Views: 7,385 You all probably remember the big kerfuffle that occurred after RSA got hacked, it was widely assumed that the SecurID system was compromised somehow and could not be relied on. We reported about it in the article – RSA Silent About Compromise For 7 Days – Assume SecurID Is Broken – where we […]
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The Homeland Security Department Suffered More Than 800 Successful Hack Attacks
Views: 6,438 [ad] Not just attempts, but 844 successful intrusions over the past two years, quite a scary statistic no? They are actually having a subcommittee hearing entitled “Hacking the Homeland”. This includes all kinds of intrusions including web site hacks, viruses, worms and other kinds of intrusion. DHS and its constituent agencies have suffered […]
Homeland Security Uncovers Critical Flaw in X11
Views: 12,879 An open-source security audit program funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has flagged a critical vulnerability in the X Window System (X11) which is used in Unix and Linux systems. A missing parentheses in a bit of code is to blame. The error can grant a user root access, and was […]
Homeland Security Scores an F for Internal Security AGAIN
Views: 4,294 [ad] Well I would have thought these guys should have had a little better security.. The Department of Homeland Security received an F (Failing) grade in cybersecurity from the House Government Reform Committee for the third year in a row. The Committee will likely give the Fed a D+ overall for its cybersecurity […]