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2.27.2010

 
An alleged hacker has been hailed as a latter-day Robin Hood for leaking data about the finances of banks and state-owned firms to Latvian TV



2.26.2010

 
Military allows Twitter, other social media

"The Pentagon announced on Friday it has authorized the use Twitter, Facebook and other so-called "Web 2.0" sites across the U.S. military, saying the benefits of social media outweighed security concerns."

 
Comcast Goes DNSSEC, OpenDNS Adopts Alternative DNS Security



2.25.2010

 
Cryptome taken offline by legal threats from Microsoft - Wikileaks still has the document posted - Microsoft Global Criminal Compliance Handbook - Get it while you can but there is nothing in it that seems remotely sensitive or interesting. Cryptome needs a new home... preferably somewhere offshore.



2.24.2010

 
Virus brings Norfolk's computers to a screeching halt

 
Rise of the Point-and-Click Botnet

 
Attackers going after end users rather than servers



2.23.2010

 
Chuck Norris Botnet Karate-chops Routers Hard

"Security experts say that various types of botnets have infected millions of computers worldwide to date, but Chuck Norris is unusual in that it infects DSL modems and routers rather than PCs."



2.22.2010

 
Please Support Education and Arts Funding

Education and arts funding are at a dangerous new low. Please take the time to get involved to ensure that arts and education continue to be a priority in our society. Here in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the House is proposing the elimination of the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Contact your legislators to let them know that arts and education are important to you. In Virginia, this web application will allow you to look up your legislators and to contact them electronically. If you can, please send a physical letter as such letters make a difference when the deciding votes are cast. Support for the arts and science education go hand-in-hand. Creativity is the essence of innovation and without the arts, we will have fewer engineers, inventors, and scientists in an increasingly bleak future.



2.18.2010

 
Russia Today report on "Cyber ShockWave".

 
More on Norfolk Time Bomb Case from Cathy - City workers apparently thought that wiping the source of the code was a _good_ idea. Oops. Not good. Why did the city not follow sound incident response processes and how could officials let this happen?



2.17.2010

 
Core Integrates Its Penetration Testing Product With Metasploit



2.16.2010

 
New e-Book --- Attack Simulation and Threat Modeling

"a book that explores the abundant resources available in advanced security data collection, classification, processing and mining. It attempts to give insight into a number of alternative methods of security and attack analytics that leverage methodologies adopted from various other disciplines in extracting valuable data to support security research work and chart a course for enterprise security decision making."

It is released under the GNU FDL v1.3 License and can be downloaded
here: Attack Simulation and Threat Modeling.pdf


Another book by the same author: Security Analysis and Data Visualization.pdf


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Awareness: Four Signs of an Easy Victim on Social Networks

 
Since Helix went the way of pay-ware last year many have been looking for an alternative. The Italian project Caine, could be the answer. The project is under active development and shows real promise.

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2.12.2010

 
Google TiSP (BETA) - Free wireless broadband!



2.11.2010

 
The Bi-Partisan Policy Center’s Cyber ShockWave will take place on February 16, 2010 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, DC. The simulation will begin at 10:00AM followed by a question and answer session with the participants, the audience and media.

Read more.

 
DISA to Create 'DMZ' to Reduce Exposure to Attacks

 
Researchers at Cambridge University have shown a method proving that EMV chip & PIN is broken.



2.09.2010

 
Issue 24 of [In]Secure Magazine available. PDF here



2.08.2010

 
Manual Automation
A VMware, EMC and HP customer's experiences.
http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/ManualAutomation

 
VMWare Tutorials!
http://www.vmwaretutorials.com/

 
Fake servers sell better than real servers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/27/idc_gartner_virt_server/

 
VMware boasts a half mil vSphere downloads
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/23/vmware_vsphere_downloads/





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