Detecting SSH tunnels

Italian researchers have published a paper on the Detection of Encrypted Tunnels across Network Boundaries.

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http://coderrr.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/detecting-ssh-tunnels/

Beijing.Exe Storm Outbreak

A new spam outbreak attributed to the Storm Botnet has been hitting the Internet since Jun 18, 2008. The message warns of earthquakes hitting well known sites around the world causing significant destruction and loss of life and is being distributed from IP addresses hosted around the world. This site claims a quake measured in at 9.0 on the Richter scale has caused casualties and threatens the preparations for the upcoming Olympics hosted in China. The page contains links to a supposed video that actually downloads the Storm worm

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http://www.trustedsource.org/blog/125/BeijingExe-Storm-Outbreak

Former White House Advisor: Hackers Didn't Cause 2003 Blackout

Cyber security consultant Paul Kurtz threw some cold water this week on a report that Chinese hackers caused the massive 2003 northeastern U.S. blackout. He worked for the White House at the time of the outage.

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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/former-white-ho.html

Wards didn't tell consumers about credit card hack

An old name in retail was hit by a modern scourge - a hack of its customers' credit card numbers - but didn't inform the consumers, revealing how data breaches might be heavily undercounted even with new notification laws.

At least 51,000 records were exposed in the breach at the parent company of Montgomery Ward. The venerable Wards chain that began in 1872 went out of business in 2001, but in 2004 a catalog company, Direct Marketing Services Inc., bought the brand name out of bankruptcy. It now runs a Wards.com Web site along with six other sites, including three with Sears brands it has acquired: SearsHomeCenter.com, SearsShowplace.com and SearsRoomforKids.com.

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http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080627/D91II9U82.html

Researchers Reveal Security Holes in Internet Explorer

Two security issues, one in Internet Explorer 7 and the other in Internet Explorer 6, could leave users open to attack.

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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Researchers-Reveal-Security-Holes-in-Internet-Explorer/

Antispam group outlines defenses to block botnet spam

A major antispam organization is pushing a set of new best practices for ISPs (Internet service providers) to stop increasing volumes of spam from botnets.

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Cisco, IBM, Intel, Juniper and Microsoft fight cyber terror together

Five major network hardware, software and services vendors are banding together to improve IT security by promoting faster responses to threats.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062707-icasi-cyber-terror.html?nlhtsec=ts_062708&nladname=062708securityal