CSO: Black Hat, DefCon and B-Sides - A survival guide

F-Secure: More Analysis of Case LNK Exploit "targeting SCADA systems"

ZDNet AU: Aussie lasers stop satellite collisions, death

Network World: Researchers - Password crack could affect millions "A well-known cryptographic attack could be used by hackers to log into Web applications used by millions of u"

Computer World: Some experts question efforts to identify cyberattackers

ZDNet UK: Microsoft opens source code to Russian secret service "Microsoft has signed a deal to open its Windows 7 source code up to the Russian intelligence services"

Krebs On Security: Experts Warn of New Windows Shortcut Flaw

Reg Hardware: Freeview reaches out to EPG-less DVR owners

Slashdot: Software Now Un-patentable In New Zealand

Mobile Crunch: Droid X actually self-destructs if you try to mod it

Netcraft: Firefox security test add-on was backdoored

Wired: Report - Teens Using Digital Drugs to Get High

Enterprise Networking Planet: Three Steps to a Cracked iPhone "All that's needed is the victim's phone number, the iPhone Configuration Utility available free from Apple for OS X or Windows, and a proxy server"

Krebs On Security: The Case for Cybersecurity Insurance, Part II

The Register: Mozilla snuffs password pilfering Firefox add-on

H Security: Crypto tool predicts password cracking time

H Security: Express patch for Windows Help Center

SANS Forensics: Linux Programming Tools

The Register: IBM employee sparks massive bank outage

BBC Watchdog: China Green Dam web filter teams 'face funding crisis' "Reports from China say a controversial government-backed software project to filter internet content could be on the brink of collapse"