Malware knocks Defense Department e-mail offline
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| According to the Associated Press, the US Defense Department took
| 1,500 computers offline as the result of a cyber attack.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9733189-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Recent:
Navy CIO 'recognizes the importance of OSS to the warfighter'
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| John Weathersby, executive director of the Open Source Software
| Institute, told Linux.com today that, effective immediately, the
| Department of the Navy has adopted a new policy which requires that
| open source software must be considered in every software
| acquisition the Navy makes.
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/0135204
State Department got mail and hackers
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| A break-in targeting State Department computers worldwide last
| summer occurred after a department employee in Asia opened a
| mysterious e-mail that quietly allowed hackers inside the U.S.
| government's network.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070419/ap_on_hi_te/hackers_state_department
The feds weigh in on Windows security
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| "The benefits of this move are enormous: Common, secure configurations
| can help slow botnet spreading, can radically reduce delays in patching,
| can stop many attacks directly, and organizations that have made the
| move report that it actually saves money rather than costs money,"
| Paller wrote.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6172158.html
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