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Lithuania Attacked by Russian Hacktivists, 300 Sites Defaced

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2008-07-07 01:19:13 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
Last week's mass defacement of over 300 Lithuanian sites hosted on the same ISP, an upcoming attack that was largely anticipated due to the on purposely escalated online tensions out of Lithuan's accepted legislation banning communist symbols across the counry, once again demonstrates information warfare building capabilities in action ...
 
Tags: lithuania, attack lithuania surprisingly, estonia, estonia attack, sites, attack, attack strategy, attacks based, attacks
 
 
 
 
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Nevada Department of Public Safety applicants exposed

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2008-03-07 10:20:48 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 3/4/08 Organization State of Nevada Contractor/Consultant/Branch Nevada Department of Public Safety Crown, Stanley and Silverman Victims Job applicants Number Affected 300 Types of Data Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and other personal information required for thorough background...
 
Tags: personal information, lost personal information, sensitive personal information, nevada, confidential personal information, information, nevada payroll information, nevada department, nevada dps
 
 
 
 
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Orkut XSS Worm

2007-12-20 16:18:37 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
Several people sent this to me over the last few days but for those of you who hadnt seen it in the myriad of different places it showed up, Orkut was hacked using a XSS worm . Orkut is Googles version of social networking. It was big for a while, but I think everyone bailed in favor of the more open MySpace and Facebooks of the world. Its still...
 
Tags: orkut, worm, post, community, orkut community, post scrapbook, xss worm, post requests, worm code
 
 
 
 
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Lost Memorial Hospital laptop affects employees and retirees

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2008-02-08 14:14:44 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 2/7/08 Organization Memorial Health System, Inc Contractor/Consultant/Branch Memorial Hospital American Airlines Victims Employees and retirees Number Affected 4,300 Types of Data Names, addresses, birth dates, ID numbers, and Social Security numbers Breach Description An employee of Memorial...
 
Tags: memorial, hospital, memorial health system, memorial hospital lost, memorial hospital, sensitive personal information, personal information, hospital staff, employees
 
 
 
 
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Lost Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey laptop

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2008-02-11 13:52:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 1/29/08 Organization Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (BCBSNJ Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ), a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Newark, is the state's largest health insurer Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Horizon BCBSNJ members ...
 
Tags: horizon, horizon bcbsnj takes, horizon bcbsnj, data, medical data, jersey, remotely destroy data, bcbsnj, laptop
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: General Commuter-Fi, Microsoft Bus-Fi, Nikon S52c

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2008-04-10 14:15:19 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
Wi-Fi Planet runs down transit-based Internet access around the world: There's a lot to choose to write about these days, as Internet access using Wi-Fi for end users and cellular data networks for backhaul abound. The article notes that commuter vehicle Wi-Fi can serve three purposes: access for passengers, intra-vehicle communication among...
 
Tags: wi-fi planet runs, wi-fi, internal wi-fi, system, commuter bus system, service, online service, commuter vehicle wi-fi, free bus service
 
 
 
 
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Price Discrimination in the Market for Stolen Credit Cards

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2008-06-03 07:23:29 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
What would be the price of a stolen credit card with an already verified balance, and based on what factors would the sellers come up with the price range? Depends on who you're buying the goods from. Continuing the discussion on the Underground Economy's Supply of Goods , the service I'll comment on in this post is among the countless number of...
 
Tags: price, price discrimination, volume basis, basis, market, average price, bank basis, volume basis propositions, credit card
 
 
 
 
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IBM Raises The Stakes In Business and IT Continuity Services

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2008-08-22 15:38:40 by Stephanie Balaouras in Security & Risk Management
IBM announced today that it was spending US$300 million to build out 13 data centers in 10 countries in 2008 - IBM refers to these sites as "Business Resilience service delivery centers". These centers will certainly help IBM deliver more of its traditional IT recovery services but they will also support the next generation of IT continuity...
 
Tags: services, recovery, recovery services, continuity services, service, ibm, service provider, service offerings, cost
 
 
 
 
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Two years ago today, Blue Box podcast #1 was launched

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2007-10-27 14:32:48 by HASH0x84724b8 in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
It seems rather amazing to me that it was two years ago today - October 24, 2005 - when we launched this show with Blue Box Podcast #1 (I remember because 10/24 is just a great number for a geek!). It's been a long, strange trip since then... we've learned a lot... about podcasting, about building a community... and, of course, about VoIP...
 
Tags: blue box podcast, blue box, hotel wifi, hotel, voip security, poor connectivity, skype, connectivity, strange trip
 
 
 
 
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The cost of a code signing certificate

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