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Security Matters: Lesson From the DNS Bug: Patching Isn't Enough

2008-07-23 19:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...security community, the details of a critical internet vulnerability discovered by Dan Kaminsky about six months ago have leaked. Hackers are racing to produce exploit code, and network operators who haven't already patched the hole are scrambling to catch up. The whole mess is a good illustration of the problems with researching and...
 
Tags: security, security engineer, security engineer brings, security holes, smart design choice, design, security engineers, kaminsky, dan kaminsky
 
 
 
 
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S.F. Admin Coughs Up Passcodes to Mayor

2008-07-23 14:30:00 by David Kravets in Wired Security
 
San Francisco regains control of its network after the city admin who hijacked the system nine days ago turns over the stolen passwords to Mayor Gavin Newsom in a secret jailhouse meeting
 
Tags: mayor gavin newsom, days ago, city admin, secret jailhouse, passwords, network, system
 
 
 
 
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Pentagon Slices and Dices Darpa Budget

2008-07-23 01:00:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
 
The Pentagon's storied research and development arm turned 50 years old this year. Its birthday present from the Pentagon brass: another $100 million in budget cuts
 
Tags: pentagon, pentagon brass, budget cuts, development arm, million, research, birthday
 
 
 
 
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Kaminsky on How He Discovered the DNS Flaw

2008-07-23 00:49:00 by Kim Zetter in Wired Security
 
Six months ago, security researcher Dan Kaminsky was looking for a faster way to host data on the internet. What he found was the biggest internet security hole in a decade
 
Tags: internet security hole, internet, months ago, host data, decade, faster
 
 
 
 
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Details of DNS Flaw Leaked; Exploit Expected by End of Today

2008-07-22 21:15:06 by Kim Zetter in Wired Security
 
The details of a critical vulnerability in a core internet infrastructure have leaked onto the web, despite efforts to keep the information under wraps. The security researcher who found the hole the the Domain Name System is now urging everyone to fix the vulnerability before it's too late
 
Tags: vulnerability, core internet infrastructure, critical vulnerability, details, security researcher, system, fix, information, hole
 
 
 
 
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Computer Security Dire as Malware Spammers Get Sense of Humor

2008-07-22 19:52:00 by Ryan Singel in Wired Security
 
Computer security threats are constantly changing, but what madness will ensue when online criminals start developing a sense of humor
 
Tags: online criminals start, computer security threats, humor, sense, madness, constantly, ensue
 
 
 
 
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Game Controllers Driving Drones, Nukes

2008-07-20 21:30:00 by David Hambling in Wired Security
 
War is getting more like a videogame, as hardware and software from the gaming industry is increasingly being adopted for military use. The latest sign of this appeared at the Farnborough air show this week, where arms-maker Raytheon showed off its new Universal Control System for robotic aicraft
 
Tags: universal control system, farnborough air, robotic aicraft, arms-maker raytheon, videogame, week, military, industry, increasingly
 
 
 
 
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Flying Without ID? Know What's in Your Files

2008-07-19 22:00:00 by Ryan Singel in Wired Security
 
Under new rules from the Transportation Security Administration, travelers who try to fly without ID will need to provide personal information from public records to convince federal employees to let them past the x-ray machines and onto the plane
 
Tags: convince federal employees, transportation security administration, provide personal information, x-ray machines, public records, plane, travelers, rules, past
 
 
 
 
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The Ghost in Your Machine: IPv6 Gateway to Hackers

2008-07-19 18:30:00 by Kim Zetter in Wired Security
 
It may be years before the new internet protocol IPv6 takes over from the current IPv4, but a security researcher is warning that many systems -- corporate and personal -- are already open to attack through channels that have been enabled on their machines to support IPv6 traffic
 
Tags: support ipv6 traffic, current ipv4, security researcher, machines, channels, systems, attack, personal