconvenience...

IMPORTANT MEMO: Los Alamos National Laboratory [Humor]
2000-07-18 02:45

Forwarded By: "James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng" IMPORTANT MEMO To: All staff, Los Alamos National Laboratory From: Bill Richardson, Secretary of Energy Dear staff members: Due to an unfortunate...

Analyst says break-ins reveal continued vulnerabilities at              NASA
2000-07-17 16:40

http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO47186,00.html BY Ann Harrison (Jul. 14, 2000) The arrest of two New Yorkers accused of breaking into NASA computers points to ongoing...

Request for Experts and IT Decision Makers to be quoted in              ComputerWorld (fwd)
2000-07-13 21:39

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:18:04 -0400 From: Pete Loshin To: dcsb () ai mit edu Subject: Request for Experts and IT Decision Makers to be quoted in...

Security, the Way It Should Be
2000-07-11 06:51

http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/frame/0,1213,NAV47_STO46810,00.html July 10, 2000 BY DEBORAH RADCLIFF Today, security is often provided by patched-together, reactionary defenses, which many...

Scanning the World
2000-07-10 07:59

Forwarded by: infosec () infosec 20m com http://www.securityfocus.com/news/56 Scanning the World A mysterious California company is sweeping the net for live hosts, and touching off alarms around...

FBI involves itself in Verio merger
2000-07-07 01:05

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Perry E. Metzger" To: cryptography () c2 net ------- Start of forwarded message ------- From: Dave Farber Subject: IP: Important Security Update?...

Hacker attacks welcome.. I'm sure they are.
2000-07-05 20:13

http://www.attrition.org/security/rant/z/jericho.003.html Hacker attacks welcomed.. I'm sure they are. The new article reads: Openhack data will help e-businesses develop the appropriate balance...