Daily CyberCrime and Security Report for April 15, 2003

The Register: Application Vulnerability Description Language Coined
14-Apr-03 12:04:28 ET

Story Highlights:
"Security vendors joined together to back a standard for describing application security vulnerabilities..."

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"The new Application Vulnerability Description Language (AVDL), to be managed through the OASIS consortium, provides an 'XML standard to define, categorize and classify application vulnerabilities in a standardized fashion...'"

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PCWorld: More Secure Web Sign-On Services Shown
15-Apr-03 05:20:59 ET

Story Highlights:
"Federated identity and Web services security will dominate the agenda at the annual RSA Conference that kicks off in San Francisco this week..."

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"RSA Security, VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN) and the Liberty Alliance Project will use the event to launch products that address security-related issues that hinder Web services adoption..."

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The Register: Aussie Court Crackers on Crackers
15-Apr-03 07:04:00 ET

Story Highlights:
"Lawyers and security firms have condemned a decision by an Australian court to release without punishment a man who admitted to breaking into ISP OptusNet's network..."

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"Stephen Craig Dendtler, 22, of Bankstown, New South Wales, escaped either a conviction or fine last week even though he admitted gaining access to thousands of sensitive customer details through a back door in OptusNet's network..."

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InfoWorld: Sun, Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) Team on IDS Appliance
14-Apr-03 08:47:15 ET

Story Highlights:
"Sun Microsystems Inc. and antivirus company Symantec Corp. are releasing a 'no hassles' intrusion detection system (IDS) appliance targeted at the enterprise and service provider markets..."

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"The iForce IDS Appliance is a 1U rack-mounted hardware appliance based on Sun's LX50 server platform..."

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IDG.net: New Inkra Appliance Sells Security Services
14-Apr-03 11:12:07 ET

Story Highlights:
"Network appliance maker Inkra Networks Inc. is hoping to tap the seemingly unquenchable thirst for more and better network security with a new appliance that offers virtual security services..."

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"The Inkra 1500/S Virtual Service Switch (VSS) uses Inkra's existing 1500 and 4000 VSS platforms and Virtual Service Architecture (VSA), to deploy virtual hardware-based security services such as firewalls..."

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