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Q&A With 'Wormologist' Vern Paxson
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
Secure Enterprise
Oct. 1, 2005
Vern Paxson
http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171202582
Senior scientist at the International Computer Science Institute,
University of California-Berkeley, and staff scientist at Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory
Paxson, one of the industry's foremost worm experts, developed the
open-source intrusion-detection tool Bro and has conducted studies on
the genesis and propagation of worms and other malware. He was
recently named to the advisory board of start-up ConSentry Networks,


ASEAN cyber terrorism experts open forum in Cebu
http://www.tempo.com.ph/news.php?aid=16816
By MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR.
October 04, 2005
CEBU CITY - Media practitioners were barred from entering the function
room where diplomats, cyber security and terrorism experts and policy
level officials from 25 nations converged to begin the three-day "2nd
ASEAN Regional Forum Seminar on Cyber-terrorism."


WA should beef up security: report
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16769033%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
Heather Quinlan
SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
WEST Australian government agencies have better control of their
postage stamps than they do of confidential personal information
stored in their computers, a report by the state's corruption watchdog
shows.
A Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) study revealed personal data
held on WA government computers was vulnerable to misuse and must be
better protected through staff security screening, monitored access
and beefed-up criminal laws.

Data Scandal
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,105065,00.html
By Mary Brandel
OCTOBER 03, 2005
COMPUTERWORLD
A data scandal roll call would include big names in nearly every
industry. Bank of America, LexisNexis, Time Warner, DSW Shoe
Warehouse, T-Mobile and the University of California, Berkeley, to
name a few, have recently experienced data security breaches. And some
experts say that there are hundreds if not thousands of other,
less-publicized cases in which sensitive personal data has been
compromised.
"There's the hospital that unwittingly exposes a couple of AIDS
patients, or the bank that inadvertently discloses to a creditor
someone's complete financial background," says Diana McKenzie, who
chairs the IT group at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, a Chicago law
firm. "There are tons and tons of examples like that."


Flaw found in Kaspersky antivirus
http://beta.news.com.com/Flaw+found+in+Kaspersky+antivirus/2100-1002_3-5887857.html
By Joris Evers
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
October 3, 2005
A "critical" flaw in Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software could let an
attacker commandeer systems that use the products, a security
researcher warned Monday.
The problem lies in Kaspersky's antivirus library, security researcher
Alex Wheeler wrote in an advisory (download PDF of advisory here) [1].
The vulnerability likely affects multiple Kaspersky products on
various platforms because the library is used throughout the company's
consumer and corporate software, he said.


Symantec buys BindView Development for $209 million
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/100305-symantec-bindview.html
By Peter Sayer
IDG News Service
10/03/05
Symantec Monday anounced it plans to buy security compliance software
vendor BindView Development for $209 million in cash.
The deal will close in the first quarter of 2006, subject to approval
from regulators and shareholders, Symantec said.


IT security requirements now part of the FAR
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/37162-1.html
By Jason Miller
GCN Staff
09/30/05
One of the final pieces to improving agency IT security across the
government finally is in place: Starting today, contracting officers
must include cybersecurity requirements in acquisition planning.
The Federal Acquisition Regulations Council issued an interim rule [1]
today outlining five new steps acquisition workers must take to ensure
IT security is incorporated into all purchases. As an interim rule
taking effect now, the FAR Council will accept comments until Nov. 29.

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