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Hackers get busted

2007-11-30 11:08:26 by Dan Cvrcek in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...bright and very skilled , I started thinking. How did they find him? He clearly must have made some serious mistakes, what sort of mistakes? How can isolation influence someones behaviour, what is the importance of external opinions on objectivity When we write a paper, we very much appreciate when someone is willing to read it, and give back...
 
Tags: hackers, procedures, reconstruct operational procedures, hacker themself, tools, mistakes, hacker, bright, bbc news
 
 
 
 
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Pennsylvania Department of Aging seniors affected by stolen laptop

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2008-01-03 17:18:52 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...bright for the most part, but the value of the computer is maybe $1,500. The value of the information is maybe $20+ per record (depending on quality). $20 x 21,000 = $420,000! $420,000 or $1,500 There have been no reports of misuse of the information, which included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, some medical information and the...
 
Tags: pennsylvania, pennsylvania department, department, sensitive personal information, personal information, information, computer, laptop computer, medical information
 
 
 
 
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Innovative spam subject lines

2007-08-19 23:16:14 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...bright-coloured foreign cars with water spurting up in fountains from under their tyres All day sitting down there cursing curses at the dog Implement conditional, iterative, and jump flow control statements and arrays Bilbo was crossing the floor of the hall For some, it would be because they're there Wow, we go from obviously identifiable...
 
Tags: spam, identifiable spam, conditional iterative array, iterative, junk email folder, microsoft sweepstakes scams, sentence structure, river, humorous edification
 
 
 
 
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Show 005 - An Interview with Ed Felten

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2006-08-28 18:05:36 by rmacmich in The Silver Bullet Security Podcast
...bright 11-year-old A partial transcript of the interview in IEEE Security & Privacy Freedom to Tinker - Ed Feltens blog Eds Predictions for 2006 Wikipedia: Series of Tubes Subscribe to IEEE Security & Privacy
 
Tags: eds predictions, ieee security, discuss eds relationship, information technology policy, bright 11-year-old, feltens blog, privacy, computer scientists, public policy
 
 
 
 
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5 Security Predictions for 2008

2008-01-09 00:04:14 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
...bright they will morph again and change tactics. Money will still flow in to them by the millions though. However with increasing public knowledge of the group someone will get busted and connected to them. No one high up in the group, but some poor sucker at the wrong place at the wrong time. Law Enforcement will trump it as a significant...
 
Tags: security, security predictions, security players, security industry, grumpy security guy, worm, multi-website xss worm, xss, security stories
 
 
 
 
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Kids and Lying

2008-02-29 07:09:12 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...bright kids -- those who do better on other academic indicators -- are able to start lying at 2 or 3. "Lying is related to intelligence," explains Dr. Victoria Talwar, an assistant professor at Montreal's McGill University and a leading expert on children's lying behavior Although we think of truthfulness as a young child's paramount virtue,...
 
Tags: kids, victoria talwar, bright kids, security, lie, talwar, security topic, assistant professor, percent
 
 
 
 
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UPDATE: A computer stolen from Systematic Automation is found

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2008-03-12 12:22:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...bright individual, is he? I suspect that the confidential information was not accessed by Mr. Irvine, and I also suspect he didn't even know what he had Police did a superb job by following up on leads and treating this crime very seriously. They should be commended on their work This has been one of the most popular breaches in terms of...
 
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The Continuing Slide Towards Thoughtcrime

2008-03-18 14:12:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...bright spark at Acpo thought this one up should go back to the business of policing or the pastime of science fiction novels,' she said. 'The British public is highly respectful of the police and open even to eccentric debate, but playing politics with our innocent kids is a step too far Chris Davis, of the National Primary Headteachers'...
 
Tags: database, dna database, risk factor analysis, individual child aged, recent report, public policy research, report, whichever bright spark, cognitive behavioural therapy
 
 
 
 
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Students breach Williamsville Central School District security

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2008-04-15 15:12:32 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...bright kids" and good students with no lengthy disciplinary records The extent of the security breach remains unknown because police are required to have computer evidence extracted by the Western New York Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory, Askey said, which might take several weeks This prompted Superintendent Howard S. Smith to send...
 
Tags: district, students, school, suburban school district, school students, secure personal information, personal information, school district, information
 
 
 
 
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Our Inherent Capability for Evil

2008-04-16 06:40:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...bright, liberal young men of good character, brimming with opposition to the Vietnam war and authority in general. All expressed a preference to be prisoners, a role they could relate to better. Yet within days the strong, rebellious "prisoners" had become depressed and hopeless. Two broke down emotionally, crushed by the behaviour of the...
 
Tags: prisoners, fellow prisoners, zimbardo, tells zimbardo, dangerous prisoners, prisoners start, day, day sunday, previous day