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CodeCon: Call For Papers

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CodeCon is the premier showcase of active hacker projects. It is an excellent opportunity for developers to demonstrate their work, and for coding hackers to find out about what's going on in their community. All presentations must be accompanied by . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 12, 2002

Vegas Braces for DefCon

Sin City is about to be packed with thousands of hackers, wannabe geeks and phreaks who envision the perfect world as the following: Computer networks would welcome curious exploration, all information would be openly shared, a lot of public toilets would . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 01, 2002

Cyberterrorism Conference Coming Up

A global summit focusing on cyberterrorism and the targets of critical infrastructures has been announced for next month. The event, Sector 5, will be co-produced by Gardner and Flight Event Work, and held in Washington, D.C., between August 21 and 23. . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 16, 2002

Security Industry's Hacker-pipming Slammed

I spent three days at H2K2 hoping someone would say something worth mentioning in The Register. Finally, on Sunday, a couple of speakers did just that (on which more tomorrow). Best of all was Gweeds' savage synopsis of a thing which. . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 15, 2002

Whole Lot of Happy Hacker Campers

Just eight hours after the East Coast's largest hacking conference opened its doors Friday, H2K2 had already taken on the feel of summer camp for enthusiastic engineers. While most are here to hack around the clock for a few days and. . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 15, 2002

Hacker group targets Net censorship

Some of the world's best-known hackers unveiled a plan this weekend to offer free software to promote anonymous Web surfing in countries where the Internet is censored, especially China and Middle Eastern nations. An international hacker group calling itself Hactivismo released a program on Saturday called Camera/Shy that allows Internet users to conceal messages inside photos posted on the Web, bypassing most known police monitoring methods.. . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 14, 2002

Who To Call About Computer Crime

How businesses should deal with law enforcement was a topic of discussion at INT Media Group's recent E-Security Conference and Expo in Vienna, Va. In separate sessions, attendees heard from David Green, principal deputy chief of the Department of Justice Computer . . .

Anthony Pell
Jun 14, 2002

Chief (in)security officer

The departure of these and other information security veterans from Fortune 500 companies reflects the beginning of turbulent times for chief security officers (CSO). Since Sept. 11, CSOs have faced new pressures to prove the value and effectiveness of their security measures, even as they struggle politically for legitimacy within their corporations and for support from the technology and business units they're trying to protect, say analysts.. . .

Anthony Pell
Jun 13, 2002

Security firms tout savings, not safety

At a recent publicity event here, two security companies and accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers showed off their latest tool for selling software: a calculator that lets clients estimate how much money they can save by using the companies' offerings.. . .

Anthony Pell
Jun 13, 2002

Desperately Seeking the Security ROI

Talk may be cheap, but the infosec price tag is not. It shouldn't come as a surprise that the infamous TCO (total cost of ownership) and ROI (return on investment) justifications have descended upon the unsuspecting troopers in the infosec trenches. Apparently, it's time for us security geeks to learn some new tricks.. . .

Anthony Pell
May 27, 2002

Tech consortium created to improve software reliability

A group of 18 organizations from all sectors of the economy has teamed with Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh to form a technology consortium dedicated to improving the reliability and security of commercial software. Armed with $30 million in seed . . .

Anthony Pell
May 23, 2002

Anti-Spammers at Odds Over MAPS Legal Issues

Anti-spammers are in disarray as a former employee is accusing Mail Abuse Prevention System LLC of "slimy" legal tactics. Nick Nicholas, former executive director at MAPS, posted comments online last week contending that MAPS executives had filed lawsuit affidavits that "are full of factual errors and material misrepresentations.". . .

Anthony Pell
May 13, 2002

Security Still an 'Afterthought'

Despite the current emphasis on security in the IT industry, CIOs and IT managers are still not paying enough attention to the problems facing their organizations, a panel of security experts said Wednesday. "Security is still very much an afterthought," said . . .

Anthony Pell
May 09, 2002

A New Degree Of Security

The University of Texas at Dallas has joined forces with businesses and law-enforcement officials to create a center for cybercrime education and research. The Digital Forensics and Security Institute includes the collaborative efforts of the Greater Dallas Crime Commission, the . . .

Anthony Pell
May 07, 2002

Def Con 10 Convention

The 10th anniversary of what has become the largest hacker convention on the planet! DEF CON 10 will be August 2nd to the 4th at the Alexis Park Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.. . .

Anthony Pell
May 02, 2002

Korean firm offers $100,000 in hacking competition

The first hacker to gain access to a server run by Korea Digital Works and leave their name on the site's front page this week will find it an enriching experience A Korean company is offering $100,000 (£70,000) in a 48-hour hacking competition, to be run this week. . . .

Anthony Pell
Apr 15, 2002

Seeing to the Health of the Body Corporate

Most security strategies are primarily defensive. The plan is to stop attacks at the front (firewall), back (server) and/or bedroom (desktop) doors. This plan has zero tolerance for failure because it has no component for dealing with and diagnosing successful attacks. So when the inevitable breach occurs, so do the 2 a.m. phone calls, 24-hour work details and extensive system scrubbing and reconstruction.. . .

Anthony Pell
Apr 01, 2002

Web security guidelines say technology is not enough

The Alliance for Electronic Business (AEB) is hoping to overcome distrust of e-business with a new set of web security guidelines. The move follows evidence that trust and confidence are still a major barriers to adoption of Internet trading by UK businesses.. . .

Anthony Pell
Mar 28, 2002

Hacker speaks out on security basics

Security holes exist in just about every application, but preventing an attack can be remarkably simple, says an expert hacker "It's simple," says Rain Forest Puppy. "Don't feel you have to...take it from Microsoft, just figure out what services lead to security risks and turn them off.". . .

Anthony Pell
Mar 25, 2002

Warriors to demo DDoS defence

The New Zealand Defence Force is to use an international conference to put a product created by Auckland company Esphion against distributed denial of service attacks through its paces. The event, known as the Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (Jwid), will involve . . .

Anthony Pell
Mar 24, 2002

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