Security News

Codename of the day: Nitrogen 27 Aug 2008 22:50 GMT
The Microsoft codename contest continues. Today's entry is Nitrogen, which is the next version of Microsoft's ISA Server. by Mary Jo Foley
Source: ZDNet

Taiwan busts hacking ring, 50 million personal records compromised 27 Aug 2008 18:45 GMT
Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau CIB has successfully tracked down and arrested six people in what the CIB believes to be the biggest personal data breach in Taiwan to date. Apparently, the group also managed to obtain personal data on Taiwan's current and former presidents : "The suspects are believed...
Source: ZDNet

The Gammima Strain 27 Aug 2008 18:10 GMT
Photo: NASA Is the International Space Station just another bot in a botnet? Are criminal hackers tapping away in some dark warehouse now in control of critical command-and-control systems on board? No, that would make a good Michael Crichton novel, though. It seems some...
Source: ZDNet

Worst news for McCain is not from Denver 27 Aug 2008 16:12 GMT
The news is that even a milder form of McCain's skin cancer puts patients at increased risk, not just for more skin cancers, but for other cancers as well. by Dana Blankenhorn
Source: ZDNet

Virtualization software revives dumb terminals, cuts IT costs 27 Aug 2008 15:57 GMT
With computers growing smarter by the day, why would anyone want to step back more than a decade and fill office cubicles with dumb terminals? The answer is simple - to keep cubicle computers in service longer, uncluttered and free of malware, viruses and hacking programs. At...
Source: ZDNet

Has Firefox already matched IE privacy features? 27 Aug 2008 14:29 GMT
Perspectives, hatched at Carnegie Mellon, thwarts so-called "Man in the Middle" attacks on SSH secure sites by creating a virtual notary that can check the validity of an unsigned security certificate. by Dana Blankenhorn
Source: ZDNet

Major security hole found in iPhone 27 Aug 2008 14:24 GMT
Gizmodo has unearthed a security flaw in the iPhone OS and boy is it a doozy. According to the post it's simple to access a locked iPhone's address book, Mail, SMS, Contacts, and Safari. The vulnerability works like this on a password protected and locked iPhone: ...
Source: ZDNet

Terror threat system crippled by technical flaws, says Congress 27 Aug 2008 13:00 GMT
A U.S. House subcommittee is warning that a $500 million IT project designed to "connect the dots" on terrorist plots and help prevent another 9/11 attack could turn out to be a failure.

Source: Computerworld

Malware infects space station laptops 27 Aug 2008 13:00 GMT
Malware has managed to get onto the International Space Station, NASA confirmed today. And it's not the first time that a worm or virus has made it into space.

Source: Computerworld

The key to data security: Separation of duties 27 Aug 2008 13:00 GMT
Separation of duties is a key control in finance, and it should be required in information security, too. It requires that no one person is able to compromise information.