Security News

Lockstep repairs hacked Web sites with WebAgain
2002-02-20 08:17

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO68450,00.html By SAM COSTELLO IDG NEWS SERVICE February 19, 2002 Lockstep Systems Inc. Tuesday announced a new version of its WebAgain...

Tinfoil Hat Linux
2002-02-20 08:16

http://tinfoilhat.cultists.net/ What is Tinfoil Hat Linux? It started as a secure, single floppy, bootable Linux distribution for storing PGP keys and then encrypting, signing and wiping files. At...

Virus Responsible for Gates Security Memo
2002-02-20 08:10

Forwarded from: R. A. Hettinga http://www.bbspot.com/News/2002/01/security.html Thursday January 17 10:53 PM EST Virus Responsible for Gates Security Memo By Brian Briggs Redmond, WA - An...

Group warns of widespread security flaw among Internet network devices
2002-02-13 10:15

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/249685p-2354258c.html By D. IAN HOPPER, AP Technology Writer WASHINGTON (February 12, 2002 2:20 p.m. EST) - From desktop computers to traffic management...

Airline Web sites seen as riddled with security holes
2002-02-06 08:38

http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/stories/0,1199,NAV47-68-84-91_STO67973,00.html By DAN VERTON February 04, 2002 Increasing concerns about the potential for hackers to manipulate critical back-end...

Microsoft taps former DOJ cybercop for top security slot
2002-02-04 06:29

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO67871,00.html By Dan Verton and Deborah Radcliff Jan. 31, 2002 Computerworld has learned that Microsoft Corp. plans to name Scott Charney, the...

Payback time! How to catch a hacker
2002-01-31 10:08

Forwarded from: security curmudgeon I'm sure everyone will remember hackerwatch.org from last year, when they were the victim of an embarassing defacement. Commentary:...

Accused Los Alamos hacker freed, barred from using computers
2002-01-30 09:42

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/232587p-2233872c.html SAN JOSE, Calif. (January 29, 2002 9:44 p.m. EST) - A former Los Alamos National Laboratory computer specialist accused of hacking...

RE: Microsoft May Delay Products to Fix Security
2002-01-29 08:26

Forwarded from: "Thomas (Yahoo!)" [Originally sent on January 24, 2002, cleaning up the queue. - WK] Unless MS changes it's policy of "layering software" (i.e., Outlook 2K is actually eight or...

FBI's NIPC eyes major restructuring
2002-01-21 08:25

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO67424,00.html By DAN VERTON January 16, 2002 The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) is preparing for what could be a...