[funsec] Ursino-Pulmonary Resuscitation

A conservation officer in Prince George, B.C., used his CPR training to save a bear's life after it was tranquillized. http://links.cbc.ca/a/l.x?T=jncickgjklbngjplmlpfgppmea&M=32 Rather interesting risk factors involved ... == (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) r

[funsec] SCADA Watch: AT&T Enters Smart Grid Sensor Business

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Via NetworkWorld. [snip] Now that the United States has committed $4.5 billion to implement so-called smart grid technology over its energy infrastructure, AT&T is trying to stay ahead of the curve by getting into the smart grid sensor business. AT&

Re: [funsec] Email patterns can predict impending doom

Just because admins have access to the data doesn't mean they are the only ones that can consume it. Most organizations do analytics on their data. We use numerous sources of logs to find customers that Marketing wants to target (or "retarget") to sell more stuff to. We use IT Search tools like Sp

Re: [funsec] DefCon Web Site?

> I will make a comment that I hate these white text on black > background sites. It's quite difficult to read. Not nearly as hard as black text on a white background. My actual point here is that this kind of preference is very idiosyncratic - it's one reason I strongly dislike today's Web cult

Re: [funsec] DefCon Web Site?

Date sent: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:56:08 -0400 From: Alex Eckelberry > I will make a comment that I hate these white text on black background > sites. It's quite difficult to read. Oh, but it's so edgy! And 133t! And kinda sp00ky, as if there was script hiding in

Re: [funsec] DefCon Web Site?

I will make a comment that I hate these white text on black background sites. It's quite difficult to read. But I suppose it's the fashion. Alex From: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org] On Behalf Of Zamri Besar Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 6:40 A

Re: [funsec] Email patterns can predict impending doom

The technique is generally grouped under Social Network Analysis, and there've been some interesting research efforts with it. Kathleen Carley over at CASOS uses the techniques to identify key figures in criminal networks; I have a paper sitting around here somewhere that uses SNA metrics

Re: [funsec] DefCon Web Site?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 security curmudgeon wrote: > > http://twitter.com/thedarktangent/status/2288114054 > Ah... Thank you! Jon - -- Jon R. Kibler Chief Technical Officer Advanced Systems Engineering Technology, Inc. Charleston, SC USA o: 843-849-8214 c: 843-813-2924 (

Re: [funsec] DefCon Web Site?

http://twitter.com/thedarktangent/status/2288114054 On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Jon Kibler wrote: : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- : Hash: SHA1 : : Hi, : : Can anyone get to the DEFCON web site? I have been trying since Sunday : and I cannot get the site to respond. I have tried from 3 differen

Re: [funsec] DefCon Web Site?

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Jon Kibler wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > Can anyone get to the DEFCON web site? I have been trying since Sunday > and I cannot get the site to respond. I have tried from 3 different > locations, with the same non-response. >

[funsec] DefCon Web Site?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Can anyone get to the DEFCON web site? I have been trying since Sunday and I cannot get the site to respond. I have tried from 3 different locations, with the same non-response. http://www.defcon.org/ Thanks! Jon - -- Jon R. Kibler Chie

Re: [funsec] Sony and the Internet

David Harley wrote: > Michael Lynton, CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, quoted in Information > Age (no link): "I'm a guy who doesn't see anything good having come from the > Internet. Period." > > I guess comment spamming "Year One" hasn't paid off, then. > For their business model, all I ha

[funsec] Sony and the Internet

Michael Lynton, CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, quoted in Information Age (no link): "I'm a guy who doesn't see anything good having come from the Internet. Period." I guess comment spamming "Year One" hasn't paid off, then. -- David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP Director of Malware Intelligence

Re: [funsec] Email patterns can predict impending doom

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Juha-Matti Laurio wrote: > What Enron case can teach to us... > > "Email logs can provide advance warning of an organisation reaching crisis > point. > That's the tantalising suggestion to emerge from the pattern of messages > exchanged by Enron employees. > > Aft

[funsec] SquirrelMail's webserver compromised

Published: June 16th, 2009 by Jonathan Angliss "At approximately 1700 GMT, on June 16, it was discovered that the SquirrelMail webserver had been compromised. The project administrators took immediate action to mitigate any futher compromises, locking all accounts out, and resetting critical pas

[funsec] Email patterns can predict impending doom

What Enron case can teach to us... "Email logs can provide advance warning of an organisation reaching crisis point. That's the tantalising suggestion to emerge from the pattern of messages exchanged by Enron employees. After US energy giant Enron collapsed in December 2001, federal investigato