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Navigating Open-Source Security Risks: The Pursuit of Memory Safety in Open-Source Software

Government agencies are drawing attention to an issue plaguing open-source communities: memory-unsafe languages. A study entitled "Exploring Memory Safety in Critical Open Source Projects," led by prominent cybersecurity bodies, reveals some severe r...
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German State Abandons Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice

The German state, Schleswig-Holstein, has decided to mo...
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White House Warns: Move to Memory-Safe Languages

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Flash drive exposed US war plans

Flash drive exposed US war plans

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A senior Pentagon official will outline the anatomy of a 2008 attack on its military's Central Command system, which he admits was triggered by a booby-trapped thumb drive.

Wikileaks Latest Move Stretches Legal, Security Limits

Wikileaks' Latest Move Stretches Legal, Security Limits

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Wikileaks, the online whistleblower is growing ever more daring. Three days after signing a deal with Piratpartiet, the Swedish pirate-friendly political party, it's put up a password-protected, encrypted file on its site that anyone can download--or host.

Mariposa Botnet Creator Arrested

Mariposa Botnet Creator Arrested

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The FBI announced that as part of a two-year, cross-border investigation into the Mariposa botnet, authorities in Slovenia last week arrested a Slovenian citizen and charged him with being the botnet's creator. The suspect, a 23-year old known as "Iserdo," has not been named. He is currently free on bail.

Baidu hacking lawsuit allowed to proceed

Baidu hacking lawsuit allowed to proceed

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Baidu, China's leading Internet search company, has a "plausible" case against its U.S.-based domain registry for allegedly allowing a hacking attack that left the site disabled and defaced, a U.S. judge ruled Thursday.

FBI Raids

FBI Raids

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FBI agents have raided the homes of three alleged members of a hacker gang that harassed a security expert who helped put the group

Heartland ramps up first end-to-end encryption

Heartland ramps up first end-to-end encryption

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Heartland Payment Systems, the victim last year of a massive data breach of sensitive card data, vowed after that devastating event to develop new security gear based on end-to-end encryption between itself and its merchants to prevent such a breach from occurring again. That's now taking shape, but slowly.

Twitter Hacker Gets Slap on the Wrist

Twitter Hacker Gets Slap on the Wrist

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A French court this week convicted a man accused of hacking into the Twitter accounts of President Barack Obama and other celebrities, as well as obtaining private Twitter business documents that were eventually published on TechCrunch.

Vulnerability Summary for the Week of May 31, 2010

Vulnerability Summary for the Week of May 31, 2010

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The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) / United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). For modified or updated entries, please visit the NVD, which contains historical vulnerability information.

Federal agencies scrambling on DNSSEC implementation

Federal agencies scrambling on DNSSEC implementation

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In 2008, the Office of Management and Budget directed federal agencies to improve their domain name server (DNS) security by implementing DNS security extensions (DNSSEC), but 15 months later, many are still struggling to get there. The good news is that since OMB's December 2009 deadline passed, agencies are starting to catch up, taking advantage of both products and services coming on the market to make it easier to apply DNSSEC.

Un-Cryptic NSA Talks Crypto on IE Radio

Un-Cryptic NSA Talks Crypto on IE Radio

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Does business really have anything to learn from government? I pondered this notion, listening to Margaret Salter, one of the top encryption policy experts at the National Security Agency, on IE Radio this week.

Nasa hacker McKinnons extradition halted for review

Nasa hacker McKinnon's extradition halted for review

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New home secretary Theresa May has paused Gary McKinnon's extradition proceedings so she can fully consider the issues in his case. May has applied for a judicial review hearing, scheduled for Tuesday next week, to be adjourned, the Home Office said on Thursday.

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