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22 January 2005
Harvard’s Data Security Nightmares
Want to keep a university IT systems administrator up at night? Publish an article in the campus newspaper (and the online version, of course) on how to hack the system. That’s apparently what happened at Harvard University yesterday.According to the article, until recently any Internet user could follow a simple, three-step procedure to access the [...]
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20 January 2005
Beware of the “Evil Twin”
UK researchers recently warned wireless network users to beware of counterfeit wireless access points that might steal personal information and other data. Dubbed “Evil Twins,” these wireless access points are placed in public areas by hackers to fool users into thinking they are legitimate. Once a user logs in, the hackers can intercept information crossing [...]
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1 October 2004
National Cyber Security Chief Quits
The head of the National Cyber Security Division, Amit Yoran, resigned yesterday. The division was created in 2003 to implement the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, a program designed to implement better security on computer networks. Yoran gave no reason for his resignation except that he “felt the timing was right to pursue other [...]
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30 September 2004
It’s a Bird, it’s a Plane, it’s a . . . Security Blimp?
The Defense Department is testing a new security blimp in the skies above Washington DC. The white blimp is equiped with, among other things, Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment (RAID) sensor equipment, which is currently used in Iraq and Afghanistan to detect ground threats to U.S troops.Only a few weeks ago, the decision by Greek [...]
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21 September 2004
Chicago’s Smart Cameras
Chicago mayor Richard Daley recently announced the city’s plans to implement a sophisticated new monitoring system. The system combines Chicago’s existing network of surveillance cameras with “intelligent” software that can sense when a person is acting suspicious near a known terrorist target.Suspicious-type actions include wandering aimlessly, loitering outside a building, or dropping a package. If [...]
