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Spaf on Academic Security Research (... Silliness)

2007-12-20 13:07:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...academic security research. He says : "As I write this , Im sitting in a review of some university research in cybersecurity. [...] What strikes me about these efforts representative of efforts by hundreds of people over decades, and the expenditure of perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars is that the vast majority of these efforts have...
 
Tags: security, worthwhile security, efforts representative, efforts, security economics, people, rigorous academic approach, academic research, dirt pile
 
 
 
 
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My 2008 Security Predictions!

2008-01-09 15:42:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Academic security research stays ridiculous = yes . Wrong problems, wrong solutions, wrong speed (as in: solving solved problems of day before yesterday...). There will be some exceptions: for example, some of the Project Honeynet academic participants deliver a punch Secure coding becomes mainstream = no (definitely, 'not yet' on this one)...
 
Tags: security, security predictions, broader information security, information security, smb security, virtual security appliances, security market, security solutions, security software
 
 
 
 
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Harvard University warns graduate students about web hack

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2008-03-14 00:25:51 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...academic year, summaries of GSAS housing applicant data for the 2007-08 and 2006-07 academic years, and administrator information was hacked by an outsider and compromised in a way that the data on the server could have been viewed or copied Reference URLs Harvard University Gazette The Boston Globe The Boston Herald Bloomberg Report...
 
Tags: university, harvard university, harvard university gazette, harvard, gsas administrators, gsas, information, personal information, gsas site
 
 
 
 
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Binghamton University mistaken email exposes students

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2008-03-19 14:10:22 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...academic awards. Instead, the e-mail showed up in the inbox of 288 accounting students Evan] Ouch it stinks to be named as the culprit publicly, by name. Why were Social Security numbers required in an email meant to select students for academic rewards? Does the school use Social Security numbers as identifiers (instead of student IDs We...
 
Tags: university, students, management students vulnerable, management, binghamton university students, select students, email, binghamton university, social security
 
 
 
 
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Three intrusions go undetected at Antioch University

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2008-03-31 16:23:10 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...academic records and for employees and former employees it contained payroll records Breach Description A computer system at Antioch University that contained personal information on about 70,000 people was breached by an unauthorized intruder three times last year, the school said Friday Reference URL Antioch University FAQs Antioch...
 
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University of California Irvine students are hit with mysterious breach

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2008-04-10 12:14:10 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Academic Computing Services, Administrative Computing Services and campus administrative staff have been conducting a thorough investigation The only victims of whom UCI is aware are graduate and medical students who were enrolled during the 2006-07 academic year and had GSHIP (Graduate Student Health Insurance Program) insurance Evan] This...
 
Tags: irvine, irvine police department, police, students, contact campus police, credit agencies, credit, irvine police, medical students
 
 
 
 
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Fun Security Reading - 3

2008-05-15 14:11:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...academic security "research." Quote: "people who write papers in LaTeX two-column format end up saying the sky has a high negative trajectory." ( other examples I work for a vendor , but I am not "vendor scum." What is the difference? If you write a paper about a fake trend or about a non-existent phenomenon (that your marketing department...
 
Tags: security, fun security, security efficiency, data security compromise, fun, security chasm, risk, people perceive risk, academic security
 
 
 
 
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Oklahoma State breach points to ongoing higher-ed security challenges

2008-05-15 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
In the latest security incident to come to light at an academic institution, Oklahoma State said it is notifying 70,000 people that their personal data may have been compromised
 
Tags: security incident, oklahoma, personal data, academic institution, people, light
 
 
 
 
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Brushing up on my math skills...

2006-07-21 04:38:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...academic foundation in mathematics do get in the way, especially when I encounter a lot of greek symbols Finding like-minded individuals to discuss topics of interests and ask for advice also did a lot of good. I am an active member of Wilmott -- an online community of quants (Username: Jomni). At first, I was the one asking questions, and...
 
Tags: derivatives, topics, plain vanilla derivatives, discuss topics, quantitative finance topics, financial derivatives, quantitative finance, papers, research papers
 
 
 
 
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New Ban Proposed In UK Against Hacker Tools

2008-01-03 18:54:22 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab