Nigerian gets 18 months for cyber attack on NASA employee
A Nigerian man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for infecting the computer of a NASA worker with malware and stealing personal information
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Nigerian gets 18 months for cyberattack on NASA employee
A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for wooing a NASA employee so he could sneak malware onto her work computer and steal passwords, banking information and 25,000 screen shots
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The opt-out from hell
One problem with making your email address available (which I will continue to do, don't worry) is that folks with something to sell assume you're interested in their stuff. To wit, let's consider an email I received today (copied, headers and all, after my griping
Note that if I want to opt out of further communications, I have to do two...
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A breach that hits home with 2008 presidential candidates
Technorati Tag: Security Breach
Date Reported
3/20/08
Organization
U.S. Government
Contractor/Consultant/Branch
U.S. Department of State
Stanley, Inc
The Analysis Corporation
Victims
United States passport applicants
Number Affected
Unknown
Prominent political figures such as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain were all affected....
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Illinois Eye Center warns patients of identity theft
Technorati Tag: Security Breach
Date Reported
3/28/08
Organization
Illinois Eye Center
Contractor/Consultant/Branch
None
Victims
Patients
Number Affected
Unknown
Types of Data
Names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth
Breach Description
A former Illinois Eye Center employee could have used confidential patient information for...
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Epilogue on CEP Maturity
In On the Maturity of Complex Event Processing , the authorconcludes
I think[... the. ...]comment at the end of[... the. ...] post we shouldnt feel compelled to thwart that growth with a claim that the products are not mature when they actually are in a lot of ways is quite revealing. The fact that such a level of debate about CEPs maturity is...
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Blackhat SEO Redirects to Malware and Rogue Software
2008-06-05 07:59:47 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
A black SEO farm with built-in redirection to a multitude of sites serving rogue codecs (Zlob malware variants) and fake security software phoning back to UkrTeleGroup Ltd's network - could it get even more interesting? Of course, as the current state of Zlob malware serving tactics can be seperated in two distinct groups, those abusing the...
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Stockport Primary Care Trust flash drive goes missing
Technorati Tag: Security Breach
Date Reported
1/18/08
Organization
Stockport Primary Care Trust NHS
Contractor/Consultant/Branch
None
Victims
Patients
Number Affected
4,000
Types of Data
NHS number, Specific Stockport PCT identification number, First and second name, Date of Birth, Sex, Condition (if condition was chronic obstructive...
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Stolen personal laptop may have Memorial University student info
Technorati Tag: Security Breach
Date Reported
2/5/08
Organization
Memorial University
Contractor/Consultant/Branch
None
Victims
Students
Number Affected
150
Types of Data
private information
Breach Description
A personal laptop computer was stolen from the home of a Memorial University professor while he was out of town that may have...
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