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OmniAmerican Bank targeted by cyber criminals

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2008-01-28 11:26:35 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...amount stolen is not yet known, he said, describing it only as "minimal." No depositors will lose money, he said Fewer than 100 accounts, some of them dormant, were compromised, all with a daily withdrawal limit of less than $1,000, he said After discovering the fraudulent activity Friday afternoon, OmniAmerican placed temporary limits on...
 
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Maryland Department of Assessments & Taxation web exposure

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2008-01-05 14:02:15 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...amount of time they were exposed and because hackers would have had to tap into Internet transmission lines from a specific location Evan] Not nearly impossible Somebody would have had to been focused in on that site," Mr. Young said. "The chances of that are virtually nil Evan] I do agree that the risk is relatively low, I do not agree that...
 
Tags: maryland, sensitive personal information, personal information, secure server hadhas, server, web application server, application, information, information security
 
 
 
 
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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...amount of work you need to do. Let Microsoft take care of patch management for your FFNoutsource it to us by making sure that all computers are downloading and installing updates automatically Simply using a firewall and installing updates can be enough to protect a computer from most attacks. But as we security consultants (stop looking...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site
 
 
 
 
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CHECKLISTS ARE NOT FOR DUMMIES, BUT THEY SURE ARE DUMB!

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2008-06-11 13:51:33 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
...amount of control. Again, this serves to reduce some level of variability, comparing you to a best practice And so They are both useful in each use - as long as the limitations therein are understood! And thats where we get into trouble. Too many times we believe that checklists are a State of Knowledge. Checklists allow for some limited...
 
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Security Through Obscurity

2008-06-18 13:13:26 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...amount, use the U.S. Mail. If it is over that amount but under another amount, use Federal Express. The Cullinan was again transported incognito; the British Royal Navy escorted an empty box across the North Sea to Amsterdam -- where the diamond would be cut -- while famed diamond cutter Abraham Asscher actually carried it in his pocket from...
 
Tags: security, diamond, cullinan diamond, complex security system, uncut diamond, move, ordinary office move, cullinan, huge security
 
 
 
 
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Larry Sutos Paper Drama

2008-01-02 14:53:30 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...amount of third party JavaScript on the site. If competitors want the space, they are welcome to it. If someone wants me to review their scanner publicly Ill do that too. We have been asked to do this once before, although it hasnt gone anywhere yet, I suspect because of the holiday season. No magic, folks. This is how the world works. People...
 
Tags: paper, larry sutos paper, scanners, commercial scanners, test environment, environment, test, time, people
 
 
 
 
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Who says Politics doesn't pay and why can't I find clients with pockets this deep?

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2008-01-21 21:10:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...amount when they can now afford to pay out $28,000,000.00 to $52,000,000.00? and 2) Does the recieving of (as much as) $52 million dollars by a former high ranking politician from a company with it's back up against a wall not sound like a "kickback" in of itself What does Mr. Ashcroft's firm deliver as a result of this outlandish payment?...
 
Tags: zimmer, zimmer products, zimmer frames, million dollars, firm, firm deliver, zimmer stops, resolve kickback allegations, contracts
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft buys U-Prove technology

2008-03-06 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Looking to pare down the amount of personal data that users pass online during electronic transactions, Microsoft has picked up Credentica's U-Prove technology, which allows Internet users to disclose only the minimum amount of personal information when conducting electronic transactions
 
Tags: u-prove technology, electronic transactions, users pass online, amount, minimum amount, personal data, personal information, internet users, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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Shimel's theory of security company relativity or why there are so damn many security companies

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2008-04-10 22:08:39 by HASH0x8b4586c in StillSecure, After All These Years
...amount of venture money raised. The tilde squiggly line and the greater than sign are made up by me not to have a specific mathematical function but indicate that the amount of money raised is in relation to the revenue of the company and is the exponential factor involved in finding the acquisition price. I use squared in deference and in...
 
Tags: companies, security companies, company, security company relativity, security company, revenue, revenue level, revenue levels, million