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Information flow tracing and software testing

2007-09-17 09:32:00 by Niels Provos in Google Online Security Blog
 
...checks in applications looking for something as a simple as a version number may render testing with completely random input ineffective. However, the newer, more complicated fuzz testers require a considerable initial investment in the form of complete input format specifications or the selection of a large corpus of initial input samples ...
 
Tags: input, flayer marks, initial input samples, flayer, fuzz, fuzz testers require, checks, dynamic analysis framework, sanity checks
 
 
 
 
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More on Driver Certificate Revocation

2007-08-03 07:54:37 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...checks, and they're just speculating that checks with VeriSign could be done more frequently: The VeriSign revocation list may impact a variety of operations. For example, verification checks that request online CRL validation will fail, which is more common for user mode operations. This can also extend to functions such as online time...
 
Tags: revocation, checks, atsiv revocation, verification checks, verisign revocation list, operations, user mode operations, verisign, boot-time checks
 
 
 
 
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If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, it must be NAP

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2008-03-27 02:04:22 by HASH0x8b41e68 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...checks of devices, I was surprised at the "Microsoft-ease" they still speak about around NAP. First of all they insist that NAP is not a product or even in deference to my friend Hoff, a feature. Instead NAP is a platform. Implying that other products will run on top of it. Next they again reiterated what we have heard before, that NAP is not...
 
Tags: nap, security, borderline security, security tool, security product, product, pre-connect health checks, health checks, microsoft folks
 
 
 
 
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If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, it must be NAP

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2008-03-27 03:04:22 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...checks of devices, I was surprised at the "Microsoft-ease" they still speak about around NAP. First of all they insist that NAP is not a product or even in deference to my friend Hoff, a feature. Instead NAP is a platform. Implying that other products will run on top of it. Next they again reiterated what we have heard before, that NAP is not...
 
Tags: nap, security, borderline security, security tool, security product, product, pre-connect health checks, health checks, microsoft folks
 
 
 
 
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Nevada Department of Public Safety applicants exposed

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2008-03-07 10:20:48 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...checks Breach Description A private firm working for the Nevada Department of Public Safety has lost personal information provided by 109 individuals seeking jobs with the agency Reference URL KTVN Channel 2 News Las Vegas Review-Journal The Houston Chronicle Report Credit KTVN Channel 2 News Response From the online sources cited above ...
 
Tags: personal information, lost personal information, sensitive personal information, nevada, confidential personal information, information, nevada payroll information, nevada department, nevada dps
 
 
 
 
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A breach that hits home with 2008 presidential candidates

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2008-03-22 13:16:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...checks because certain records, including those of high-profile people, are "flagged" with a computer tag that tips off supervisors when someone tries to view the records without a proper reason Evan] Excellent. It is good practice to log access attempts (successful and not) to confidential information. Of course you need to identify...
 
Tags: stanley subcontractor employees, subcontractor employees, subcontractor, confidential information, information, information security, stanley, personal information, employees
 
 
 
 
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Five stolen Florida Department of Children and Families laptops

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2008-01-04 10:12:20 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...checks Evan] I'm glad to read that DCF conducts background checks on day care workers. I am all for that. Storing the applications on a laptop computer that is not physically or logically secure is terrible security practice Officials said they don't know how many day-care employees' records were on the stolen computers DCF wanted to have a...
 
Tags: agency, law enforcement agency, law, confidential information, information, confidential personal information, law enforcement led, laptops, sensitive personal information
 
 
 
 
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StillSecure's first branded NAC appliance

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2008-02-05 19:37:26 by HASH0x8ba8070 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...Checks. This gives us the ability to audit at a much deeper level for policy compliance. I will probably do a full article on deep checks in the near future. There is a laundry list of other new features and improvements in the product as well, but you can check the release for the whole story Many are saying that this is the year NAC gets...
 
Tags: stillsecure, nac, safe access, offer safe access, stillsecure appliances, nac functionality, stillsecure strata guard, dhcp nac, offer
 
 
 
 
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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
...checks carried out on new employees This arrest warrant was linked to a real estate deal in Spain in 1996, which HK had allegedly financed with uncovered checks, and was issued by the Spanish criminal prosecution authorities in 1997, firstly at national and subsequently at international level It has been reported that he (Heinrich Kieber)...
 
Tags: confidential, confidential data, kieber, named heinrich kieber, lgt, lgt trust, data, confidential information, information