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Virus Center: Dutch authorities apprehend 14 suspects in a phishing scam

2007-12-20 17:52:57 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
IT security and control firm Sophos has welcomed news that Dutch authorities have arrested 14 suspects who allegedly allowed their ABN Amro bank accounts to be used by cybercriminals to store and tran
 
Tags: dutch authorities, control firm sophos, suspects, tran, store, security, news, cybercriminals, allegedly
 
 
 
 
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Print private authorities (PRTPVTAUT) command for user objects in a library with *public exclude

2008-06-25 18:02:18 by Ken Graap in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
On i5/OS, the print private authority (PRTPVTAUT) command allows you to print a report of all the private authorities for objects of a specified type in a specified library, folder or directory
 
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Cashing in on employee theft, or honest whistleblower?

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2008-02-25 14:03:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...authorities paid Mr. Kieber "as much as 5 million euros ($7.4 million)" for information about German account holders for the purpose of investigating tax evaders. Other countries that are interested in the information allegedly stolen by Mr. Kieber include the United Kingdom (U.K.), the United States (U.S.), Australia and others. Mr. Kieber...
 
Tags: confidential, confidential data, kieber, named heinrich kieber, lgt, lgt trust, data, confidential information, information
 
 
 
 
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N-DEx National Intelligence System

2008-03-31 06:13:30 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...authorities hope N-DEx will become what one called a "one-stop shop" enabling federal law enforcement, counterterrorism and intelligence analysts to automatically examine the enormous caches of local and state records for the first time The expanding police systems illustrate the prominent roles that private companies play in homeland...
 
Tags: intelligence, police systems, police, authorities, surveillance authorities, local police, law enforcement, federal law enforcement, intelligence analysts
 
 
 
 
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Random Stupidity in the Name of Terrorism

2008-07-03 12:57:04 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...authorities and public who doubt his motives. The bus-spotter, officially known as an omnibologist, said: "Since the 9/11 attacks there has been a crackdown. "The past two years have absolutely been the worst. I have had the most appalling abuse from the public, drivers and police over-exercising their authority. Mr McCaffery, who is married,...
 
Tags: police, israeli police shot, giraffe, terrorist, israeli authorities, giraffe helps camels, authorities, boston public school, terrorist organization
 
 
 
 
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Some Massachusetts seniors are at risk

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2007-12-04 16:17:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Authorities arrested an identity thief in August, 2007 who had been using information obtained from the Massachusetts Presrciption Advantage program in an attempted identity theft scheme. It is not yet clear how the thief obtained the information Reference URL PC World Story Information World Story The Boston Herald Story Report Credit...
 
Tags: breach, computer security breach, breach description, prescription advantage, security breach, prescription advantage program, data-breach laws, lone identity thief, thief
 
 
 
 
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ARCO gas pumps targeted by fraudsters

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2007-12-27 13:58:30 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...authorities are searching for whoever skimmed debit card information from at least 45 customers at an Arco station in El Monte The suspects made off with thousands of dollars from unsuspecting customers. A computerized device apparently was used to lift key information, including debit card identification numbers, concealed in the card's...
 
Tags: arco gas pumps, pumps, gas pumps, arco, gas stations, arco gas stations, card, debit card identification, creditdebit card data
 
 
 
 
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Geeks.com customer credit card data compromised

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2008-01-07 21:34:58 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...authorities, as well as the Secret Service and other federal authorities. We also reported the incident to Visa We have engaged an outside, nationally recognized security firm to determine how this incident occurred and to confirm that information we obtain is protected to the fullest extent reasonably possible Evan] Who To protect against...
 
Tags: credit, credit card, card, geeks, credit reports, report credit, breach description, breach, apparent breach
 
 
 
 
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The Naval Surface Warfare Center warns employees

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2008-01-16 09:51:41 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...authorities Current employees were notified of the incident on Jan. 10 through an All Hands e-mail and urged to take action to safeguard their identity. The message is currently posted to the NSWCDD internal website At this time, NSWCDD has no information as to how the individual(s) came to be in possession of this hard copy report. The...
 
Tags: company data destruction, company data, employees personal information, personal information, destruction, information, information security, employees, employment information
 
 
 
 
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Why Some Terrorist Attacks Succeed and Others Fail

2008-02-28 06:25:13 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...authorities by ordinary citizens. However, the authorities must likewise be vigilant and recognize the value of unexpected information that may seem unimportant, but actually provides the opening to interdict a planned attack Terrorist profile indicators. Awareness of and sensitivity to behavioral indicators, certain activities, or past...