contributed by Apocalypse Dow
Jon Johansen, the 16-year-old Norwegian member of the Masters of Reverse Engineering (MoRE) and co-author of DeCSS has given an interview to "Linux World". Definitely a good interview that sheds some light on the whole case. (Especially liked the part about him backing up the source code to his cell phone.)

CNN
OpenDVD.org

contributed by Weld Pond
Online bank X.com has denied recent media reports of a security breach. The company does acknowledged that six unauthorized transactions totaling less than $10,000 combined had taken place sometime between mid-December and mid-January. According to the company these suspicious transactions do not constitute a security breach but are in fact a policy issue. (Bad policy can lead to poor security.)

Newsbytes

contributed by Code Kid
In the last two months Microsoft has issued 16 security advisories on its own products, other companies have issued additional advisories as well. So what is the problem? Is it, as Microsoft claims, the wide deployment of Microsoft products or is it the ravages of an unfriendly press?

Sm@rt Reseller - via Excite News

contributed by Joey
Cringely, who normally has useful stuff to say, delivers a muddled message on the state of ecommerce and security. He says that no system is perfectly secure, and that major intrusions are inevitable. Unfortunately, he then draws an absolute relationship between key length and security, never mentioning implementation as being a factor in the value or safety of crypto products. (He also confuses trashing with social engineering. It is depressing to see a programmer/journalist who was at the first Defcon deliver such a mediocre piece.)

PBS

contributed by Apocalypse Dow
With the cold war all but over international spies need new employment. many of them are earning a living snooping around on the internet. With their services for hire anyone can get the information they desire.

MSNBC

contributed by napalm and Xenos
Issue #3 of Napalm and Issue #4 of Digital Defiance have been released.

Napalm
Digital Defiance