News Topic - Pakistan
Articles 51 - 60 of most recent articles
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 488AP - As of Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at least 488 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 19 at 10 a.m. EDT.
Yahoo! – Jul 23, 2008 11:59 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Politics: Military
Early leak exposes DNS flaw details
Security researchers are rushing to patch a flaw in the domain name system (DNS) servers that direct internet traffic, after details of how it worked were revealed online where they could be exploited by hackers. The researchers had thought that their own agreement to allow a 29-day "blackout" period during which the software vulnerability - which may allow hackers to misdirect innocent surfers to fake sites, even though the address in their internet browser was correct - could be patched. The discoverer of the flaw, Dan Kaminsky of IOActive, found it several months ago and had asked other researchers to hold off on speculating about how it worked until he could distribute it to companies such as Microsoft, Cisco and the Internet Systems Consortium to let them develop patches. He said he would announce the details on August 6 at the Black Hat security conference. But Thomas Dullien, chief executive of Zynamics.com (who uses the online name Halvar Flake) seems to have reverse-engineered the details of the weakness without being told its specifics, and he then speculated on how it worked in a blog post. This prompted Matasano Security, another company which - unlike Dullien - had been briefed on the flaw to put up a blog post of its own confirming the details. That was quickly withdrawn on realising that Dullien's post was only speculation - but it was time enough for the post to be cached and copied widely. The attack uses a method called "DNS cache poisoning", which relies on the fact that DNS servers do not store the entire map of the internet (converting a domain name such as guardian.co.uk into a numerical "quad" such as 212.187.153.30). When a server does not have the quad conversion, it asks the next one along to do the lookup. By targeting a DNS server, hackers could poison its "store" of lookups and tell it to point users to fake sites. Such changes have been made accidentally in the past: in February, changes by Pakistan to DNS servers it operated made YouTube inaccessible worldwide. But an attack by hackers could be serious. Kaminsky has provided a "Check my DNS" button on his blog (doxpara.com) that will let people check whether the DNS they are using is vulnerable to the hack. In the latest post on his blog, Kaminsky accepts that the flaw has been revealed - giving it the headline "13>0", implying that having 13 days to fix the flaw is better than having none - and urges the people who will have to do the fixing to "patch. Today" and "stay late" as necessary. Quite how the bug is being fixed will probably remain secret - to defeat hackers.Related StoriesLocation technology finally finds its feetLetters and blogsAleks Krotoski, gamesblog: Capturing game data is the futureCold callers target O2 users with false Bluetooth security warningTouch takes hold, but it's no mouse-killer
The Guardian – Jul 23, 2008 11:04 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Technology
Security researchers are rushing to patch a flaw in the domain name system (DNS) servers that direct internet traffic, after details of how it worked were revealed online where they could be exploited by hackers. The researchers had thought that their own agreement to allow a 29-day "blackout" period during which the software vulnerability - which may allow hackers to misdirect innocent surfers to fake sites, even though the address in their internet browser was correct - could be patched. The discoverer of the flaw, Dan Kaminsky of IOActive, found it several months ago and had asked other researchers to hold off on speculating about how it worked until he could distribute it to companies such as Microsoft, Cisco and the Internet Systems Consortium to let them develop patches. He said he would announce the details on August 6 at the Black Hat security conference. But Thomas Dullien, chief executive of Zynamics.com (who uses the online name Halvar Flake) seems to have reverse-engineered the details of the weakness without being told its specifics, and he then speculated on how it worked in a blog post. This prompted Matasano Security, another company which - unlike Dullien - had been briefed on the flaw to put up a blog post of its own confirming the details. That was quickly withdrawn on realising that Dullien's post was only speculation - but it was time enough for the post to be cached and copied widely. The attack uses a method called "DNS cache poisoning", which relies on the fact that DNS servers do not store the entire map of the internet (converting a domain name such as guardian.co.uk into a numerical "quad" such as 212.187.153.30). When a server does not have the quad conversion, it asks the next one along to do the lookup. By targeting a DNS server, hackers could poison its "store" of lookups and tell it to point users to fake sites. Such changes have been made accidentally in the past: in February, changes by Pakistan to DNS servers it operated made YouTube inaccessible worldwide. But an attack by hackers could be serious. Kaminsky has provided a "Check my DNS" button on his blog (doxpara.com) that will let people check whether the DNS they are using is vulnerable to the hack. In the latest post on his blog, Kaminsky accepts that the flaw has been revealed - giving it the headline "13>0", implying that having 13 days to fix the flaw is better than having none - and urges the people who will have to do the fixing to "patch. Today" and "stay late" as necessary. Quite how the bug is being fixed will probably remain secret - to defeat hackers.Related StoriesLocation technology finally finds its feetLetters and blogsAleks Krotoski, gamesblog: Capturing game data is the futureCold callers target O2 users with false Bluetooth security warningTouch takes hold, but it's no mouse-killer
The Guardian – Jul 23, 2008 11:04 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Technology
For families of LI soldiers, fears remain
The phone call came last week, while Beth Delli-Pizzi was vacationing and her husband was deployed near the lawless Pakistan border.
