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U.S. Arms Dealer Tests Legal Bounds in Middle East Arms Bazaar

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2008-07-03 22:00:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
Former congressman Curt Weldon is helping broker deals between Russian and Ukranian weapons suppliers and the Iraqi and Libyan governments as part of his new job with a private American defense consulting firm, Wired.com has learned Weldon, who is currently being investigated by the FBI over alleged corruption during his time in office, visited...
 
Tags: arms brokers, brokers, infamous arms brokers, defense, firm defense solutions, arms, arms trade, international arms trade, russian weapons suppliers
 
 
 
 
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U.S. proposes digital signing of DNS root zone file

2008-10-10 04:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The U.S. government is seeking comments on a way to make the Internet's addressing system less susceptible to tampering by hackers
 
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U.K. companies offered 'password amnesty'

2008-10-10 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b61ee0 in Network World on Security
 
Authentication specialist Cryptocard is offering U.K. businesses the chance to test the company's remote access login service free-of-charge until year-end
 
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U.S. gov't proposes digital signing of DNS root zone file

2008-10-10 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b6a5c4 in Network World on Security
 
The U.S. government is soliciting input on a way to make the Internet's addressing system less susceptible to tampering by hackers
 
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Laptop containing personal information is stolen from U.S. Foodservice

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2008-07-07 23:35:13 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 6/13/08 Organization U.S. Foodservice, Inc Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Present and former employees, "and in a few instances, their dependents and applicants for jobs at USF Number Affected Unknown Types of Data names, social security numbers, home addresses, and/or dates of...
 
Tags: information, personal information, confidential information, protect information, information security policies, usf, usf policies, policies, security
 
 
 
 
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Focus on software assurance increases in U.S., U.K. and other markets

2007-11-15 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
I traveled quite a bit during the month of October - which was National Cyber Security Awareness month here in the U.S. - and there was one issue that came up frequently during my various business trips to locations around the U.S. and one to London: software assurance. It's really a continuation of a theme that I have come across during the...
 
Tags: security, information security, software assurance, government decision makers, product security, issue, systems, nefarious actors, business trips
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Customs Seizing Laptops

2008-02-12 12:23:17 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
I've heard many anecdotal stories about U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizing, copying data from, or otherwise accessing laptops of people entering the country. But this is very mainstream: Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Asian Law Caucus, two civil liberties groups in San Francisco, plan to file a lawsuit to force the...
 
Tags: customs, border, border agents, laptop, customs officers, san francisco, strongly recommend, electronic devices, laptops
 
 
 
 
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Did the Chinese PLA Attack the U.S. Power Grid?

2008-06-02 06:37:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
This article claims that the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army was behind, among other things, the August 2003 blackout: Computer hackers in China, including those working on behalf of the Chinese government and military, have penetrated deeply into the information systems of U.S. companies and government agencies, stolen proprietary information...
 
Tags: government, government officials, august 14th blackout, august, computer, officials, blackout, status computer, computer hackers
 
 
 
 
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Hundreds of Thousands of Laptops Lost at U.S. Airports Annually

2008-07-04 08:20:38 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
This is a weird statistic : Some of the largest and medium-sized U.S. airports report close to 637,000 laptops lost each year, according to the Ponemon Institute survey released Monday. Laptops are most commonly lost at security checkpoints, according to the survey. Close to 10,278 laptops are reported lost every week at 36 of the largest U.S....
 
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European court won't stop U.K. hacker's extradition to U.S.

2008-08-28 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News