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Korean firm offers $100,000 in hacking competition

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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

Group to set bug-reporting standards

Microsoft and other software makers met with several computer-security companies Thursday to hash out the last details of a group that will set guidelines for reporting software flaws that affect Internet security. Currently named the Organization for Internet Safety, the group . . .

Anthony Pell
Feb 22, 2002

Linux for the paranoid

Last weekend's CodeCon conference in San Francisco saw the launch of Tinfoil Hat Linux, a self-proclaimed "exercise in over engineering" and security. What started out as a secure, single floppy, bootable Linux distribution for storing PGP keys, and encrypting, signing and . . .

Anthony Pell
Feb 21, 2002

RSA: Securing Web services

Heavyweight security vendors and niche players alike are choosing the RSA Conference 2002 this week to present products designed to provide some of the missing pieces of real-world security environments for Web services.. . .

Anthony Pell
Feb 20, 2002

Dot-com dropouts share open-source love

Open-source programmers gathered this past weekend to share ideas and dreams about new methods for distributing encrypted data across the Internet and plans for a peer-to-peer wireless backbone. Aside from a common love of computing, the crowd gathered in the dim confines of a nightclub at the edge of Multimedia Gulch here shared another trait: Most of them are unemployed.. . .

Anthony Pell
Feb 19, 2002

Protecting Critical Information Infrastructures Conference and Exhibition

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. sent in a note about their upcoming conference. "For the FIRST time the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) will present their concept of the National Resilience Framework, developed as a basis for managing risk and resilience in key areas of the UK's infrastructure.". . .

Anthony Pell
Feb 19, 2002

BSIA and IAAC Form Strategic Partnership

Neil Robinson submitted information on their recent partnership with the BSIA. "The Information Assurance Advisory Council and the British Security Industry Authority (BSIA) today announced a partnership to promote a greater understanding of the overarching issues concerning physical and information security. While physical security provisions are integrated into the operating procedures of most organisations, information security is often overlooked. . . .

Anthony Pell
Feb 14, 2002

Saint emerges as hacker tackler

The IT industry has formed an alliance to tackle hackers, viruses and product vulnerabilities. The Security Alliance for Internet and New Technologies (Saint) is backed by the Department of Trade and Industry and supplier group the Computer Software and Services . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 20, 2001

ICANN ponders DNS hack defence role

In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) swept aside most of its scheduled agenda to explore its options in shoring up the security of the Internet's domain name system (DNS), . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 15, 2001

Industry Leaders to Form Network Identity Alliance-Liberty Alliance Project

The likes of organizations such as Cisco, Apache Foundation, O'Reilly, RSA Security, Sun Micro, Sprint and American Airlines are developing a competing open standards-based platform similar to Microsoft's Hailstorm network identity solution. Very cool. "In an unprecedented collaboration between some of . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 15, 2001

Rubi Con 2002

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. writes, "With security being a really hot topic, next year's Rubi-con security and technology conference looks very promising. Featuring a keynote by Steve Wozniak and presentations from ISS and many of the other big players in security, the fourth annual Rubi-con should be a great show.. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 15, 2001

ITxpo: Net devices worsen IT security problems

So-called "fixed devices," such as gaming consoles and digital satellites, have proven prone to hacking, which can lead to stolen services and intellectual property. Mobile devices are even more vulnerable because not only can they be physically lost or stolen but their transmissions can be easily intercepted, a breach that could enable data theft and virus infections.. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 12, 2001

LWN Loses Tucows Support

Linux Weekly News, founded four years ago and acquired by Tucows a year or so ago, is at risk of ceasing operations as Tucows cuts back on expenses. LWN is one of the original news magazines for the open source community, and they are seeking ideas to continue to operate during these financial straits.. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 11, 2001

MAPS, Experian settle antispam lawsuit

Mail Abuse Prevention System LLC (MAPS), a private, antispam group, and Experian eMarketing Inc. have settled a lawsuit over Experian's listing on the Realtime Blackhole List (RBL). Both sides announced the settlement late Wednesday.. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 07, 2001

The Black Hat Briefings Amsterdam 2001

Every year leaders in the security field are brought together to this conference to discuss the latest threats, trends, products, and influences in the Internet and security environment. Don't miss it. This year's topics include: Routing Protocol Attacks, Mobile Security: SMS . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 02, 2001

W3C patent plan draws protests

A new and controversial proposal under consideration by the World Wide Web Consortium could open the way for companies to claim patent rights--and demand royalties--on standards authorized by that body. The W3C works with developers, software makers and others to come . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 01, 2001

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