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Tech Talk Radio Highlights
This week Tech Talk spoke with the FAA's Dr. Feisal
Keblawi about new security initiatives in the FAA. We
also looked at cybercrime and the Nigerian 419 scam,
ways to avoid spam, the Slapper worm that targets
Linux servers, and much more.
Listen now to the latest show using either MP3 or Real Audio. Check out all the
links referenced
during
the show.
Tech Talk airs each Saturday at Noon on WMAL
Radio (AM630) and is sponsored by Stratford
University. WMAL is an ABC affiliate and the number
one AM radio station in the Washington DC metropolitan
area.
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| TechTalk Guest: FAA's Dr. Feisal Keblawi | | | Information System Security Manager to FAA Research
and Acquisition, Dr. Feisal Keblawi joined us this week
on TechTalk. Dr. Keblawi is responsible for ensuring
that all systems under development allow the National
Airspace System adequate protection against intrusions
and malicious acts. He was one of the developers of
the overall Security Architecture for the FAA, and held
a series of 10 conferences with employees, where
information sharing was facilitated.
Check out
the FAA CIO site
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| Linux Servers Targeted by "Slapper" Worm | | | Linux servers are under attack by a peer-to-
peer worm known as Slapper. The worm's reach
leveled out at 6,700 penetrated servers as it took
advantage of a long known vulnerability in the Secure
Socket Layer (SSL). The worm exploited memory
reserved for program execution in a 'buffer overflow'.
Because of a coordinated counter-measure effort, this
worm never reached the penetration levels of Code
Red (400,000) or Nimda (86,000).
The author, a 21 year old Ukrainian, is already behind bars
because of a timely, international, coordinated response.
The young hacker was traced to an email address contained
in the program itself.
Check
out the ZDNet News article
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| CyberCrime Strikes Again | | |
A
59 year old Michigan woman has fallen prey to the Nigerian
419 Fraud. The bookkeeper borrowed money from the law firm
she worked for, ultimately losing $2.1 million. The $4.5 million
promised commission never materialized, and she was arrested
for embezzlement. The Department of Justice has set up a website
to combat CyberCrime.
Check
out the complete story on Wired
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| Address Munging New Way of Avoiding Spam | | | Spam and internet junk mail is a nuisance that has
plagued internet users since the advent of the web.
Address Munging, a way of preventing spammers from
getting your address, makes your email address obvious
to a human eye, but not to the robots that harvest
addresses from the web. For example: techtalk(AT)
stratford(DOT)edu or techtalk@(REMOVE THIS)
stratford.edu. Posting your email address to message
boards in this format could prevent your email address
from being automatically harvested. AOL users should
take note--your discussion boards are a prime target.
Check
out Spam-Blocking tips from AOL
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| New Security Initiatives Offered at Stratford | | |
In
light of the new demands for security savvy IT professionals,
this quarter Stratford is offering courses leading to CISSP,
Cisco and vendor neutal security certifications. These include
both underlying theory and intense, hands-on labs. Stratford
is also offering classes in Secure Wireless Networking and
Secure E-commerce.
Check out The Stratford Security
Page
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