http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/551/all xx http://www.itworld.com/security/54370/judge-dissolves-gag-order-against-mit-students A U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday dissolved a gag order against a trio of MIT students who said they found flaws in the Massachusetts transit authority's ticketing system. http://www.itworld.com/security/54370/judge-dissolves-gag-order-against-mit-students#comments Government Legal Security News cybersecurity Defcon legal security Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:06:26 -0400 ITworld staff 54370 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/54294/judge-refuses-lift-gag-order-subway-hack-case A federal judge in Boston Thursday refused to lift a temporary restraining order preventing three MIT students from publicly discussing details of several security vulnerabilities that they found in the electronic ticketing system used by the city's mass transit authority. http://www.itworld.com/security/54294/judge-refuses-lift-gag-order-subway-hack-case#comments Legal Security News Defcon vulnerabilities Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:59:34 -0400 ITworld staff 54294 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/54169/flying-defcon-no-id Before Sherri Davidoff flew out to Defcon this year, she made sure to cover up the "Global Hacking Permit 230291" sticker on her laptop with a photo of two adorable puppies. She figured it might help things go a little more smoothly as she ventured to fly out to this week's hacker convention in Las Vegas without using any ID. http://www.itworld.com/government/54169/flying-defcon-no-id#comments Government Security News Defcon physical security TSA Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:20:50 -0400 ITworld staff 54169 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/news/54163/wall-sheep-coming-your-company The Wall of Sheep has become a fixture of the Defcon hacker conference: a wall with a long list of details showing who at the conference has sent readable data using insecure wireless connections. http://www.itworld.com/news/54163/wall-sheep-coming-your-company#comments Security News Defcon Wall of Sheep Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:17:56 -0400 ITworld staff 54163 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/54162/court-halts-subway-hacker-talk A U.S. District Court judge ordered the cancellation of a Defcon conference talk scheduled for Sunday that would have detailed flaws in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority electronic ticketing system. http://www.itworld.com/government/54162/court-halts-subway-hacker-talk#comments Government Legal Security News Defcon hackers Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:09:19 -0400 ITworld staff 54162 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/news/54161/massachusetts-transit-agency-sues-stop-hacker-talk The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has sued three students and their school, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, hoping to stop them from disclosing flaws in the MBTA's electronic ticketing system. http://www.itworld.com/news/54161/massachusetts-transit-agency-sues-stop-hacker-talk#comments Security News Defcon hackers Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:04:41 -0400 ITworld staff 54161 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/news/54159/covert-operation-floats-network-sniffing-balloon Rick Hill won't say where he launched his "wardriving" balloon on Friday, but he will tell you that it got a pretty good look at about 370 wireless networks, while scanning up and down the Las Vegas Strip. http://www.itworld.com/news/54159/covert-operation-floats-network-sniffing-balloon#comments Security News Defcon wardriving wi-fi Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:56:02 -0400 ITworld staff 54159 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/54158/eff-appeal-court-order-halting-subway-hacker-talk The Electronic Frontier Foundation plans to appeal a U.S. District Court order imposing a temporary injunction on a Defcon presentation that would have detailed flaws in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority electronic ticketing system. http://www.itworld.com/government/54158/eff-appeal-court-order-halting-subway-hacker-talk#comments Government Legal Security News Defcon hackers MIT Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:51:42 -0400 ITworld staff 54158 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/defcon-virus-contest-080428 There will be a new contest at the Defcon hacker conference this August, inviting hackers to find new ways of beating antivirus software. Contestants will get some sample virus code that they must modify and try to sneak past the antivirus products. http://www.itworld.com/defcon-virus-contest-080428#comments Endpoint security Network access control News antivirus Defcon hackers hacking security virus Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:23:08 -0400 abennett 44748 at http://www.itworld.com