US security chiefs tricked in social networking experiment
guardian.co.uk — In just a month, Sage made connections with hundreds of people from the US military, intelligence agencies, information security companies and government contractors. The 25-year-old navy cyberthreat analyst was invited to speak at security conferences and offered jobs at companies including Google and Lockheed Martin. (Submitted by rufioho) More…
Hole-y WiFi! WPA2 vulnerability found
networkworld.com — Perhaps it was only a matter of time. But wireless security researchers say they have uncovered a vulnerability in the WPA2 security protocol, which is the strongest form of Wi-Fi encryption and authentication currently standardized and available. (Submitted by alphadoggs) More…
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Certified Lies: Big Brother In Your Browser
networkworld.com — You probably feel safe when you see the padlock on your browser window indicating secure communication with your bank or e-mail account. What if instead of worrying about man-in-the-middle attacks, it became government-spy-in-the middle eavesdropping? Is Big Brother spying on you? Yes... (Submitted by ThePowerDigger) More…
Australian Governments Secret Plans To Spy On Web Surfers
smh.com.au — The federal government has censored approximately 90 per cent of a secret document outlining its controversial plans to snoop on Australians' web surfing, obtained under freedom of information (FoI) laws, out of fear the document could cause "premature unnecessary debate". (Submitted by BullHunter) More…
RapidShare Scores Another Win Against Movie Studio
torrentfreak.com — RapidShare takes all reasonable measures to prevent movies from being distributed through its web-service, a German court ruled yesterday. The Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf overturned the earlier decision of a local district court in a second case brought by movie outfit Capelight Pictures. (Submitted by mklopez) More…
Accused spyware sender: I’m too good to have gotten caught
networkworld.com — Don’t you dare question this guy’s cloak-and-dagger cred. One town official in Massachusetts has accused another of sending him e-mail intentionally laden with spyware. The accused, who claims a “background in intelligence,” not only denies sending the spyware but fumes at the mere suggestion anyone would think he could be caught had he done so (Submitted by alphadoggs) More…
Vendor Inaction Leads Researcher to Disclose Safari, IE flaw
arstechnica.com — White Hat Security CTO Jeremiah Grossman says that the four major browsers have critical weaknesses that have yet to be addressed by their respective companies, and could expose users' passwords, e-mail addresses, and more to attackers.Grossman plans to demo a proof-of-concept attack at next week's conference. (Submitted by astorygirl) More…
Is ubiquitous encryption technology on the horizon?
networkworld.com — Will ubiquitous encryption of important network traffic ever happen? A group of researchers are talking up a technology they say could make end-to-end encryption of TCP traffic the default, not the exception. (Submitted by alphadoggs) More…
Cyberwarrior Shortage Threatens U.S. Security
npr.org — Analysts estimate there are as few as 1,000 people in the U.S. with the skills needed to defend complex computer systems against attack -- and 20 to 30 times that many are needed. And so the race begins to recruit American cyberwarriors. (Submitted by amprather) More…
Court Bans The Pirate Bay From The Netherlands
torrentfreak.com — In a full trial the Amsterdam Court has confirmed an earlier judgment and ordered The Pirate Bay to stop all their activities in The Netherlands. The Court ruled that the site's operators were assisting copyright infringement. If the three 'operators' fail to ban Dutch users, they will have to pay penalties of 50,000 euros per day. (Submitted by mklopez) More…
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Privacy Watchdog, ESRB, Leaks 1,000 Emails
networkworld.com — An employee for a privacy group made a rookie mistake by sending a Reply-All email and actually breached the privacy of people who had emailed their concerns to the group about their privacy. ESRB did not remark on if the Reply All privacy breach resulted in an email storm. An email storm can take down email servers similar to a DDoS attack... (Submitted by angel_wardriver) More…