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Expert Insights on Cybersecurity Trends for 2021 and Future Threats

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Security Trends for 2001 - authoritative predictions from three sources. This PDF file contains comments from Alan Paller, Marcus Ranum, and others on the security trends we can expect to see in the coming year.

Anthony Pell
Oct 18, 2000

Andy Mueller-Maguhn Joins ICANN: Driving Internet Governance Reform

In November, the ultimate ICANN outsider will become one of its ultimate insiders. When Andy Mueller-Maguhn of Germany takes his seat on the ICANN (International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) board, he says he'll start tearing down the Internet governing . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 17, 2000

Comprehensive BSD Security Analysis: Crime Trends, Policies, Tool Insights

The topics covered where pretty comprehensive. Alan started with an outline of what is computer crime and then ended up with a quick guide to the latest script kiddie software. This, believe it or not, included running Nessus (a new script . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 17, 2000

ICANN Elects New Board Members Amid Global Representation Concerns

The first open balloting of board members to the non-profit group overseeing the Internet's name and address system led on Tuesday to the election of five regional directors, including a German hacker. The five new grass-roots members, each representing a major . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 11, 2000

San Francisco Event: Celebrate RSA Patent Expiration on Sept 21

The cryptorights folks are holding a party in San Francisco, California on September 21st." The last of the Big Crypto Patents --the RSA algorithm-- will officially expire and enter the Public Domain on 20 September 2000 (at midnight local time), two . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 18, 2000

Palante's DEFCON 8 Server: CTF Challenge Root Shell Exploit

The system had the same account and password as last year. There was a trivial vulnerable program in the home directory, resulting in a root shell. The kernel had been modified to include a form of access control called DTE which . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 09, 2000

DefCon VIII: Exclusive Highlights And Images From Las Vegas Event

Marc Blumenauer writes, "till today I did not find any useful information about the past DefCon VIII. I was there, and therefore I decided to write my own review and published exclusive images (256!) on my www site. please feel free . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 07, 2000

GOP Convention: Carnegie Mellon Discusses Network Security Risks

The secret service won't be the only high-profile security group in Philadelphia at the Republican National Convention. A computer security organization will sound the alarm over the increasing vulnerability of America's network-based society on Wednesday. . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 03, 2000

EU Parliament's Rejection Of Safe Harbor Plan Affects Data Transfers

The European Parliament's de facto rejection of a so-called safe harbor plan to promote data transfers between the European Union and the US has waxed into an unprecedented balance of power issue between the parliament and the European Commission.

Anthony Pell
Jul 11, 2000

Joe Barr Discusses Deception in Linux Security Training

Joe Barr takes off his rose-colored glasses and discovers deception and darkness are old hat in the world of computer security. This week I'm eating crow because I didn't follow my gut instinct on a story I wrote about Linux security . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 06, 2000

NSA And State Department Proactively Secure Against Cyber Threats

In the charge to protect computer systems against cyberattacks, the National Security Agency and the State Department are two prime examples of agencies that have taken a proactive approach. NSA is one of the federal agencies that have taken the . . .

Anthony Pell
Jun 21, 2000

CSIS Invests In Technology: Fighting Cyberterrorism Challenges

Canada's intelligence agency plans "significant investments" in advanced technology to try to keep pace with well-equipped terrorists and spies. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service said in its annual report yesterday that the growing use of modern communications, computers and encryption by . . .

Anthony Pell
Jun 16, 2000

SANS Security DC2000 Technical Training Event for Cybersecurity Pros

SANS Security DC2000 will be here July 5-10th, 2000. It is located at the JW Marriot Hotel in Washington DC. SANS will provide "In-depth training for people interested in developing skills and confidence as technical security professionals." . . .

Anthony Pell
Jun 02, 2000

Cybersecurity Initiatives: Tackling Global Cyber Threats Effectively

A group of leading Internet executives said today that cyber-related problems like the ILOVEYOU virus are international in nature; therefore, effective information security solutions must be pursued on an international basis. The Global Internet Project (GIP) released a statement at . . .

Anthony Pell
May 20, 2000

Call for Papers: Network Security Symposium on PKI and Firewalls

The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium is looking for authors for information on PKI, security policy, authentication, firewalls, and a handful of other exciting topics. . . .

Anthony Pell
May 16, 2000

Engaging Management on Security: Strategies and Justifications

Here's an article for people trying to justify security to their management. It talks about getting involved with the SANS organization, making the case for security, virus detection, PKI and E-Commerce, and more. "The first rule of IT . . .

Anthony Pell
May 11, 2000

Phrack 56: Analyzing DoS Attacks And Security Strategies

The latest issue of Phrack, a premier underground security magazine, has been released. This issue covers great information on Distributed Denial of Service attacks (including sample code), bypassing StackGuard, a tool that "eliminates buffer overflows", introduction to Pluggable Authentication . . .

Anthony Pell
May 01, 2000

Ethical Hacking Workshop for Linux Systems Security in New York

More than 20 students recently sat in a room on the 12th floor of a New York office building to learn how to hack into Linux systems. But it wasn't an underground session run by computer criminals; instead, these students . . .

Anthony Pell
Mar 29, 2000

Key Takeaways From Barry Diller's E-Commerce Keynote At NY Expo

The keynote for the Internet Electronic Commerce Expo in NY last week provides some tips on avoiding problems when developing an "e-business" front-end for your company. The article is worth reading, but I happen to think the 1 hour . . .

Anthony Pell
Mar 05, 2000

CERT CS-2000-01 Advisory: Critical Denial Of Service & BIND Threats

CERT Summary CS-2000-01 Tuesday, February 29, 2000 Each quarter, the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) issues the CERT Summary to draw attention to the types of attacks . . .

Anthony Pell
Mar 01, 2000

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