contributed by Evil Wench
In their never ending crusade to point out security vulnerabilities in government the Government Affairs Office has released another report. This new report covers the Environmental Protection Agency which investigators said had 'significant security flaws'.

Nando Times

contributed by proxac
While the Federal Computer Incident Response Capability, an independent group within the General Services Administration, has kept government agencies abreast of security problems those agencies are not installing the appropriate patches which leaves them vulnerable to attackers. Many agencies say that they do not have the personnel with the time and expertise to keep their systems secure. (If their systems can not be secure maybe they should take them off the net?)

Federal Computer Week

contributed by Weld Pond
Global Hell was profiled on ABC News's 20/20 program last night. No new information is provided in the report, just the mainstream catching up with the world. Actually from the looks of this report they got lost somewhere because this video does little to reflect what is actually going on. More mass media warping the truth to get the story. (Video is available online.)

20/20

contributed by Kingpin
Last night L0pht Heavy Industries appeared on ABC's World News Tonight. While there really was no new information in the interview it was interesting nonetheless. They tended to push the malicous angle which everyone knows is not the case. (Video is available online.)

ABC News

contributed by Evil Wench
SecureLogix Corp. has released another war dialer into the market called TeleSweep Secure. This one can come as a hardware/software combination and has some interesting features, like dictionary password guessing and a client server configuration for remote site dialing. (Thanks but we will stick with the free ToneLoc.)

Federal Computer Week

contributed by Evil Wench
New distributed attack tools, Tribe Flood Network and Trinoo, have computer security teams worried. It is feared that attacks from these programs may be launched during New Years celebrations.

C|Net

contributed by boogah
Latest word off the wire is that CuervoCon 2000 will be happening in Laredo, TX January 22 and 23 of the new year. Okay, that's only a month's notice but if you can afford to get the time off and get out to Texas it's worth it... Speaking subjects run the gambit from AR-15 Configurations to Capacity Planning for Host-Based Firewalls. Looks to be another weekend of debauchery and general evil. Bring any spare livers you might have...

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