NetSec

11.15.2012

"The convergence of biological and computer viruses" from Jaren

posted by GeeWhiz Thursday, November 15, 2012

11.12.2012

Support Forums Reveal Soft Underbelly of Critical Infrastructure

"We hear a lot about vulnerabilities in industrial control system (ICS) software. In fact, that’s all we seem to hear about these days. The truth is: there’s a lot to write about. In just the last month, the Department of Homeland Security’s ICS-CERT warned its members about the ability of sophisticated – and even unskilled – attackers to use tools like the Shodan and ERIPP search engines to locate and attack vulnerable industrial control systems (PDF) that are accessible from the public Internet. In the meantime, every couple of weeks brings revelations about serious and remotely exploitable software holes. Most recently, ICS-CERT warned about a critical vulnerability EOScada (PDF), a Windows-based Energy Management System that is used to configure and manage intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) used in electrical, water, sewage and gas applications."

Found from Slashdot ( Support Forums Reveal SCADA Infections )

posted by smw Monday, November 12, 2012

NASA DTN Protocol: Interplanetary Internet, How It Works, What LEGOS Have to To With It

NASA is calling it the interplanetary Internet, and announcements have been hitting in recent weeks regarding the sending of the first emails, voicemails and, of late, news of an experiment that involved remote controlling of a LEGO space robot with it. But what’s truly cool is the technology enabling it — it’s a protocol called Delay-Tolerant Networking, better known as DTN.

At its heart is Vint Cerf’s Bundle Protocol (BP), a version of the IP protocol he helped develop to pioneer the Internet decades ago.

posted by smw Monday, November 12, 2012

The New Face of Energy Insecurity

The future of energy insecurity has arrived. In August, a devastating cyber attack rocked one of the world’s most powerful oil companies, Saudi Aramco, Riyadh’s state-owned giant, rendering thirty thousand of its computers useless. This was no garden-variety breach. In the eyes of U.S. defense secretary Leon Panetta, it was “probably the most destructive attack that the private sector has seen to date.”

From Slashdot ( The Cyber Threat To the Global Oil Supply )

posted by smw Monday, November 12, 2012

11.11.2012

Yet another Adobe 0-day... "Security Firm Finds Zero-day Exploit Capable of Bypassing Adobe Reader Sandbox" from Gerald

posted by GeeWhiz Sunday, November 11, 2012