DefCon: Hacking meetup infiltrated by Dateline 'media mole'   03 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
Attending DefCon? Playing Spot the Fed is so '90s. This year, organizers say there's a female field producer from Dateline NBC attending the show -- with a hidden camera. That can't be good.

Source: Computerworld

Study: IRS security vulnerable to social engineering   03 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
Despite years of taking steps to raise employee awareness, IRS workers are apparently quite susceptible to social engineering.

Source: Computerworld

Patchy antivirus coverage for 64-bit Vista   03 Aug 2007 12:54 GMT
Virus Bulletin security certification body tested a number of antivirus software solutions for 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and discovered that security firms are struggling to provide satisfactory protection for the operating system and users.Here's how an article on vnunet.com describes the situation:Of the 20 antivirus product tested, 35 per...
Source: ZDNet

An antidote for the Blue Pill?   03 Aug 2007 12:35 GMT
Is Joanna Rutkowska's legendary Blue Pill unbeatable? A number of security researchers presented their cases for the possibility of trumping virtual-machine rootkits, and even Rutkowska herself acknowledged that one researcher has come closer than any other to devising a detection method.

Source: Computerworld

Researchers flag VoIP exploits at Black Hat   03 Aug 2007 11:33 GMT
Looking for a way to hack a VoIP-based phone system? Black Hat was the place to be on Thursday, as investigators from iSec discussed half a dozen methods of compromising a voice-over-IP installation.

Source: Computerworld

Diebold voting machines vulnerable to virus attack   03 Aug 2007 11:33 GMT
The current scourging of electronic-voting systems continues as researchers report that Diebold Election System's e-voting machines can be compromised quite simply by an attacker, and are not secure enough to guarantee a trustworthy election.

Source: Computerworld

Bug hunting start-up: Pay up, or feel the pain   03 Aug 2007 11:00 GMT
An upstart security research firm with a controversial business model is at the center of a debate over how software bugs should be disclosed.Vulnerability Discovery and Analysis (VDA) Labs, founded in April by Jared DeMott, notifies software vendors of security bugs found in their software, as do many other security...
Source: ZDNet

Bug hunting start-up: Pay up, or feel the pain   03 Aug 2007 11:00 GMT
VDA Labs, which finds flaws in software, has a unique business model that's at the center of a debate over bug disclosure.
Source: ZDNet

Researchers warn that rootkits aren't the only threat   03 Aug 2007 10:32 GMT
Rootkits are bad enough, but let's not forget the assortment of other network threats out there, admonished a speaker Thursday at Black Hat 2007.

Source: Computerworld

Beijing starts IT testing for Olympics   02 Aug 2007 16:17 GMT
Testing gets under way a full year before the event opens, with 500 worst-case scenarios to be rehearsed.
Source: ZDNet