[ISN] Navy contractor charged with sabotaging computer system

2006-06-27 Thread InfoSec News
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=106658&ran=64860 By TIM MCGLONE The Virginian-Pilot © June 27, 2006 NORFOLK - A Navy contractor has been charged with sabotaging a computer system that plots the locations of ships and submarines. The computer intrusion could have caused coll

[ISN] Apple updates Mac OS to squash bugs

2006-06-27 Thread InfoSec News
http://news.com.com/Apple+updates+Mac+OS+to+squash+bugs/2100-1002_3-6088787.html By Joris Evers Staff Writer, CNET News.com June 27, 2006 Apple Computer on Tuesday released an update for its Mac OS X that repairs several security flaws and includes feature updates. The update, Mac OS X 10.4.7,

[ISN] Navy: Exposed personal data was Katrina-related

2006-06-27 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.fcw.com/article95068-06-27-06-Web By Bob Brewin June 27, 2006 The Navy said the personal information of more than 30,000 sailors that a civilian Web site exposed pertains to sailors and their families located in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Lt. Justin Cole, a spokesman for th

[ISN] U.S. vulnerable to 'cyber Katrina' ’

2006-06-27 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/41172-1.html By Alice Lipowicz Contributing Writer 06/27/06 The United States is poorly prepared for a "cyber Katrina," with no coordinated plan for restoring and recovering the Internet after a major disruption, according to a new Business Roundtable report [1]

[ISN] Does Wi-Fi security matter?

2006-06-27 Thread InfoSec News
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39277577,00.htm By Tom Espiner ZDNet UK June 27, 2006 People 'just don't care' about Wi-Fi security according to researchers, but some senior security experts argue there's no need to secure networks at all A large percentage of Wi-Fi networ

[ISN] VA Asking for More Money After Data Theft

2006-06-27 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/27/AR2006062700134.html By HOPE YEN The Associated Press June 27, 2006 WASHINGTON -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson promised Congress on Tuesday he could turn his agency into a "model for information security" but said lawmake

[ISN] HSBC customers hit by Bangalore breach

2006-06-27 Thread InfoSec News
http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39159940,00.htm By Andy McCue 27 June 2006 A security breach at HSBC's offshore data processing unit in Bangalore has led to £233,000 being stolen from the accounts of a small number of UK customers. A 24-year-old worker at the HSBC operation has b

[ISN] Ohio University Sued As Result Of Data Theft

2006-06-27 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/9431401/detail.html June 27, 2006 ATHENS, Ohio -- Two graduate students have filed lawsuits against Ohio University due to recent data thefts from school computers. Donald Jay Kulpa, 31, of Cincinnati, and Kenneth Neben, 34, formerly of Columbus and now livi