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EPA Claims Vastly Improved Security  01 August 2006 
Source: eWeek - Posted by Efren J. Belizario   
Even with the renewed scrutiny being given to government IT systems in light of the recent laptop theft at the Department of Veterans Affairs, officials working with the Environmental Protection Agency say the organization has significantly improved its security operations.

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OSDL to Host LinuxWorld Event Devoted to Healthcare IT  23 July 2006 
Source: LinuxInsider - Posted by Ankit Patel   
Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) is planning to host the first-ever Healthcare Day at LinuxWorld San Francisco on August 15, the Beaverton, Ore.-based firm announced this week.

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Black Hat 2006 set to expose security flaws  20 July 2006 
Source: Computer Weekly - Posted by Efren J. Belizario   
This month’s Black Hat USA 2006 conference will again expose security vulnerabilities in some of the world’s biggest network and IT suppliers’ products. Serious flaws are set to be demonstrated in various technologies by security researchers at the Las Vegas hacking gathering.

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Open Source encryption module loses FIPS certification  18 July 2006 
Source: GCN.com - Posted by Efren J. Belizario   
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has revoked certification of the open-source encryption tool OpenSSL under the Federal Information Processing Standard. OpenSSL in January became one of the first open-source software products to be validated under NIST’s Computer Module Validation Program for FIPS-140-2. The certificate apparently was suspended in June when questions were raised about the validated module’s interaction with outside software elements.

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U.K. ISPs to share data for spam study  11 July 2006 
Source: Computer World - Posted by Ankit Patel   
A new set of guidelines may pave the way for dozens of Internet service providers in the U.K. to participate in a research project into the problem of spam, estimated to make up 60% or more of the world's e-mail traffic.

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After lawsuit, Cisco embraces Black Hat  15 June 2006 
Source: Infoworld - Posted by Efren J. Belizario   
The bad blood between Cisco Systems Inc. and organizers of the Black Hat conference appears to be a thing of the past. One year after suing the hacker conference for allowing security researcher Michael Lynn to disclose a security vulnerability, Cisco is returning to Black Hat -- this time as one of the show's top sponsors. Black Hat USA will be July 29 to Aug. 3 in Las Vegas.

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Cybersecurity Contests go National  01 June 2006 
Source: www.securityfocus.com - Posted by Paul VonBurg   
It has all the makings of a B-movie plot: A corporate network targeted by hackers and a half dozen high-school students as the company's only defense. Click here for Core!! Yet, teams of students from ten different Iowa high schools faced exactly that scenario during a single night in late May in the High School Cyber Defense Competition. The contest tasked the teenagers with building a network in the three weeks leading up to the competition with only their teachers, and mentoring volunteers from local technology firms, as their guides.

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Black Frog takes up Blue Frog spam challenge  24 May 2006 
Source: www.vnunet.com - Posted by Paul VonBurg   
Blue Security may have been forced to close because of denial of service attacks from spammers, but the internet community is determined to carry on its work.

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Reclusive Linux Founder Opens Up  20 May 2006 
Source: www.cnn.com - Posted by Paul VonBurg   
Portland, Oregon is the unlikely capital of a global software revolution. The revolution is called Open Source. And its leader? Linus Torvalds, the reclusive founder of Linux. Linux is the free software code developed by a global community of programmers. It's also the world's fastest growing operating system and number two behind Microsoft.

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The e-Crime Congress 2006. March 30 & 31 2006  27 March 2006 
Source: e-crime Congress - Posted by Eric Lubow   
The e-Crime Congress 2006 will seek to challenge conventional attitudes on e-Crime and examine how business, government and law enforcement can continue to work together in order to tackle a threat that undermines public confidence in the Internet as a viable and secure commercial medium for the future.

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