Alleged Hacking Effort Thwarted
U.S. and Italian authorities said Friday they arrested a group of hackers and conspirators who allegedly stole from phone companies around the world. The illegal profits funded terrorist activities, Italian officials alleged.
A federal grand jury in New Jersey indicted three people Friday, including one man who has been linked to al Qaeda. The three suspects, who live in the Philippines, are accused of providing Pakistani nationals in Italy with access to stolen phone lines.
via Alleged Hacking-Terror Effort Thwarted - WSJ.com.
Security news items
Some interesting items in today's security news:
Obama plans to keep his BlackBerry
There will be plenty of security and legal hurdles. Here's one already: "The security question was inadvertently highlighted on Friday as Obama's BlackBerry tumbled from his belt as he exited his limousine and got onto his plane..."
Widest night/day megapixel lens without distortion for the security industry
This is cool for those into physical security or surveillance: "Theia leveraged their patented Linear Optical Technology platform with all-optical barrel distortion correction to provide a nominal 110 degree horizontal field of view..." The article has a picture showing the difference from a regular wide angle lens.
Frankly Speaking: What would really make software more secure
Not a bad idea, although I'm not sure how I feel about yet another expensive software certification process: "...SANS says some state governments are already thinking about requiring software suppliers to certify in writing that their code is free of the errors on the list." Hasn't the federal government already tried similar approaches?