* Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet * Black Hat event highlights RFID and VoIP security threats * The CEO's sidekick * Hack cracks Microsoft anti-piracy check * Radio: Black Hat wrangling * Today on Layer 8
To recap: ISS researcher Michael Lynn gave a controversial presentation at the Black Hat conference – as a result he lost his job and faced legal repercussions. Thursday, a legal agreement was reached that required him to return any materials or disassembled code related to Cisco and never to discuss the materials related to the presentation he gave at the Black Hat conference on July 27. The agreement, signed by all parties, also required Black Hat to never disseminate a video made of Lynn’s presentation and to deliver to Cisco any video recording made of Lynn. However, just one day after the agreement was made the information was published on the Internet. Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/072905-cisco-black-hat.html?net&story=072905-cisco-black-hat
To recap: ISS researcher Michael Lynn gave a controversial presentation at the Black Hat conference – as a result he lost his job and faced legal repercussions. Thursday, a legal agreement was reached that required him to return any materials or disassembled code related to Cisco and never to discuss the materials related to the presentation he gave at the Black Hat conference on July 27. The agreement, signed by all parties, also required Black Hat to never disseminate a video made of Lynn’s presentation and to deliver to Cisco any video recording made of Lynn.
However, just one day after the agreement was made the information was published on the Internet.
Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/072905-cisco-black-hat.html?net&story=072905-cisco-black-hat
Black Hat event highlights RFID and VoIP security threats
News last week was dominated by the saga of security researcher Michael Lynn, which is highlighted above. But there was much more going on at the Black Hat conference: plans to bring encryption to VoIP phones, technologies for better securing e-commerce, and more.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/080105-blackhat-side.html?net&story=080105-blackhat-side
The CEO’s sidekick
All the world’s a stage for demo guy Jim Grubb. Cisco CEO John Chambers often gets topical during his trade show keynotes. At a recent event, he spent several minutes outlining a litany of IT headaches facing the U.S. healthcare industry, and of course, some of Cisco’s high-tech aspirin.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/080105widernet.html?net&story=080105widernet
Hack cracks Microsoft anti-piracy check
Microsoft Friday acknowledged that hackers were able to bypass a process implemented last week to ensure users of Microsoft’s update services had legitimate copies of Windows before downloading updates and content from those services.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/080105-microsoft-piracy.html
Radio: Black Hat wrangling
Network World Test Alliance member Rodney Thayer joins the program from the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas to discuss the legal wrangling of researcher Michael Lynn. A former ISS staffer, Lynn exposed a previously unknown exploit for Cisco IOS, the core operating system for many of its popular routers, and landed himself in hot water. Listen in:
http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/0801radio.html?net&story=0801radio
Today on Layer 8, which was not moved by the trade deadline:
Al Gore’s ‘Net TV launches; Fox network to start podcasts for its shows; Network World endangers your life; and the winner of the latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8
