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Source: Light Blue Touchpaper - Posted by Eckie Silapaswang
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What if everyone one day took everything that "could" be used "maliciously" and with "evil intent" (even though there are many benefits to these things) and just deemed them illegal right off the bat? A hacksaw could be used to cause bodily harm (in horror movies mostly), yet it's a valuable tool for carpenters - why should there be an evaluation on its intent? In the following article, see how the government may be deeming "dual use" security tools illegal before they are even used - authors of these tools may be prosecuted if they intended the tool to be used illegally.Write Comment |
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Source: pcworld.com - Posted by Bill Keys
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"Red Hat Linux received a new level of security certification that should make the software appealing to government agencies." Is this a good thing for getting other Linux Distro's accepted to be a secure platform for government agencies to use? Also is this a step forward for the Linux community to get more exposure or just for Red Hat as a company? I think this is good for Red Hat however we will have to wait and see if any government agencies really take action and use Linux to help solve their security problems.
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Source: Dark Reading - Posted by Eckie Silapaswang
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Many of Estonia's government agencies are still unreachable via the Web today after hackers launched denial-of-service attacks that rendered many of their sites useless over the weekend. Write Comment |
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Source: Dark Reading - Posted by Eckie Silapaswang
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The United States is vulnerable to a "strategically crippling cyber attack" by enemies around the world, experts told Congress yesterday.
Testifying before the House Committee on Homeland Security, high-profile experts said the federal government's cyber defenses have become dated and may leave the country open to an attack -- "not by a conventional weapon, but by a cyber weapon." Write Comment |
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Source: msnbc - Posted by Bill Keys
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A break-in targeting State Department computers worldwide last summer occurred after a department employee in Asia opened a mysterious e-mail that quietly allowed hackers inside the U.S. government's network.
In the first public account revealing details about the intrusion and the government's hurried behind-the-scenes response, a senior State Department official described an elaborate ploy by sophisticated international hackers. They used a secret break-in technique that exploited a design flaw in Microsoft software.
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