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REMINDER : HITBSecConf2009 - Malaysia: Call for Papers

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:21:43 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 3

Forwarded from: Praburaajan <prabu (at) interunix.com.my>

Hi all - just a reminder that the Call for Papers for HITB Security
Conference 2009 Malaysia (October 5th - 8th) is closing on the _31st of
July_. If you have something new and kick-ass to show the world, do
submit!

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Hacker Robs Bullitt County Of 415,000

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:21:25 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 3

http://www.wlky.com/news/19922512/detail.html

WLKY.com
July 1, 2009

BULLITT COUNTY, Ky. -- Someone has hacked into Bullitt County's online
bank account and stolen more than $415,000.

County officials held a special meeting on the topic Wednesday night to
inform residents about what...

U.S. takes aim at cyberwarfare

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:21:00 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 3

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/02/us-takes-aim-at-cyberwarfare/

By Shaun Waterman
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
July 2, 2009

The Pentagon's decision last week to establish a unified cybercommand to
defend the military's computer networks and attack those of U.S. enemies
raises at...

Month Of Twitter Bugs exposes micro-blogging flaws

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:20:48 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 3

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/03/twitterpwn/

By John Leyden
The Register
3rd July 2009

The Month Of Twitter Bugs has begun with the publication of a flaw in a
URL shortening service often used in conjunction with the micro-blogging
service.

Four cross-site scripting (XSS)...

Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2009-27

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:20:32 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 3

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The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary
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Two Centuries On, a Cryptologist Cracks a Presidential Code

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:20:14 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 3

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124648494429082661.html

By RACHEL EMMA SILVERMAN
The Wall Street Journal
July 2, 2009

For more than 200 years, buried deep within Thomas Jefferson's
correspondence and papers, there lay a mysterious cipher -- a coded
message that appears to have remained...

âRogue brokerâ blamed for oil spike

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:20:01 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 3

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0ae2b2a-66f7-11de-925f-00144feabdc0.html

By Javier Blas and Izabella Kaminska in London
FT.com
July 2 2009

The startling spike in oil prices to their highest level this year on
Tuesday was caused by a rogue broker who placed a massive bet in the
Brent oil...

Security Guard Busted For Hacking Hospitals HVAC, Patient Information Computers

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:50:23 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 2

http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218300006

By Kelly Jackson Higgins
DarkReading
July 01, 2009

A former security guard for a Dallas hospital has been arrested by
federal authorities for allegedly breaking into the facility's HVAC and
...

Heartland Completes First Step in End-to-End Encryption

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:50:10 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 2

http://www.cutimes.com/News/2009/6/Pages/Heartland-Completes-First-Step-in-EndtoEnd-Encryption-.aspx

By David Morrison
Credit Union Times
6/30/2009

Heartland Payment Systems, the card processor whose 2008 security breach
may have compromised the most card data ever, announced it has...

Web Vigilante Arrested for Disrupting Rolling Stone Site, Others

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:49:54 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 2

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/former-perverted-justice-member-arrested-for-ddosing-rolling-stone-radar/

By Kim Zetter
Threat Level
Wired.com
June 30, 2009

A software developer authorities say once worked with the online
vigilante group Perverted Justice has been charged with...

Stealthy click fraud tool exploits 9ball attack

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:49:35 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 2

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/01/stealthy_click_fraud_malware/

By John Leyden
The Register
1st July 2009

Miscreants have developed one of most sophisticated click fraud malware
applications to date.

The Trojan code - dubbed FFsearcher by security firm SecureWorks - plugs
into a...

Details of Chinese malware revealed to all

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:49:21 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 2

http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=118471

By Owen Fletcher
IDG news service
02 July 2009

A massive database of Chinese malware has been opened up to other
security companies.

Beijing-based KnownSec gathered the viruses and other information with a
crawler that scans...

Man Fueled ID Theft Scheme With Dumpster Diving

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:49:05 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 2

http://cbs13.com/local/identity.theft.scheme.2.1066693.html

By Ron Jones
CBS 13
Jun 30, 2009

Police have arrested a man who allegedly admitted to stealing the
identities of more than 500 people by going through the trash of local
banks and businesses.

The criminal complaint filed against...

Govt Agencies Told To Set Up Business Continuity Plan

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:48:52 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 2

http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/200907011688/Local-News/govt-agencies-told-to-set-up-business-continuity-plan.html

By The Brunei Times
01 July 2009

A Business continuity plan should be drawn up by all government agencies
to ensure that their duties are carried out in the possibility...

Juniper Networks Gags quotATM Jackpotquot Researcher

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:17:05 -0500 (CDT)

Posted by InfoSec News on Jun 30

http://risky.biz/news_and_opinion/patrick-gray/2009-06-30/juniper-networks-gags-atm-jackpot-researcher

By Patrick Gray
RISKY.BIZ
June 30, 2009

A security researcher due to "jackpot" an ATM live on stage at the upcoming
Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas has had his talk...