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Iran's Cyber Army Hacks 1, 000 US, British, French Gov't Websites InfoSec News (Aug 31)
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8906081424

FARS News Agency
2010-08-30

TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian cyber group announced that it has hacked more
than 1,000 important governmental websites of the US, Britain and France
in protest at their support and financial aids to anti-Iran terrorist
groups.

"To commemorate the Day of Campaign against Terrorism and the martyrdom
anniversary of (former Iranian President Mohammad Ali)...

Darpa’s Star Hacker Looks to WikiLeak-Pr oof Pentagon InfoSec News (Aug 31)
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/08/darpas-star-hacker-looks-to-wikileak-proof-the-pentagon/

By Spencer Ackerman
Danger Room
Wired.com
August 31, 2010

Tomorrow's WikiLeakers may have to be sneakier than just dumping
military docs onto a Lady Gaga disc. The futurists at Darpa are working
on a project that would make it harder for troops to funnel classified
material to WikiLeaks -- or to foreign governments. And that means if
you work...

State retiree data breached InfoSec News (Aug 31)
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100831/NEWS02/8310324/State+retiree+data+breached

By J.L. MILLER
The News Journal
August 31, 2010

DOVER -- In a data breach that one security expert said could be worth
millions of dollars to scam artists, Aon Consulting, the state's
benefits consultant, inadvertently posted personal information of about
22,000 state retirees on the Web, potentially exposing them to identity
theft for the rest of...

HP Holds Navy Network 'Hostage' for $3.3 Billion InfoSec News (Aug 31)
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/08/hp-holds-navy-network-hostage/

By Noah Shachtman
Danger Room
Wired.com
August 31, 2010

Someday, somehow, the U.S. Navy would like to run its networks -- maybe
even own its computers again. After 10 years and nearly $10 billion,
many sailors are tired of leasing their PCs, and relying on a private
contractor to operate most of their data systems. Troops are sick of
getting stuck with inboxes that hold...

Focus on Secrecy Could Hamper Pentagon's Cybersecurity Plans InfoSec News (Aug 31)
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/focus-secrecy-could-hamper-pentagons-cybersecurity-plans-083010

By Paul Roberts
Threatpost.com
08/30/2010

The former head of the Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Security
Division warns that the U.S. military's preoccupation with secrecy could
hamper efforts to get the upper hand in cyber security.

An article last week by the U.S Deputy Secretary of Defense put the U.S.
military's cybersecurity plans...

Obama to loosen rules on technology exports InfoSec News (Aug 31)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/30/AR2010083004278.html

By Howard Schneider
Washington Post Staff Writer
August 30, 2010

The Obama administration is overhauling the decades-old rules for the
export of sensitive military and other technology, jettisoning what
industry groups criticize as an antiquated "Cold War" set of regulations
for a more streamlined approach.

After a year-long review by officials at...

[Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, August 22, 2010 InfoSec News (Aug 31)
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Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary
Week of Sunday, August 22, 2010

5 Incidents Added.

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DataLossDB is a research project aimed at documenting known and reported data loss incidents world-wide. The Open
Security Foundation asks for contributions of new incidents and new data for...

IT Security Unleashes Employee Complaints InfoSec News (Aug 31)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/client/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227101732

By Mathew J. Schwartz
InformationWeek
August 30, 2010

For 12% of CIOs, hearing complaints from employees over IT security
measures -- specifically, limits on their access to certain types of
websites or networks while using the office network -- is a common
occurrence. Meanwhile, 29% of CIOs say such gripes are at least
"somewhat common."...

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION-3rd Summer School on Network and Information Security (NIS'10) InfoSec News (Aug 29)
Forwarded from: Ioannis Askoxylakis <asko (at) ics.forth.gr>

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
3rd Summer School on Network and Information Security (NIS'10)
Jointly organized by ENISA and FORTH
13-17...

Pentagon considers preemptive strikes as part of cyber-defense strategy InfoSec News (Aug 29)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/28/AR2010082803849.html

By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
August 28, 2010

The Pentagon is contemplating an aggressive approach to defending its
computer systems that includes preemptive actions such as knocking out
parts of an adversary's computer network overseas - but it is still
wrestling with how to pursue the strategy legally.

The department is developing a...

Audit finds computer misuse at state employment agency InfoSec News (Aug 29)
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/08/27/1645949/audit-finds-computer-misuse-at.html

By Michael Biesecker
newsobserver.com
Aug. 27, 2010

RALEIGH - Employees at the state agency tasked with helping unemployed
North Carolinians find jobs were instead using their government
computers to play games and burn copies of bootleg DVDs, a state audit
shows.

The Office of the State Auditor launched the investigation at the
Employment Security...

New DDoS Botnet Hits Nearly 200 Websites InfoSec News (Aug 29)
http://www.darkreading.com/database_security/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227100032

By Kelly Jackson Higgins
DarkReading
Aug 26, 2010

A new botnet built for knocking websites offline has attacked mostly
Chinese and some U.S. sites, according to researchers.

About 90 percent of the command and control servers running YoyoDdos,
the nickname given the botnet by researchers at Arbor Networks who have
been studying and tracking...

3 areas where FUD needs to stop InfoSec News (Aug 29)
http://www.csoonline.com/article/606263/3-areas-where-fud-needs-to-stop

By Joan Goodchild
Senior Editor
CSO
August 26, 2010

There is a new breed of animal appearing in the infosec community,
according to Dr. Jimmy Blake, chief security officer for Mimecast, a
cloud-services company based in London, and host of the blog Cloud
Computing and Bad Behavior. The new breed is what he calls the
"attention monger" (he actually used a more...

Linux Advisory Watch: August 27th, 2010 InfoSec News (Aug 29)
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| LinuxSecurity.com Linux Advisory Watch |
| August 27th, 2010 Volume 11, Number 35 |
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| Editorial Team: Dave Wreski <dwreski () linuxsecurity com> |
| Benjamin D. Thomas <bthomas () linuxsecurity...

Gareth Williams: 'backroom boy' spy was really a high-flier InfoSec News (Aug 29)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7969595/Gareth-Williams-backroom-boy-spy-was-really-a-high-flier.html

By Gordon Thomas
Telegraph.co.uk
29 Aug 2010

The Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham is Britain's
last great secret. Now it is in the focus of intense speculation among
its stunned staff. Never before has one of their own been murdered. In
GCHQ's cafes, the seating area around the lawn at the core of the...

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