Articles tagged as "security"

Worm press release template
Keep this handy for the next MS Worm. Posted to RISKS 22.53: .
2 Mar 2003 • 2 min read
Bsa Joins Ranks With Riaa In Threatening Without Cause
The BSA (Business Software Alliance) is now taken to sending out threatening letters based on the results of a web/ftp spider search for the word “Office”. The RIAA has done similar things in searching for “pirated” music by keyword and then automatically mailing.
28 Feb 2003 • 1 min read
Microsoft Spyware
yware
26 Feb 2003 • 1 min read
More On Santa Clara E Voting
Just heard an NPR story on the Santa Clara e-voting saga. A vote today did not decide on whether they would only go with a system with a paper ballot. Only to test such a system.
26 Feb 2003 • 2 min read
Homeland Quot Security Quot Measures Coming Under Fire
I heard someone talk about how in the 50’s and 60’s everyone was building bomb shelters for protection against nuclear attack and fallout but now people are being told that some tarp and duct tape are all that is needed.
26 Feb 2003 • 1 min read
Now It'S 8 Million Credit Cards Stolen
"In what is believed to be the biggest credit card hacking incident so far, Omaha-based Data Processors International, which processes transactions involving Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover Financial Services for merchants, said in a statement that it had “recently experienced a system intrusion by an unauthorized outside party.”
26 Feb 2003 • 1 min read
Acm Joins Opposition To Tia
o-tia
25 Feb 2003 • 1 min read
Santa Clara County More Clueless Electronic Ballot Junkies
Santa Clara County faces key decision on electronic ballots
25 Feb 2003 • 1 min read
Study shows Linux defect rate much better than commercial Unix
A study of TCP/IP code of various commercial and open source operating systems found that the defect rate in the Linux implementation was much better than others studied.
25 Feb 2003 • 1 min read
Scuba Diving Computer Recall
From RISKS 25.57.
25 Feb 2003 • 5 min read