The Habit: or There and Back Again to the NISTy Mountains Like Bilbo Baggins of Bag End, Hobbiton, whose story "There and Back Again" I have read and reread with pleasure over five decades, I find myself returning many times to favorite haunts such as the NIST list of Special Publications to see how my old friends are doing with their books of wisdom and dragon-slaying lore. Accused rogue admin Terry Childs makes his case He's been in jail for seven months now, but former San Francisco network administrator Terry Childs says he's going to keep fighting to prove he's innocent of computer crime charges. Hackers break into gov't travel site, feed users attack code A travel reservations Web site used by several federal agencies was hacked last week, and shunted unsuspecting users to a malicious domain, according to information Computerworld has obtained. Security Vendor Breaches: Fallout Justified Attendees at last week's ShmooCon security conference were transfixed when news broke that a hacker breached part of Kaspersky Lab's U.S. support site by exploiting a flaw in the site's programming. 3 Ways Twitter Security Falls Short The popular micro-blogging platform Twitter continues its explosive growth. Twitter experienced a 900 percent increase in active users in the last year, according to a recent blog post from Biz Stone, the company's co-founder. People are increasingly using it to get breaking news updates, to collaborate with colleagues remotely, and connect with friends on an up-to-the-minute basis. Some businesses are using it as a new promotion and marketing tool. Cisco, Trend Micro put security in home routers Cisco Systems is building a Trend Micro Internet security service into some home Wi-Fi routers to help protect families and small businesses from fraud, phishing and predators. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet Up for grabs: One American Express gift card worth $250 from Global Knowledge; One Microsoft training course worth $2,995 from Global Knowledge; 15 copies each of the hot book titles Voice over IP Security, and CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide and 15 copies of Exchange Server 2007 How-To: Real Solutions for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Administrators. Get all the entry details here. |
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