RSA Confirms 576 Bit Factors
RSA has confirmed that a team of European cryptographers have solved the RSA-576 Factoring Challenge, using nearly 100 workstations in a little more than three months.
April 28, 2004
XML Security Features of .NET, Part 2
Jason demonstrates how to convert an RSA key to and from XML, and how to dynamically modify credentials in ASP.NET's web.config file
April 26, 2004
Apache Gets XML Encryption
The Apache Foundation's XML Security Project has added beta versions of XML encryption to the Java and C/C++ libraries.
April 26, 2004
TCP Flaw Disclosed
A flaw in TCP leaves networks vulnerable to denial of service attacks.
April 22, 2004
Security Flaws Found in Linux Kernel
Researchers are warning of buffer overflow holes in the Linux kernel that could allow arbitrary code execution with root or kernel level privileges.
April 19, 2004
Supercomputers Under Attack
High performance computers at as many as 20 universities and research sites—including the TeraGrid network—have been targeted by hackers in recent weeks.
April 15, 2004
Antitrust Exemptions Proposed for IT Security
The House of Representative's Corporate Information Security Working Group has proposed that U.S. antitrust laws be changed to allow IT buyers' groups to set security standards, but the proposals have met with protest from vendors.
April 12, 2004
Browser Based Attacks Increase
A Computing Technology Industry Association survey on IT security indicates that browser based attacks are the fastest-growing enterprise security threat.
April 12, 2004
First Mac OS X Malware Found
A Trojan disguised as an MP3 file, called MP3Concept or MP3Virus.gen, may be the first native Mac OS X malware.
April 9, 2004
WS-Security Specs Approved
"The Web Services Security (WS-Security) Technical Committee of OASIS announced that several of its WS-Security specifications have become OASIS standards."
April 9, 2004
Echelon Nabs Its Men?
Last week's arrest of ten men in Canada and Britain on terrorism charges may have been precipitated by information gathered by the shadowy surveillance network Echelon, according to British newspapers.
Open Source Vulnerability Database Goes Live
The Open Source Vulnerability Database—"launched in 2002 following a realization in the security community that no independent, community-operated vulnerability database existed"—is now open for public use.
April 2, 2004
Software--the Root of the Problem
Step up on security with two new tomes, hop on the platform bandwagon with SlickEdit Studio and grab a discount on Motion Computing's Tablet PC bundle. Also, Eclipse gets a new WYSIWYG GUI builder, and Mr. T. goes way, way wireless.
April 1, 2004
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