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Scamming the Scammers: 5 Brilliant Reverse 419 Scams [Pics]

2008-02-12 16:00:06 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Countless people are victimized every year around the world by international scammers claiming to have access to fortunes through banks, royal families, business partners, deceased loved ones and more. Some clever crusaders, however, are fighting back in kind and scamming the scammers. In some cases these are downright hilarious
 
Tags: scammers, international scammers, business partners, downright hilarious, countless people, clever crusaders, royal families, fortunes, access
 
 
 
 
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Cost of vulnerability

2007-03-05 21:19:05 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...brilliant. He was equally arrogant too I found a very serious vulnerability in his code where a hacker could easily hijack a user session. I set up a demo scenario for this and walked up to his office to bring this to his attention. His response to my discovery was more amazing than the vulnerability itself. He thumped his clenched fist on...
 
Tags: vulnerability, vulnerability determines, cost, demo scenario, easily, easily hijack, extremely brilliant, preserve company, bullet proof
 
 
 
 
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Turning Chickens into Pigs

2008-03-25 17:13:11 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
Another brilliant post by J.D.Meier
 
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Illinois Eye Center warns patients of identity theft

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2008-04-04 12:40:39 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 3/28/08 Organization Illinois Eye Center Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Patients Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth Breach Description A former Illinois Eye Center employee could have used confidential patient information for...
 
Tags: eye center, center, illinois eye center, illinois, identity theft, confidential information, information, confidential patient information, occasional
 
 
 
 
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RSA Europe 2007 Trip Summary

2007-10-26 01:06:32 by Erik T. Heidt in Art of Information Security
 
...brilliant. Ronald reengineers a common computer mouse, using off-the-shelf components, and turns it into one that can be used to Load malicious code onto a target computer Store data stolen from the user (for later retrieval Provide attacker with remote control and data access (via Bluetooth DEV-109: Is Web 2.0 a Hackers Dream This was the...
 
Tags: application security pitfalls, application, security, security theater, information security, software security errors, presentation, bruce, bruce schneier keynote
 
 
 
 
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Oklahoma Department of Corrections SQL exposure

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2008-04-21 11:23:45 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...brilliant developers plugged this pothole with a pebble by doing nothing more than a case-sensisitve search/replace of "social security number" with "doc number". Clearly, they had no idea why it was so bad to let any SELECT anything from their databases I emailed George again, this time explaining the problem much more clearly That,...
 
Tags: social security, oklahoma, sql, residents, oklahoma residents, bad, bad news, department, sql query
 
 
 
 
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700,000 records on stolen CCB server

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2008-04-22 14:57:38 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Brilliant CCB apologizes to its clients and all Indiana residents affected by this incident We're obviously heartsick about this," said Chet Klene, Central Collection Bureau president. "We've been in business since 1972, and nothing like this has ever happened before Evan] I don't doubt that CCB is "heartsick" by this incident. I feel bad...
 
Tags: dds, gary taylor dds, gary hunt dds, lawrence falender dds, joseph meek dds, caryn guba dds, mark ellis dds, sarah akard dds, ccb
 
 
 
 
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Evolving Schneiers Security Mindset

2008-04-28 12:30:42 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...brilliant admin with 20 years at the company and intimate knowledge of the systems architecture as a threat community? Maybe we are, and if so this is a great and relevant discussion But if were not able to throw the resources at a problem needed to address someone whose skills and resources are in the top 1/10 of 1% of the threat community...
 
Tags: mindset, security, security mindset matures, security mindset, security professionals, security requires, security vulnerabilities, applicable threat community, threat community
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Whither Miami Beach-Fi? Overzealous Wi-Fi Config; Microwave Oven Leakage

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2008-04-29 14:02:01 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...brilliant xkcd comic takes it to the next step: Wireless zero config? Try overzealous wireless config Microwave oven may have disrupted reader's Wi-Fi: Rob Pegoraro over at the Washington Post notes that a friend of his discovered through the process of elimination that his microwave oven was acting as a big interferer with his Wi-Fi network....
 
Tags: wi-fi, config, wi-fi network, microwave, network, low signal strength, signal strength, overzealous wireless config, ibm network
 
 
 
 
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Iron Man was just not very magnetic to me

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2008-05-03 22:48:58 by HASH0x8b313d4 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...brilliant weapons designer himself. However, he has some serious character flaws. He is kidnapped by some sort of mid-eastern terrorists and take some shrapnel in his chest. A doctor attaches an electromagnet to a car battery on his chest to keep the shrapnel from going into his heart. Downey then designs some sort of mini-power source to...
 
Tags: power source, mini-power source, movie, summer movie season, power, iron, movie incarnation, brilliant weapons designer, weapons designer