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Lost Virgin Media CD contains customer information

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2008-06-23 18:33:22 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...CD which was then lost, it emerged today Reference URL The Register Finextra PrecisionMarketing Report Credit Chris Williams, The Register Response From the online sources cited above Virgin Media - the entertainment and communications arm of Richard Branson's Virgin Group - has lost an unencrypted computer disc containing the bank...
 
Tags: virgin media, virgin, virgin media services, sensitive data customer, data, data protection policies, information, customers, inform customers
 
 
 
 
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How To Burn An ISO Image To A Bootable CD

2007-10-09 00:26:44 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
New Video: How To Burn An ISO Image To A Bootable CD Ok, I know it does not seem a worth topic for the Hacking Illustrated Series InfoSec Tutorial Videos, but you have to admit the question gets asked a lot. Now we have something to point people to when they ask on forums how to burn an ISO using a free application. Feel free to link to this...
 
Tags: iso, iso image, bootable cd, free, free application, question, worth topic, link, lot
 
 
 
 
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Quick Notes On Getting Bart's PE/Ultimate Boot CD For Windows To Boot From A Thumb Drive

2008-09-03 21:07:07 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
Just what the title says, it's just a lot easier to carry around a UFD on you keychain than it is a CD. I use mine for password resets, removing spyware and other odds and ends Also, on other security topics check out my buddy Lee's page on hacking apps for the iPhone / iPod Touch
 
Tags: security topics check, ipod touch, lot easier, cd, buddy lee, password resets, page, spyware, apps
 
 
 
 
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Quick Notes On Getting Bart's PE/Ultimate Boot CD For Windows To Boot From A Thumb Drive

2008-09-03 21:07:07 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
Just what the title says, it's just a lot easier to carry around a UFD on you keychain than it is a CD. I use mine for password resets, removing spyware and other odds and ends Also, on other security topics check out my buddy Lee's page on hacking apps for the iPhone / iPod Touch
 
Tags: security topics check, ipod touch, lot easier, cd, buddy lee, password resets, page, spyware, apps
 
 
 
 
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Laptop bought on eBay contained "highly confidential" Home Office disk

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2008-02-28 16:10:38 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...CD marked "Home Office - highly confidential" under the keyboard and above the circuit board. The purchaser brought the computer to Leapfrog Computers in Westhoughton (UK) for repair where the technician discovered the encrypted compact disc Reference URL The Bolton Evening News BBC News Associated Press Leapfrog Computers online statement ...
 
Tags: home office, disk, laptop, source home office, home office spokesman, director lee bevan, lee bevan, highly confidential, leapfrog computers
 
 
 
 
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Autorun: good for you?

2007-09-23 05:29:48 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...CD. No need to know how! Just pick up the disc (a little peanut butter on your fingers helps with the grip), slide it in the drive, and wait for the game to start. Groovy No, if you're a security administrator. Many people still aren't aware of the security risk that autorun raises. It isn't new anymore, but DarkReading's Social engineering,...
 
Tags: autorun, autorun raises, autorun commands, autorun settings, key, registry key, disable autorun, computer, computer configuration
 
 
 
 
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Canadian farmer personal information on stolen CCGA laptop

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2008-06-08 19:32:52 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...CD attack Agriculture Canada spokesman Sean Malone said there were security features on the laptop, but a sophisticated hacker could likely bypass them Evan] No sophistication required. A novice could figure it out with Google, a CD, and 15 minutes So far, there have been no reports of identity theft among the farmers, the report said ...
 
Tags: information, laptop, financial information, confidential information, laptop affects, computer, strict security measures, ccga, laptop computer
 
 
 
 
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Easy Google Income

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2008-07-29 17:58:49 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...CD title clearly makes you think you're going to get some mysterious money magnet, but stops short of telling you whether it would be a program, ebook or magical leprechaun In fact, what happens is you apparently sign up for the CD at the cost of subscribing yourself to some kind of "free trial" - at the end of which, you have to pay $39.90...
 
Tags: google, easy google income, google material, adsense riches range, internet wealth university, adsense, riches range, mysterious money magnet, awful lot
 
 
 
 
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A New Way to Back Up Digital Files on paper

2008-09-04 08:28:19 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...CD-Rs, DVDRs, memory sticks, flash cards, hard disks, streamer tapes, ZIP drives, network storages, magnetooptical cartridges, and even 8-inch double-sided floppy disks formatted for DEC PDP-11? (I still have some). The answer is simple: you dont. However, by looking on CD or magnetic tape, you are not able to tell whether your data is...
 
Tags: paper, code, source code, paper backups, real programmers dared, data, data density, real programmers, flash cards
 
 
 
 
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HMRC loses data cartridge that affects 6,548 pensioners

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2007-12-31 23:30:11 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...CD October, 2007 - Stolen HMRC laptop affec