Security News

'Hackers' deface UN site 12 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
A virtual-graffiti attack on sections of a United Nations site appears to be the work of three Turks previously spotted defacing an insurance site in Australia.

Source: Computerworld

U.S. gov't plans to revamp air passenger screening 10 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled changes to its air passenger screening program to bolster privacy protections.

Source: Computerworld

Former CA chief reports to prison next week 10 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
The long saga of former CA chief Sanjay Kumar's fraud conviction reaches a final phase as he reports to prison on Tuesday. Meanwhile, CA waits for a court to grant permission for the company to sue co-founder Charles Wang for fraud.

Source: Computerworld

Phishing researcher 'targets' the unsuspecting 10 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
A fool and his money are soon parted, they say, but if the fool's lucky it'll be Markus Jacobsson undertaking the walletectomy. The researcher at Indiana University in Bloomington perpetrates online phishing attacks to see what kinds of ruses fool Web surfers, and to predict what sorts of new attacks may arise.

Source: Computerworld

National ID? How about a global ID? 10 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
Efforts are coalescing to support distributed, integrated identity management and cross-credentialing across organizations, as a little-known group of non-profits, government contractors, commercial entities, and government agencies called the Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems puts its heads together.

Source: Computerworld

UK government slammed over bug in outsourced Web site 10 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
A Web site designed for use by U.K. visa applicants reveals damning organizational failures by the government agency charged with developing the site and ensuring its security.

Source: Computerworld

Contemplating mashups? Make room for security 10 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
Not only are mashups all the rage, they'll potentially a powerful force for for at your enterprise. But melding sources and services both internal and external to your firewall isn't without risk. InfoWorld's Dave Linthicum gives you a road map for proceeding.

Source: Computerworld

Universal to sell songs DRM-free 10 Aug 2007 11:17 GMT
Universal Music Group will test the sale of songs from artists such as Amy Winehouse, 50 Cent and the Black Eyed Peas, without customary copy-protection technology.

Source: Computerworld

Cisco.com goes dark on patch day 09 Aug 2007 14:56 GMT
On the same day Cisco released patches for multiple operating system and software vulnerabilities, the network routing and switching vendor suffered an outage that knocked the Cisco.com offline for about three hours.The outage, blamed on "human error [that] caused an electrical overload on the systems," affected support services, including access...
Source: ZDNet

RSA to buy data leak detection company Tablus 09 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
Finding a fitting match for their plans to offer a full portfolio of product to secure data behind the firewall, RSA has announced plans to purchase data-leak protection vendor Tablus.