Security News

USENIX Security '11 Call for Papers Now Available
2010-12-23 09:14

Forwarded from: Lionel Garth Jones On behalf of the 20th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security '11) program committee, I am inviting you to submit high-quality papers covering novel and...

VA employees tap cloud apps on their own,	posing security risk
2010-12-23 09:12

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20101222_6852.php By Bob Brewin Nextgov 12/22/2010 Computer savvy Veterans Affairs Department employees have started to use Internet-based services and tools that...

Call for Papers: Cyber Security in International Relations
2010-12-21 06:15

Forwarded from: Brent Kesler Call for Papers: Cyber Security in International Relations Submissions due: February 1, 2011 Strategic Insights, an online journal published by the Center on...

Gawker tech boss admits site security was crap
2010-12-21 06:14

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/18/gawker_hack_aftermath/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 18th December 2010 Gawker Media plans to overhaul its web infrastructure and require...

Size of DDoS group 'doesn't matter', security agency says
2010-12-17 07:16

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-threats/2010/12/16/size-of-ddos-group-doesnt-matter-security-agency-says-40091193/ By Jack Clark @mappingbabel ZDNet UK 16 December, 2010 The number of people...

County upgrades computer security for audit report
2010-12-17 07:16

http://www.dewitt-ee.com/articles/2010/12/15/news/doc4d08eed477f4f744440444.txt By Christina Verderosa Dewitt Era Enterprise December 15, 2010 Arkansas County has spent a great deal of time in the...

Nuclear security urgently reviewed after Sellafield is found to be vulnerable to terrorists
2010-12-17 07:16

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2010/12/16/nuclear-security-urgently-reviewed-after-sellafield-is-found-to-be-vulnerable-to-terrorists-115875-22786725/ By James Lyons Daily Mirror 16/12/2010...

Secrecy News -- 12/14/10 - JASON: SCIENCE OF CYBER SECURITY NEEDS MORE WORK
2010-12-15 06:00

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:15:22 -0500 From: Steven Aftergood Subject: Secrecy News -- 12/14/10 (alt list) SECRECY NEWS from the FAS Project on Government...

NASA OIG: Annual Report, "Federal Information Security Management Act: Fiscal Year 2010 Report from the Office of Inspector General
2010-11-15 06:15

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=35306 Source: NASA Office of Inspector General Posted Friday, November 12, 2010 Annual Report, "Federal Information Security Management Act: Fiscal...

Cyber-criminals steal identity of one of the world's top security chiefs using Facebook
2010-09-20 05:46

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1313381/Cyber-crooks-steal-identity-Ronald-K-Noble-worlds-security-chief--FACEBOOK.html By Daily Mail Reporter 19th September 2010 The head of...