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Greetings,

I hope you enjoy today's batch of headlines and resources.

<karen>

1)
Is your DNS server configured wrong?
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/100906-dns-server.html
More than half of the Internets name servers are configured incorrectly,
leaving networks vulnerable to pharming attacks and enabling servers to
be used in attacks that can wipe out DNS infrastructure.
This is the key finding of a survey of the Internets domain name servers
released Monday. The Measurement Factory conducted the survey for
Infoblox, which sells DNS appliances.
Overall, the 2006 DNS Report Card assigned a grade of D+ for DNS
security. This is the second annual survey conducted by The Measurement
Factory about the state of the global DNS.

2)
Trapping hackers in the honeypot
http://xrl.us/r7y2
In this second part of our investigation using the BBC honeypot we
recount what happened when we let the machine get infected rather than
just log attacks.
It is rare that you would willingly let vandals and burglars into your
home but a controlled environment like a honeypot computer lets you do
the technological equivalent in relative safety.

3)
ShmooCon Call For Papers
[ www.shmoocon.org ]
March 23-25 2007
Wardman Park Marriott, Washington DC
The Shmoo Group is soliciting papers and presentations for the third
annual ShmooCon.
A highly-technical and entertaining East Coast
hacker convention focused on technology exploitation, inventive software
& hardware solutions, as well as open discussion on a variety of
technology & security topics.

4)
Geek speak bridles information security
http://tinyurl.com/y4n7m7
Usability of security software is partly to blame for low protection
levels in many computers, according to international security experts.
In a panel session at this year's Australian Unix Users Group (AUUG)
conference in Melbourne yesterday, software security developers gave
reasons why the IT industry is still at the mercy of so many problems.
University of Auckland computer scientist Peter Gutmann said many
security standards were written 10 years ago and have mostly just been
tweaked since then.
http://tinyurl.com/vzqmv

5)
"Security Lapses Typical at Colleges"
Most American colleges and universities experienced at least one
IT security incident in the past year, according to a new survey
by CDW Government Inc. and Eduventures. The survey of 182 college
officials found that 58 percent of them had some kind of IT
incident, while 9 percent reported a loss or theft of personal
student data. Thirty-five percent of those surveyed reported a
hacker attack from someone outside the institution, and 21
percent said they had suffered an intrusion from someone within
the college.About half of the officials felt that their colleges
were "moderately safe" from attack, while 11 percent said their
networks were "very safe" from attack. Stanton S. Gatewood,
chief security officer for the University of Georgia, said he
was hardly surprised to hear of widespread security breaches. "I
was surprised so many people were brave enough to say their
networks were strong," he said. --Jeffrey R. Young
http://tinyurl.com/theqa


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