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ValueClick to pay $2.9 million to settle spam complaint

2008-03-17 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
Online advertiser ValueClick has agreed to pay a record US$2.9 million to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint that it sent deceptive advertising claims in spam e-mail and failed to secure consumers' sensitive financial information
 
Tags: sensitive financial information, online advertiser valueclick, record us2, million, secure consumers, settle, spam e-mail, claims, deceptive
 
 
 
 
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Fedora 9 hits beta

2008-03-26 00:00:00 by John Fontana in Network World on Security
 
Open source Fedoraproject.org has released the beta of Fedora 9 signaling the code's readiness for testing by early adopters
 
Tags: source fedoraproject, fedora, beta, readiness, org, adopters, code
 
 
 
 
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3rd Annual IT Audit & Controls - Boston, Mass. (September 8-9, 2008)

2008-04-10 11:04:19 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
When:September 8-9, 2008 Where:Venue TBABoston, Mass. What:This conference will gather the corporate leaders in IT Audit to discuss best practices for establishing an effective annual plan, using reso
 
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Guerilla Marketing for a Conspiracy Site

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2008-08-14 13:58:54 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
An image is worth a thousand words they say, especially when it's creative enough to count as a decent guerrilla marketing campaign for Alex Jones' infowars.com Alex Jones is considered by many to be the grandfather of what has come to be known as the 9/11 Truth Movement. Jones predicted the 9/11 attack in a July 2001 television taping when he...
 
Tags: alex jones, jones, asset osama bin, decent guerrilla, truth movement, firm grasp, attack, thousand words, predict
 
 
 
 
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Lost laptop = Lost data!

2007-08-18 08:28:15 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
Laptop has become our essential travel companion. Lost brand new laptop without personal or company data will result in a loss of current market value of the laptop. Lost laptop with personal or company data can result in a loss which can depend on the value of the "data". It is easier to make amends for the lost laptop but making amends for...
 
Tags: data, lost data, lost, lost laptop, laptop, laptop data aware, lost brand, aware, laptop security device
 
 
 
 
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Economics of secure software

2007-01-21 10:13:02 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
Schneier has a very interesting post on Information Security and Externalities . Below is the highlight of the article The software vendors have little economic incentive in churning out a secure product in the current marketplace. Holding a software liable (to an extent) for not making a secure product can not only force the software vendor to...
 
Tags: software, secure, secure product, product, software vendor, software vendors, vendor, price, initial purchase price
 
 
 
 
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The Breach Blog November Review

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2007-12-04 13:55:55 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach The Breach Blog Month in Review November, 2007 Thirty-nine (39) breaches were reported on the The Breach Blog during the month of November, 2007 compared with thirty-five (35) during the month of October. November ranks second to September (44) in the number of breaches reported in a month, since The Breach Blog...
 
Tags: breach, breach report, popular breach type, breach blog month, breach blog, november, security breach, single breach, breach offender
 
 
 
 
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REAL ID continues to have 'real' challenges

2007-06-18 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
I have been meaning to write something about "REAL ID" for a while now, so will attempt to provide an update on what's happening with this initiative and some additional food for thought. What is REAL ID you say? Well, for those of you who haven't managed to hear about this identity card mandate, it started with the 9/11 Commission's...
 
Tags: real, fraudulent driver, additional food, subsequent legislation, identity card, false identification, trustworthy authentication, recommendation, law
 
 
 
 
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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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Laptop stolen from Workers Compensation Fund auditor

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2008-01-03 11:25:59 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 1/2/08 Organization Workers Compensation Fund (WCF The Salt Lake City-based WCF provides worker compensation insurance coverage to more than 30,000 companies, representing about 61 percent of the businesses operating in the state Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Client workers and...
 
Tags: store personal information, personal information, information, information security matters, workers, workers compensation fund, laptop, security, security tokens