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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
...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 Report Credit Lee Bevan, Leapfrog Computers, brought to the attention of The...
 
Tags: home office, disk, laptop, source home office, home office spokesman, director lee bevan, lee bevan, highly confidential, leapfrog computers
 
 
 
 
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Justice, in one case at least

2008-01-31 16:48:08 by Ross Anderson in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...Circuit Card read - CVV data reliable with in brackets the explanatory phrase (chip read). This seemed strange. If the chip of an EMV card is read, the reader will verify the signature on the certificate; if its magnetic strip is read (perhaps because the chip is unserviceable) then the bank will check the CVV, which is there to prevent...
 
Tags: card, circuit card, transaction, john, bank, transaction code, bank statement, emv card, egg
 
 
 
 
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Donor personal information was on Lifeblood stolen laptop

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2008-02-14 10:17:22 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...circuit monitoring of the areas housing the laptops, installation of software to allow remote tracking and erasure of the hard drives on laptops used on mobile drives, and additional programming to prevent full Social Security numbers from being downloaded to mobile laptops Evan] WHERE IS ENCRYPTION? Remote tracking and erasure provides some...
 
Tags: mobile blood collection, blood, personal information, memorial blood centers, blood saves lives, blood type, lifebloods blood donors, lifeblood, information
 
 
 
 
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Management, technology short-circuit DHS's 'virtual fence'

2008-02-29 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473130 in Network World on Security
 
A U.S. government plan to build a "virtual fence" along the border of Mexico and Canada, using radar, satellites, sensors and communication links to rapidly dispatch border patrol, has all the earmarks of a technology boondoggle
 
Tags: virtual fence, communication links, technology boondoggle, government plan, radar, satellites, earmarks, border, mexico
 
 
 
 
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High Availability Security In Your Virtual Environment

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2008-03-12 21:41:15 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...circuit software to allow bits to bypass and flow around the software application Fail Over" however is possible and customers are going to ask for the same things I believe when it comes to uptime on a virtual network as they do a physical network Take a look at the attached picture. It depicts a software solution that has two firewall type...
 
Tags: virtual, physical, physical relay, physical network, virtual security products, security products, network, virtual network, virtual environment
 
 
 
 
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Ruling: No suspicion needed to search laptops at U.S. borders

2008-04-23 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473784 in Network World on Security
 
In a ruling that's likely to come as a disappointment for privacy-rights advocates, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week held that Customs officers need no reasonable suspicion to search through the contents of any individual's laptop computer at the country's borders
 
Tags: reasonable suspicion, week held, laptop computer, customs officers, borders, ninth circuit, country, court, privacy-rights
 
 
 
 
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Security ahead of risk at the border

2008-05-05 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b41c24 in Network World on Security
 
...Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can continue its practice of warrantless searches through computer data held by U.S. citizens and foreigners alike. With no cause or suspicion, the CBP may inspect, copy or seize data devices carried by anyone returning to the U.S. I'm not convinced that passive compliance is...
 
Tags: computer data held, business travelers, foreigners alike, cbp, border protection, passive compliance, circuit court, data devices, sensitive information
 
 
 
 
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Will Retention Policies Go Away?

2008-05-21 16:26:50 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...Circuit he was clear about this, while pointing out that a document hold over pending litigation changes matters of course. But such policies may be more trouble than they're worth. As David Ferris of Ferris Research argues , the very small, and diminishing cost of storage makes it a tough choice to try to enforce such policies. It's easier...
 
Tags: retention policies, policies, abandon retention policies, abandon, ferris research argues, judge john facciola, david ferris, tough choice, lawyers talk
 
 
 
 
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Trip Report: PH-Neutral

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2008-05-28 20:56:40 by Chris Eng in Zero in a bit
...circuit feed was being simulcast on the 4th floor, which was a bit less crowded and, more importantly, opened out onto a rooftop deck which meant better ventilation. The bottom floor led out to a Biergarten with tables, beach chairs, and a stage which was used for DJing. The layout was actually pretty efficient for allowing around 200 people...
 
Tags: talk, james atkinsons talk, flash, flash movies, recent flash 0day, befs talk, dingy club, conference, european security conference
 
 
 
 
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High Availability Security In Your Virtual Environment