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Security

June 2008

June 30, 2008

ICANN, IANA Get Pwnd

A Turkish hacker group known as "NetDevilz" was able to temporarily redirect visitors to the sites for Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Num... More >

June 27, 2008

BackTrack 3.0: Even More Hacking Tools

BackTrack 3.0 , a Linux based distribution focused on penetration testing (a.k.a. ethical hacking), has just been released. InfoWorld blogger Roger Grimes says the new version includes even more ha... More >

June 25, 2008

Stop SQL Injection Attacks

Microsoft is touting freeware to help guard against SQL injection attacks , which are becoming increasingly common , reports eWEEK .   The company created two of the tools itself, UrlScan Ver... More >

June 17, 2008

More Breaches Coming From Outside, Not Inside, Says Report

Verizon's 2008 Data Breach Investigations Report contradicts the growing belief that organizations have more to fear from threats on the inside rather than external agents, reports InfoWorld .  ... More >

June 13, 2008

Disgruntled Engineer Sent to Prison for Hacking

A network engineer has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for deleting patient data from the computer system of a family of 17 San Diego-based community health clinics where he former... More >

June 12, 2008

Most Companies Learn of Breaches too Late, Study Finds

Most breaches lead to compromised data within days, but most businesses don't learn about intrusions until months later, according to a study by Verizon Business.   The study looked at 500 brea... More >

Even Security Giants Aren't Immune from Attack

Security watchdog XSSed found 30 cross-site vulnerabilities on McAfee, Symantec and VeriSign sites . Computerworld reports that the bugs could be used to launch scams or inject malicious code. &nb... More >

Lawmakers Say China Hacks Their Computers

Two U.S. Congressmen say computers in their offices, as well as one used by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, have been hacked by sources inside China . They believe it is the work of the Chinese... More >

June 11, 2008

Hole Leaves Utilities Vulnerable to Attack

Researchers with Boston-based Core Security Technologies described to The Associated Press a software security hole that could allow attackers to take control of water plants, utilities and other... More >

University of Florida Warns 11,300 Students of Data Breach

The names, addresses and Social Security numbers of nearly 12,000 current and former University of Florida students were accidentally posted online. The university has mailed notification letters t... More >

June 9, 2008

Stolen Laptop Puts Stanford Employees at Risk for ID Theft

As many as 72,000 past and current Stanford University employees could be at risk for identity theft after a university laptop was stolen, reports The San Francisco Chronicle .   Standford of... More >

June 6, 2008

Telecommuting Can't Win for Losing

Rising gas prices and energy costs coupled with tighter business budgets are creating a bit of a catch-22 with British workers. A Microsoft-commissioned survey found that employees are becoming hesit... More >

June 4, 2008

Security Breach at Walter Reed

Walter Reed Army Medical Center is the latest government agency to suffer a security breach. FCW.com reports that personal information on about 1,000 patients may have been compromised. Officials ... More >

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