NSA Metadata Program Likely Not Cost-Effective, Researchers Say

While much of the coverage of the surveillance programs revealed by Edward Snowden have focused on the legality and constitutionality of the collection of metadata and Internet traffic in the name of counter-terrorism and national security, the question of whether these programs are actually cost...

Snowden-Leaked NSA Budget Shows Code-Breaking Investments

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden quantify the resources supporting an extensive intelligence community crypto-cracking program. Tens of thousands of people and billions of dollars are behind the Consolidated Cryptologic Program, as reported yesterday by The Washington Post. Signals...

Non-profit Hospice Hit with Large Fine for Small Data Breach

An Idaho non-profit hospice has been fined $50,000 for losing a laptop containing unencrypted data on 441 patients. The laptop was stolen in February 2011 from a hospice worker’s car and never retrieved, according to news accounts. But Hospice of North Idaho officials say there is no evidence the...

Cyber threats a major risk to business

When it comes to security, small and midsize businesses are largely unaware of the risks they face. Cybercrime is a serious problem which affects businesses of all sizes and can have devastating consequences. U.S. small businesses should understand they cannot completely remain safe from...

Gathering Threat Intelligence With Open Tools

Threat intelligence is one of the go-to buzz phrases for many people in the security industry right now, and it’s thrown in so many contexts and situations, it’s quickly becoming almost meaningless. Most people understand that they need to get better information about what’s happening both on the...

NASA Compromised

And then there was NASA. Poor NASA. This was a tough year for the formerly high-flying and universally beloved U.S. space agency. Not only has their budget seen deep cuts as the US Government tries to balance its books, but they also celebrated the bitter-sweet final mission of their once marquee...

Chinese Hackers Use Canadian Law Firms as Backdoor to Client

Hackers operating behind Chinese IP addresses reportedly compromised seven Canadian law firms and the Canadian Finance Ministry and Treasury Board in an attempt to disrupt the high-profile acquisition of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan by the Australian mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd...

Government's Cloud Audit Program Falls Behind Schedule

In a speech on Wednesday, Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said that a federal plan for qualifying and providing security audits on private sector cloud providers will become mandatory for any agency that wanted to contact with third party cloud providers, according to a report ...

Pentagon to Obama: icanhasbilliondollars plz?

Capitol Hill may be awash in tough talk on cuts to domestic programs, but that’s not stopping the Pentagon from seeking an additional billion dollars in funding for cyber security, according to a report from Nextgov.com. The Department of Defense is requesting $3.2 billion, almost $1 billion more...

Anonymous Press Release for Journalists !

Anonymous Press Release for Journalists ! Today Anonymous Hackers Release a new Press Note for all those Journalists, who writing a story, and have come to their website to do research, or pull a quote. AnonNews uses an open-posting concept. Anyone can post to the site, and moderators will approv...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper promises action on cyber attacks !

OTTAWA Federal security agencies are working to deal with cyber threats, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday. He wouldn't speak directly to what the government calls an "unauthorized attempt" to access computer networks at the Treasury Board. The attack left civil servants in key...

WikiLeaks Prompts Federal Agencies to Assess Infosec Programs for Sensitive Data

In response to the embarrassment and perceived threat resulting from the WikiLeaks disclosures in recent months, the Office of Management and Budget has issued a hefty memo with pages of questions that federal agencies must use to conduct an initial assessment of their programs to handle and...

Security Worth Buying

I’m a dirty vendor. That may not be the best way to start a serious dialogue about security product effectiveness, but I hate to read a post on security theory by some insincere tie-wearing wonk only to discover afterwards that he or she is Lord High Poobah of Marketing at “Scaring You For Profit...

Online Crime Easier, More Budget Friendly

Mainstream attention to Operation Aurora and the Kneber Zeus botnet are welcome. It underscores how the Internet underground has advanced to the point where a plethora of powerful hacking tools and services is readily available to novice hackers and elite crime gangs alike – with prices to fit...

Gartner Sees Better Days Ahead For Security Budgets

From SearchSecurity.com Robert Westervelt The dismal economy has put the brakes on a lot of security projects, but the need to maintain the basics and automate some security functions has fueled interest in managed security services and some specific security areas, according to analysts at Gartn...

The most important questions to ask your MSSP

From SearchMidmarketSecurity Mike Chapple Many SMB IT administrators face a serious challenge when it comes to delivering serious security to their users. They may not have the budget or expertise they need and outsourcing can be expensive and troublesome if it’s not approached in the right way. ...

Vulnerability showboating is for amateurs

It’s like one of those magic candles people place on birthday cakes that sparkle and relight themselves each time you think they’ve been blown out. That’s how I’d define the most recent ignition of the “bugs for cash” debate. By now you’ll have probably heard that Dino Dai Zovi, Charlie Miller an...

ClearBudget 0.6.1 Insecure Cookie Handling / LFI Vulnerabilities

Exploit for unknown platform in category web applications ================================================================ ClearBudget 0.6.1 Insecure Cookie Handling / LFI Vulnerabilities ================================================================ + Dork : ClearBudget v0.6.1 + Homepage :...

Unfixed XSS vulnerability at www.budgetwebhosting.nl

Security researcher FayHatti, has submitted on 27/01/2009 a cross-site-scripting XSS vulnerability affecting www.budgetwebhosting.nl, which at the time of submission ranked 1495651 on the web according to Alexa. We manually validated and published a mirror of this vulnerability on 06/07/2010. It ...