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Security Ratty, Steals Content One Time Too Many

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2008-07-02 19:56:54 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest

Blog is blacklisted: improper conduct by blog author


One of the more annoying aspects of writing for an internet audience is the presence of site skimmers. Sites that will re-post content from other sites making it appear as their own. ...
 
Tags: site security ratty, site, site skimmers, named sergey zarubin, rich, rich mogull, recent change, internet audience, sites
 
 
 
 
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Security Briefing: July 2nd

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2008-07-02 13:20:43 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
...Information Week The Governments Top Hackers? | Veracode HSBC sites vulnerable to XSS flaws, could aid phishing attacks | ZDNet HMRC goes cap-in-hand to Americans for help with fraud | The Independent Tags: News , Daily Links , Security Blog , Information Security , Security News
 
Tags: encourage internet competition, internet, security news, news, hsbc sites vulnerable, web browsers prevalent, governments top hackers, security pro portal, north america
 
 
 
 
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Google Open Sources Web Assessment Tool

2008-07-02 12:51:09 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...security audit tool. It is meant to complement active crawlers and manual proxies more commonly used for this task, and is optimized specifically for an accurate and sensitive detection, and automatic annotation, of potential problems and security-relevant design patterns based on the observation of existing, user-initiated traffic in complex...
 
Tags: google, tool, tool falls, complement active crawlers, design patterns based, google code, ratproxy, article link, michal zalewski
 
 
 
 
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Snort Security Platform 3.0 Beta Released

2008-07-01 01:11:34 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...Security Platform (SnortSP) 3.0, which is shipping in beta form in this release, and traffic analysis engine modules that plug into SnortSP. This beta test release contains one engine module which contains the Snort 2.8.2 detection engine implemented as a SnortSP engine module. SnortSP is an open-source platform for running packet-based...
 
Tags: beta, release, beta release, snort security platform, snort, engine module, snortsp engine module, beta test release, snortsp
 
 
 
 
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ICANN And IANA Defaced

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2008-06-30 14:49:35 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
...Security Labs has received reports that the official website of ICANN and IANA Domains have been hijacked by a Turkish group called NetDevilz. ICANN and IANA are responsible for the Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol identifier assignment, generic (gTLD) and country code Top Level Domain Name System management, and root...
 
Tags: iana, icann, websense, websense security labs, iana domains, protocol identifier assignment, address space allocation, article link, system management
 
 
 
 
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Security Briefing: June 26th

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2008-06-26 13:11:27 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
...Security Digest And now, the news MoD implements new data security measures | PC Advisor Do natural human traits make us more vulnerable to computer malware? | Hexus The staff, the thief, the device and its data | Network World Credit card firms wave stick at retailers | The Australian Merchants call credit card industrys bluff on compliance...
 
Tags: data, data security measures, security news, news, natural human traits, computer, computer malware, database cluster, security blog
 
 
 
 
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White House Refused to Open Pollutants E-Mail

2008-06-26 12:54:58 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
This is by far one of the more asinine things I have read in a while and speaks volumes to lunacy in the White House. The WH refused to open an email that was sent by the EPA because they disagreed with the conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants So, they played three monkeys and said, la la la, I cant see it. la la la ( not an exact...
 
Tags: white house, clean air act, reduce greenhouse gases, greenhouse gases, regulation, officials, motor vehicle emissions, business critical function, tough regulation
 
 
 
 
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Can The Gov Be Trusted With Your Personal Data?

2008-06-26 12:44:35 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...security breaches. A separate report into a stolen laptop containing the details of 600,000 potential recruits revealed similar failings at the Ministry of Defence. In all, four MoD computers had been stolen since 2004 and the report said the MoD was probably in breach of several principles set out in the Data Protection Act Well, where do...
 
Tags: loss, data loss scandal, britains, britains tax authority, data protection act, details, child benefit records, mod computers, bank details
 
 
 
 
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Security Certification Rules Could Shake Up IT Mgmt

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2008-06-26 12:33:17 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
...information assurance, approved in December 2005, requires all of the departments information assurance workers to obtain an accredited commercial certification in computer security. DOD has approved 13 certifications for the directive The DOD requirement already has thrown what one conference attendee called a giant monkey wrench into the IT...
 
Tags: cissp cert, cissp, cissp certification requires, requires, market, security manpower market, giant monkey wrench, dod requirement, establish minimum requirements
 
 
 
 
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Back Office Fun

2008-06-25 19:28:20 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
Sorry for the lack of updates today. Our backend database cluster decided to fall on its sword this morning and were cleaning up the mess. Well be updating content again tomorrow first thing. Unless of course I happen to I feel froggy after work then Ill tackle some updates Thanks for the emails. All is well Nothing to see here. Move along
 
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