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...
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 . . .
Hackers are back. The brief lull in the otherwise noisy thrashing about of the hacker community is over. With the FBI arrest last month of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov at the DEFCON hacker convention, hackers have a new poster boy for . . .
On April 25, Pilot Network Services went out of business, abandoning 200 customers that relied on them for something rather important: security. ... the end came quickly. Pilot employees received four e-mails in rapid succession. The first said the phones would be disconnected. The second added that pagers and mobiles would be taken away. The third said the CFO had resigned. And for anyone who couldn't see the elephant-not just in the room but squirting river water in their faces-the last e-mail said, "At 4:30 p.m., you're fired." . . .
A survey of American companies reveals that not only are companies' networks being attacked six or more times per year, but these attacks are becoming increasingly criminal in nature, compromising private information, destroying valuable data and exposing businesses to significant liability. . . .
Internet privacy activists and "hacktivists" have announced a day-long cyber-protest intended to jam a computer surveillance network whose existence isn't acknowledged by the governments said to run it. The activists set October 21 as "Jam Echelon Day," calling on individuals to . . .
A group of Internet activists hopes to bring attention to the controversial U.S.-led communications spy network Echelon with a "Jam Echelon Day." But privacy experts say the protest as planned will have a minimal effect on the sophisticated surveillance system. Organizers . . .
