Schneier questions need for security industry
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| "We shouldn't have to come and find a company to secure our e-mail.
| E-mail should already be secure. We shouldn't have to buy from
| somebody to secure our network or servers. Our networks and servers
| should already be secure."
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6179500.html
Guess whose direction the finger is pointed at?
And now we have SPAM:
Five Days of Project Honey Pot Announcements
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| Check these pages throughout the week to learn more about new
| features and initiatives to help take back the Internet from the
| spammers.
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http://www.projecthoneypot.org/5days_monday.php
Scapegoats:
Pentagon 'hacker' questions US cost claims
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| Only the Law Lords now stand between the Scot and a US trial for
| allegedly breaking into and damaging 97 US government computers
| between 2001 and 2002 and causing an estimated $700,000 worth of
| damage, in what US authorities have described as the "biggest
| military" computer hack ever.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/26/mckinnon_infosec/
Money exchanged for seemingly-pointless software:
Websense buys Surf Control
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| Websense is bulking up to take on the big IT security vendors by buying
| Surf Control, the British censorware developer, for £201m ($400m) cash.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/26/websense_buys_surf_control/
SPAM and viruses for the user's enjoyment:
Hackers debut spam and virus sandwich
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| Hackers have combined spam and malware together in a single email threat.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/26/spam_malware_convergence/
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