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Thursday March 18, 2010

What's New

DoD IA Policy Chart

A new version of the DoD IA Policy Chart has been uploaded to the IATAC website. For easier viewing, the most recently updated policies are outlined in red on the Policy Chart. . Visit our website to view the changes.

 

Headlines

Hacking

SEC: Hacker Manipulated Stock Prices (Wired, 03/16/2010)

Hackers Offered $100,000 (TechWorld, 03/17/2010)

Security company 3Com TippingPoint has jacked up to $100,000 (£65,000) the prize money on offer to anyone able to hack a range of browsers and mobile devices at the forthcoming CanSecWest security conference.

Situational Awareness

NASA Borrows A Page From Defense Situational Awareness (Government Computer News, 03/17/2010)

As agency looks to secure space assets, some lessons emerge from the Defense Department.

Spam

New Free Service Filters Twitter Spam (darkREADING, 03/17/2010)

Spamdetector sniffs out spammer accounts, which Twitter then deletes.

Spammers Survive Botnet Shutdowns (BBC News, 03/18/2010)