McAfee SiteAdvisor blocks SANS   30 Jul 2008 20:20 GMT
Showing you just how much they understand about security, McAfee blocked the SANS website, sans.org, as well as giac.org and sans.edu, with their SiteAdvisor application, listing it as a "bad" site. Interestingly enough, SANS sites are some of the best sites to go to for security related...
Source: ZDNet

HD Moore pwned with his own DNS exploit, vulnerable AT&T DNS servers to blame   30 Jul 2008 15:08 GMT
A week after |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit, HD Moore's company BreakingPoint has suffered a traffic redirection to a rogue Google site, thanks to the already poisoned cache at AT&T servers to which his company was forwarding DNS traffic : "It happened on Tuesday...
Source: ZDNet

Gary McKinnon – 'world's most dangerous hacker' – to be extradited   30 Jul 2008 14:20 GMT
The Guardian, out of the United Kingdom, is reporting that Gary McKinnon, the "world's most dangerous hacker", will be extradited to the United States to face criminal hacking charges. McKinnon, a 42 year old unemployed systems administrator from north London, allegedly hacked into systems belonging to the US army,...
Source: ZDNet

Study: Companies need to address telework security   30 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
A new study warns companies that allow telecommuting to pay more attention to security risks.

Source: Computerworld

Achiving Compliance Through Good Governance   30 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
(Source: Novell) Novell's Nick Nikols discusses achieving compliance through good governance.

Source: Computerworld

Enabling Identity and Security Management with Open Source   30 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
(Source: Novell) Novell's Dale Olds discusses enabling identity and security management with open source.

Source: Computerworld

Proven Compliance   30 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
(Source: Novell) Novell's Andrew Eliopoulos discusses the proven compliance with Novell's Identity and Security Management.

Source: Computerworld

Extradition appeal for British hacker dismissed   30 Jul 2008 12:38 GMT

A British hacker who admitted breaking into U.S. military computers hoping to uncover evidence of UFOs looks se...

Source: Computerworld

Green light for hacker's extradition   30 Jul 2008 12:02 GMT
The British hacker who broke into thousands of Pentagon and U.S. government computers may soon be extradited to the U.S. Britain's top court, the British House of Lords, refused to block the extradition Wednesday, according to an AP report. U.S. officials say he broke into military networks,...
Source: ZDNet

Extradition appeal for British hacker dismissed   30 Jul 2008 11:37 GMT

A British hacker who admitted breaking into U.S. military computers hoping to uncover evidence of UFOs looks se...

Source: Computerworld