Newsday.com – Jul 23, 2008 10:38 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Top Stories
The phone call came last week, while Beth Delli-Pizzi was vacationing and her husband was deployed near the lawless Pakistan border.
Newsday.com – Jul 23, 2008 10:38 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Top Stories
Pakistan warns of new nuclear arms race with India
Associated Press - July 23, 2008 6:13 PM ET VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Pakistan is warning that a deal leading to increased Indian access to nuclear fuel could accelerate the atomic arms race...
WLFI.com – Jul 23, 2008 10:13 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Lafayette
Associated Press - July 23, 2008 6:13 PM ET VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Pakistan is warning that a deal leading to increased Indian access to nuclear fuel could accelerate the atomic arms race...
WLFI.com – Jul 23, 2008 10:13 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Lafayette
Among LI's military families, worry, fear continue
The phone call came early Monday of last week, while Beth Delli-Pizzi was vacationing in Maine and her soldier husband was deployed in Afghanistan near the lawless Pakistan border.
Newsday.com – Jul 23, 2008 9:20 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Top Stories
The phone call came early Monday of last week, while Beth Delli-Pizzi was vacationing in Maine and her soldier husband was deployed in Afghanistan near the lawless Pakistan border.
Newsday.com – Jul 23, 2008 9:20 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Top Stories
Pakistan winds up operation in northwest, says militaryAFP - The Pakistani army Wednesday wound up an operation in a restive northwestern town near the Afghan border after clearing the area of Taliban forces, the military said.
Yahoo! – Jul 23, 2008 5:19 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in World: Asia
ICC hopes Trophy decision in larger interest of cricketAFP - The International Cricket Council said Wednesday that its decision on whether Pakistan can host the Champions Trophy in September must be viewed in the "larger interest of the game".
Yahoo! – Jul 23, 2008 4:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in World: Asia
Storm delays rescue of Himalayan climbers
AP - Organizers of a Himalayan climb say bad weather has delayed a helicopter rescue for two Italians descending a mountain in Pakistan following the death of a fellow climber.
Yahoo! – Jul 23, 2008 4:18 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in World
AP - Organizers of a Himalayan climb say bad weather has delayed a helicopter rescue for two Italians descending a mountain in Pakistan following the death of a fellow climber.
Yahoo! – Jul 23, 2008 4:18 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in World
Obama Shifts The Foreign Policy Debate
Sen. Barack Obama has remade the campaign's foreign policy playing field, neatly sidestepping Republican charges that he has been naive and wrong on Iraq and moving to a post-Iraq focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan, writes The Washington Post.
CBS News – Jul 23, 2008 4:04 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Politics
Sen. Barack Obama has remade the campaign's foreign policy playing field, neatly sidestepping Republican charges that he has been naive and wrong on Iraq and moving to a post-Iraq focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan, writes The Washington Post.
CBS News – Jul 23, 2008 4:04 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Politics
Pakistan urged to find missing detainees
Amnesty International has urged the the new Paksitani government to do more to resolve hundreds of cases of people missing after being detained by the security forces since 2001.
CBC.ca – Jul 23, 2008 3:51 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in World
Amnesty International has urged the the new Paksitani government to do more to resolve hundreds of cases of people missing after being detained by the security forces since 2001.
CBC.ca – Jul 23, 2008 3:51 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in World