Stories about: Interpact

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DefCon - All in good fun 02 September, 2003 12:19

There are no rules at DefCon, the world's largest computer hacker convention. Earlier last month, about 5,000 folks - including network and security folks of every ilk - attended the show, held annually at the Alexis-Park Hotel in Las Vegas.
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Researcher sees security risk in computer's glow 11 March, 2002 08:09

A German research student says that under the right conditions, hackers could steal information off cathode-ray tube (CRT) computer screens by measuring the light reflected from a user's face.
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2001: He said, she said - the year in quotes 21 December, 2001 09:15

"May you live in interesting times," says the curse (often said to be of ancient Chinese origin, though scholars dispute that). With all its horror, heartbreak, and occasional highlights, no one can deny that 2001 has been an interesting year, for IT folk as for everyone.
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Hacker vigilantes strike back 20 June, 2001 11:17

With the rapid increase in security breaches leaving law enforcement struggling to keep up, some organisation are taking the law into their own hands and punishing hackers themselves.
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Applying the Two-Man Rule to Network Security 11 October, 2000 12:01

The U.S. military does not trust a single man to launch a nuclear missile. There is a process, and as we saw in the Denzel Washington submarine thriller "Crimson Tide," communications are essential to proper decision making. It takes a concurrence among several people to ensure that the order to launch the nuke is authentic. In the silo, two soldiers each have to turn a key at the same time to get the launch sequence going. The keys are physically separated so no one person can create nuclear chaos. This "two-man rule" is also applicable to network security.
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Security Hiring Practices Need to Come of Age 28 August, 2000 12:01

Last month I attended and spoke at two hacker conventions: Hope2K (H2K), put on by 2600 Magazine in New York, and DefCon in Las Vegas. My conclusion, after having attended these and dozens of other hacker events in the past 15 years, is that hacking has come of age. But have corporate hiring practices come of age, too?
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Govt investigates loss of disks at Los Alamos 15 June, 2000 12:01

An embarrassing loss of computer disks containing classified nuclear information at the Los Alamos National Laboratory highlights the need for companies and other organisations to have solid procedures in place to enforce all of their technology security policies, according to several security analysts.
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Stolen Laptop Prompts Call for Internal Reviews 24 April, 2000 12:01

If your firewalls, intrusion-detection software and encryption technologies make you feel safe, think again.
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Stolen Laptop Prompts Calls for Internal Reviews 21 April, 2000 12:01

If your firewalls, intrusion-detection software and encryption technologies make you feel safe, think again.
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An Effective Way to Disarm Online Muggers 03 April, 2000 12:01

My first mugging was at age 12. I was the muggee, not the mugger. Over the years living in New York, I was held up at knifepoint several times, handed over my wallet and then watched the bad guy scamper away.
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Safe Passage: Digital Receipts Ensure Confirmation 24 February, 2000 12:01

New York, Friday, 2:15 p.m. Network Financial Global has spent four intense months putting together a multibillion-dollar deal. The merger and acquisition lawyers say that the contracts absolutely must be signed before 5 p.m. In addition, the banks must be given full legal authorization to move $450 million in cash, and the clearinghouse must be duly instructed to hand over $4.2 billion in stock to the partners in the deal. If the companies blow this deadline, a $125 million penalty kicks in.