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Blame for Vista?

2008-05-19 14:25:57 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...Blame The Users clipped from www.liquidmatrix.org Software giant Microsoft has claimed user complacency is to blame for malware infections, and denied that its Vista operating system is less secure than Windows 2000
 
Tags: vista, blame, liquidmatrix, malware infections, malware, software giant microsoft, ponder vista, days ago, org
 
 
 
 
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The Feeling and Reality of Security

2008-04-08 05:50:01 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Blame technology, blame the media, blame whatever. Our brains are much better optimized for the security trade-offs endemic to living in small family groups in the East African highlands in 100,000 B.C. than to those endemic to living in 2008 New York If we make security trade-offs based on the feeling of security rather than the reality, we...
 
Tags: trade-offs, security trade-offs based, trade-offs intelligently, security trade-offs endemic, security trade-offs wrong, security trade-offs, security, endemic, security matches
 
 
 
 
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The Feeling and Reality of Security

2008-04-08 05:50:01 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Blame technology, blame the media, blame whatever. Our brains are much better optimized for the security trade-offs endemic to living in small family groups in the East African highlands in 100,000 B.C. than to those endemic to living in 2008 New York If we make security trade-offs based on the feeling of security rather than the reality, we...
 
Tags: trade-offs, security trade-offs based, trade-offs intelligently, security trade-offs endemic, security trade-offs wrong, security trade-offs, security, endemic, security matches
 
 
 
 
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Reverse Compliance or "Logs as Proof of Incompetence?"

2008-05-06 17:27:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...blame that I knew (or - had a way to know) about the successful attack and data theft If breach investigation will lead to a dead end due to not having logs, maybe I won't be fined as severely If I don't have logs to show the auditors, they won't blame me for mismanaging security in my environment (or - they will only blame me for not having...
 
Tags: compliance, reverse compliance, logs, pci dss, pci dss requirements, pci dss compliance, compliance posture, compliance issues, issues
 
 
 
 
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Oracle misplaces computer containing personal information

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2007-12-13 12:07:05 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...blame (for those that like blame) probably lies with Lodestar for allowing personal information on a desktop computer and/or not encrypting it Past Breaches Unknown
 
Tags: personal information, oracle, information, sensitive personal information, assume oracle, oracle corporation recently, breach, hampshire breach notification, oracle public relations
 
 
 
 
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Stolen UK Ministry of Defence laptop affects up to 600,000

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2008-01-20 14:51:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...blame on the Navy officer. I don't doubt that he has some blame in this case, but I think the issue is much larger. There is very little mention about what MoD's policy and procedure is with regards to confidential personal information. If the Navy officer was following procedure or wasn't aware of the procedure, then the issues are much...
 
Tags: confidential personal information, personal information, sensitive personal information, information, extensive personal data, personal data, personal, information held, data protection practices
 
 
 
 
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Summarizing Zero Day's Posts for July

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2008-08-08 14:35:52 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...blame 22. How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability 23. DNS cache poisoning attacks exploited in the wild 24. The Neosploit cybercrime group abandons its web malware exploitation kit 25. OS fingerprinting Apple's iPhone 2.0 software - a "trivial joke 26. HD Moore pwned with his own DNS...
 
Tags: day, software, rogue security software, spam emails daily, cybercrime, cybercrime fighter, independence day campaign, emails, posts
 
 
 
 
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Deloitte & Touche and IKON lose confidential information

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2007-12-20 14:23:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...blame in the cause of this breach, Deloitte & Touche certainly does to. It seems that Deloitte & Touche makes some attempts to deflect their responsibility. Deloitte & Touche was given the information in the first place and they are responsible for what happens to it until it is ultimately destroyed (if it ever gets destroyed). We advise any...
 
Tags: information, touche, ikon, confidential information, information security controls, deloitte, third-parties secure information, touche partners, ikon office solutions
 
 
 
 
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Skipton Financial Services personal customer data on stolen laptop

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2008-01-04 22:21:58 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...blame. An organization pays a consultant because they believe that the consultant is an expert and knows how to do work at a high-level I am a consultant and look, my laptop is encrypted Organizations that employ consultants which access confidential information resources MUST ensure that the consultants follow proper information security...
 
Tags: skipton, information includes names, information, information security practices, skipton financial services, financial giant skipton, store confidential information, skipton spokesman, security
 
 
 
 
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Reliability Vs. Security

2007-12-07 16:46:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...blame and point fingers than to estimate or predict anything. Security learning tends more toward Pavlov than Markov: when it keeps on hurting, eventually we stop doing it But there is also one point the reliability community must cede: sec