At The Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit North America, Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, discussed various topics related to Linux development and the challenges the open-source community faces. Torvalds addressed hardware errors, malic...
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 . . .
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 . . .
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.. . .
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.. . .
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.". . .
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. . . .
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 . . .
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), . . .
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 . . .
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.. . .
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.. . .
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.. . .
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.. . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
Speakers include PGP creator Phil Zimmermann and the inventor of Public Key cryptography Whitfield "Whit" Diffie. The National Intellectual Property Law Institute (NIPLI) and its Information System Security & Education (ISSE) Center today announced the International Cryptography Institute 2001 conference, the . . .
The Information Security Solutions Europe (ISSE) 2001 conference in London next week will attract many companies eager to improve computer security. The conference, which runs from this Wednesday until Friday at the QEII conference centre, will bring together government ministers, . . .
Businesses need to work harder on their e-business security in the wake of a report saying two-thirds have been attacked in some way. Company boards should do more to improve e-business security, as digital crime is deterring many firms from selling goods and services over the Internet, according to a recent report.. . .
One of the annoying aspects of implementing VPNs - getting them to work across corporate firewalls - could be resolved soon based on work by the Internet Engineering Task Force.. . .
A cloud of fear and uncertainty hung over the 10th annual Usenix Security Symposium here last week, as IT researchers wondered nervously whether they would be hauled off to jail by the FBI for revealing security flaws in an antipiracy technology . . .
