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Yet another hole found in Netscape
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contributed by Sw3wn
In an attempt to test the security of many firewalls Federal Computer Week hired several "security companies" to try to break through them. Most of the firewalls held up beautifully. Which I find pretty amazing. I am surprised that the "security experts" at Deloitte and Touche, Ernst & Young and Security Design International Inc. could not do much better than simple DoS attacks.
Federal Computer Week
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contributed by Space Rogue
Scientific American actually gets it right. "The software equivalents of
crowbars and lock picks are available on-line. Hackers don't need to be
programmers these days any more than burglars need to be architects."
Scientific American
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contributed by Sw3wn
Updated!
Following concerns that foreign terrorists could gather to much info from public web sites, the U.S. Government has finnally drafted a policy on what can and can not be posted to Government web sites.
Federal Computer Week
MSNBC
In response to the new DOD policy the US Army has pulled all its web sites off line to undergo a major review.
Federal Computer Week
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Crackers getting in under Radar.
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contributed by Weld Pond
The Navy says that crackers are defeating some of the best intrusion detection software. By launching attacks that take days or weeks and operate very slowly it is difficult to detect them before they can cause damage.
C|Net
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SSA and VA vulnerable to cyber attack.
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contributed by Space Rogue
Testimony in front of the Government Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Fred
Thompson (Tenn), found that the Social Security Administration and the
Department of Veterans Affairs have major security problems within their
computer networks. Allowing possible intruders access to private medical
records and other information.
Federal Computer Week
And it gets worse as SSA employees sell private records to Credit Card Thieves.
Nando Times
A little late but other sites picked up this story Friday. Some of the things in these reports are pretty damn scary.
CMP Net
Detroit News
Nando Times
ZD Net
USA Today
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Contributed by Defiant
Updated!
Finnally someone is telling the Government what hackers have known for years. Windows NT is not secure! At least when it comes to C2 compliance. Hopefully the Navy and others will wake up in time, before they spend billions of our money to install it.
MSNBC
Wired - A little late but a better article.
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contributed by Space Rogue
It seems hypocritical of the US Government to be releasing pr0n to the public (i.e. Kenneth Star Report) and at the same making such actions criminal.
The Child Online Protection Act (CDA II) (H.R. 3783) requires web admins to limit access to
material considered 'harmful to minors'. The bill has passed the full Commerce Committee and is on its way to the House. Lets hope they are do busy dealing with Monica to vote this session.
Nando Times
CMP Net
ZD Net
Wired
Check to see if your congressman is a hypocrite.
TBTF - Cool Site
SurfWatch, CYBERSItter, BESS and Smart Filter have added the Starr report to
their list of banned items. How funny is that?
Censorware
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