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MIT student newspaper publishes the banned DEFCON slides

2008-08-11 11:51:20 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has sued three MIT students Zackary M. Anderson '09, Russel J. Ryan '09, and Alessandro Chiesa '09 and MIT to prevent the disclosure of security weaknesses in subway ticketing systems
 
Tags: mit, mit students zackary, alessandro chiesa, security weaknesses, sued, prevent, anderson, disclosure, subway
 
 
 
 
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MBTA vs MIT students case continues

2008-08-13 22:47:34 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
...MIT students from talking about the vulnerabilities they have found should be lifted. Even though the Defcon presentation is widely available and the MBTA disclosed the Confidential memo from the MIT students in their court filings, they are seeking a permanent speech injunction. An august group of computer scientists has signed a letter...
 
Tags: technologies flaws, flaws, vulnerabilities, technologys vulnerabilities, mifare card vulnerabilities, students, security vulnerabilities, mit students, mbta
 
 
 
 
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MBTA vs MIT Students Case Continues

2008-08-13 22:47:34 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
...MIT students from talking about the vulnerabilities they have found should be lifted. Even though the Defcon presentation is widely available and the MBTA disclosed the Confidential memo from the MIT students in their court filings, they are seeking a permanent speech injunction. An august group of computer scientists has signed a letter...
 
Tags: technologies flaws, flaws, vulnerabilities, technologys vulnerabilities, mifare card vulnerabilities, students, security vulnerabilities, mit students, mbta
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft signs on to MIT Kerberos Consortium

2008-04-01 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b43474 in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft has joined the MIT Kerberos Consortium, an organization that develops the widely-used network authentication standard. It joins Apple, Google and Sun on the consortium's executive board Get a FREEMICROSOFT DYNAMICSERP/CRM RESOURCE DVD Advertisement See how ERP and CRM solutions from Microsoft Dynamics work BETTER with your...
 
Tags: mit kerberos consortium, consortium, microsoft, microsoft dynamics, network authentication standard, joins apple, everyday software, executive board, crm solutions
 
 
 
 
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Judge refuses to lift gag order on MIT students in Boston subway-hack case

2008-08-14 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A federal judge left in place a temporary restraining order barring three MIT students from publicly discussing details of security flaws they found in the e-ticketing system used by Boston's mass transit authority
 
Tags: mit students, mass transit authority, boston, security flaws, federal judge, system, details, temporary, publicly
 
 
 
 
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Gag Order Slapped on MIT Students for Finding Security Flaws

2008-08-18 22:40:25 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A court order put a stop to a planned presentation at the Defcon hackers convention by three MIT students who found security flaws in the electronic ticketing system used by the mass transit authority in Boston. But the ruling reopened the schism in the IT security community over the issue of how vulnerabilities should be publicly disclosed
 
Tags: mit students, security flaws, mass transit authority, defcon hackers convention, security community, boston, presentation, court, system
 
 
 
 
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Gag order against MIT students gets another day in court

2008-08-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b2fd40 in Network World on Security
 
A federal judge in Boston will decide on Tuesday whether to extend or let expire a restraining order enjoining three students at MIT from publicly speaking about security flaws they discovered in the electronic fare-payment system used by the city's mass transit agency
 
Tags: mass transit agency, electronic fare-payment system, security flaws, federal judge, students, mit, boston, extend, tuesday
 
 
 
 
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Gag order against MIT students dissolved by judge

2008-08-19 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A federal judge lifted a restraining order that had blocked three MIT students from publicly discussing security flaws they found in the Boston-area transit agency's ticketing system
 
Tags: mit students, boston-area transit agency, security flaws, federal judge, publicly, system
 
 
 
 
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Judge dissolves gag order against MIT students

2008-08-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473480 in Network World on Security
 
A U.S. District court judge on Tuesday dissolved a gag order against a trio of MIT students who say they found flaws in the Massachusetts transit authority's ticketing system
 
Tags: mit students, massachusetts transit authority, district court judge, gag, system, flaws, trio, tuesday
 
 
 
 
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Judge disolves gag order against MIT students

2008-08-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b29230 i