NetFlash: Furor over Cisco IOS router exploit erupts at Black Hat

NetFlash: Furor over Cisco IOS router exploit erupts at Black
Hat
07/28/05

In this issue:

* Furor over Cisco IOS router exploit erupts at Black Hat
* VoIP security threats: Fact or fiction?
* Lenovo leads effort to build 1,000 TFLOPS supercomputer
* Layoffs redux: CA cuts another 5% of staff
* Weblog: IT Borderlands
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Jeff Caruso

You've got to read this bizarre story that keeps getting more
bizarre as we get more information. Cisco and ISS were supposed
to give a demo this week on a particular way to hack IOS - but
Cisco suddenly nixed the idea and even sent folks with razor
blades to the conference to cut the presentation out of the
conference materials. Then the ISS guy who was told not to give
the demo went ahead and did it anyway. He was fired. And then
there's the whole question of the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security's involvement in all this.
Furor over Cisco IOS router exploit erupts at Black Hat
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4042>

VoIP security threats: Fact or fiction?

ISS, coincidentally, recently pointed out a security flaw in
Cisco's VoIP offering, which prompted this in-depth look at
whether VoIP in general is really secure.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4043>

Lenovo leads effort to build 1,000 TFLOPS supercomputer

China's Lenovo Group has begun work on a project to build a
computer that is nearly 10 times more powerful than the world's
fastest supercomputer, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4044>

Layoffs redux: CA cuts another 5% of staff

Computer Associates plans to cut 800 positions worldwide,
around 5% of its workforce, in a restructuring effort aimed at
saving $75 million annually. CA will finish most of the
worldwide layoffs by the end of 2005, the company said.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4045>

Weblog: IT Borderlands

Ken Fasimpaur looks at the release of Firefox 1.0.6, less than
two weeks after Firefox 1.0.5 in his latest post: "Speed Versus
Accuracy: The Constant Dilemma." See what Ken has to say, then
vote in his poll.
<http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=borderlands>

Today on Layer 8, where we're running too late to write
something funny here:

Shuttle launch pulls in large Webcast numbers; not-surprising
news of the day - teens hooked on the 'Net; 10-year-old becomes
Microsoft engineer; and NASA grounds Shuttle fleet; all this
today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. 2005 Salary Survey
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3929>

2. Cisco nixes conference session on hacking IOS router code
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4046>

3. Verizon joins managed security game
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3832>

4. Schools battle personal data hacks
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3931>

5. VoIP security threats: Fact or fiction?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3833>
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