Legislative Division of Post Audit State of Kansas

A new Computer Security Audit Report was released by Legislative Division of Post Audit State of Kansas in July 2009 providing an overview of computer and network security for five state agencies.  The audit found weak password controls and missing security patches for servers and 39 percent of one unnamed agency’s passwords were cracked within five minutes using free software that can be easily downloaded from the Internet. To breach an agency’s passwords, hackers scan vulnerable servers that may not have the latest security patches applied and then locate an encrypted list of passwords they can copy and use password cracking software to reveal users’Read More →