Month: September, 2007
22 September, 2007 (17:34) | H@xor, Privacy, Security | No comments
NSA to defend against hackersIn a major shift, the National Security Agency is drawing up plans for a new domestic assignment: helping protect government and private communications networks from cyberattacks and infiltration by terrorists and hackers, according to current and former intelligence officials.
21 September, 2007 (16:17) | Geek | No comments
20 September, 2007 (20:56) | H@xor, Security | No comments
Hackers reveal day-to-day dangers
19 September, 2007 (19:11) | Darwin Candidate, Privacy, Rants | No comments
ATT continues seriously questionable criminal activities; first NSA, now the MPAAAT&T to Help MPAA Filter the Internet?
17 September, 2007 (20:56) | Geek | No comments
One less reason to adopt IPv6?
Cisco, Microsoft promote DHCPv6 instead of autoconfiguration
16 September, 2007 (21:48) | Geek, Gov, Privacy | No comments
Big Brother is watching us allThe US and UK governments are developing increasingly sophisticated gadgets to keep individuals under their surveillance. When it comes to technology, the US is determined to stay ahead of the game.
15 September, 2007 (22:54) | Linux, Open Source | No comments
Two Storage Engine Updates
15 September, 2007 (22:45) | Linux, Security | No comments
11 September, 2007 (17:58) | H@xor, Security | No comments
China seen as honing cyber-attack skillsIt denies hacking into a Pentagon computer system. But experts say its army has invested heavily in information warfare capabilities.
11 September, 2007 (17:57) | Security | No comments
10 September, 2007 (16:23) | H@xor, Security | No comments
OphcrackOphcrack is a Windows password cracker based on rainbow tables. It is a very efficient implementation of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method. It comes with a GTK+ Graphical User Interface and runs on Windows, Mac OS X (Intel CPU) as well as on Linux.
10 September, 2007 (16:22) | H@xor, Security | No comments
France joins Chinese hacking rowFrance has become the fourth country to speak out against hackers in China following an attack on French government systems.
10 September, 2007 (16:19) | H@xor, Security | No comments
Company says secure browsing is the future
10 September, 2007 (16:18) | Geek | No comments
Seven Wonders of the IT WorldThe fastest supercomputer. The most intriguing data center. The constantly changing core at the heart of Linux. Take a tour of the most impressive and most unusual marvels of the IT world.
8 September, 2007 (09:24) | Gov, H@xor, Security | No comments
Judge overturns portion of PATRIOT ActA Manhattan federal court judge ruled on Thursday that an anti-terrorism tool, known as a National Security Letter, cannot require that recipients remain mum on the existence of such requests without posing significant constitutional problems.
7 September, 2007 (16:19) | H@xor, Security | No comments
Storm worm botnet more powerful than top supercomputersThat’s the latest word from security researchers who are tracking the burgeoning network of Microsoft Windows machines that have been compromised by the virulent Storm worm, which has pounded the Internet non-stop for the past three months.
6 September, 2007 (20:45) | Darwin Candidate, Gov, Military | No comments
Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across AmericaSurely the late Stanley Kubrick is somewhere smiling at this one. Forbes.com has a story about a B-52 Bomber that mistakenly flew 6-nuclear tipped cruise missles across several states last week. The 3-hour flight took the plane from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30.
6 September, 2007 (20:43) | Gov, Privacy, Security | No comments
Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act
6 September, 2007 (20:05) | Darwin Candidate, Gov | No comments
Justice Department Opposes Net Neutrality:I was saddened (though not surprised) to read that the Justice Department opposes net neutrality saying that it could “hamper development of the internet.” While it may seem counter-intuitive to me, they argue that allowing ISPs to provide different levels of service/speed for different content will benefit consumers. They did promise to “continue to monitor and enforce any anticompetitive conduct to ensure a competitive broadband marketplace” — not that anyone was worried about that.”Read more of this story at Slashdot.
6 September, 2007 (20:01) | Gov, Military | No comments
Lockheed Martin “eats its own dogfood,” rolls out IPv6:With the federal government ready to invest a billion a year in IPv6, Lockheed Martin uses its own network as a showcase for the move to IPv6, and to highlight its networked warfare technology.Read More…
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