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802.1X Terminology- Port 'Closed'

2008-05-03 23:20:17 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
Recently, Ive been asked to explain my choice of terminology when describing 802.1X during various talks and presentations. One piece of verbiage I tend to use is that an 802.1X-enabled port is shut off or closed prior to endpoint authentication My choice of words seems to raise a few eyebrows with my audience. You, like several others, may ask-...
 
 
 
 
 
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FBI Announces They Operated and Closed the Dark Market Site

2008-10-15 11:00:31 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
Something rings strange to me in these reports of the Feds having operated a forum and marketplace site for hackers, Dark Market. The article in Wired claims the Feds were tracking hackers movements and acquiring intelligence so they could perform a sting operation and catch the criminals. Then they closed the site and publicly announced their...
 
 
 
 
 
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Spyware case finally closed for teacher Julie Amero

2008-11-21 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The case against Julie Amero is finally closed
 
 
 
 
 
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Spyware case finally closed for teacher Julie Amero

2008-11-22 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
The case against Julie Amero is finally closed
 
 
 
 
 
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Biometrics

2009-01-08 12:53:57 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Biometrics may seem new, but they're the oldest form of identification. Tigers recognize each other's scent; penguins recognize calls. Humans recognize each other by sight from across the room, voices on the phone, signatures on contracts and photographs on driver's licenses. Fingerprints have been used to identify people at crime scenes for...
 
 
 
 
 
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Union Mortgage loan applicant information found in dumpster

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2008-02-29 14:14:23 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 2/22/08, updated on 2/28/08 Organization Union Mortgage Services of Cleveland, Inc Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Loan applicants Number Affected Unknown hundreds of people" including "Thousands of pages of sensitive documents Types of Data Information that is typically found in...
 
 
 
 
 
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Five-year-old wanders into bank branch after-hours

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2008-02-06 10:24:03 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 2/6/08 Organization HSBC Group (UK Contractor/Consultant/Branch Market Place, Easingwold Victims Potentially customers, but no confirmed loss or theft occurred Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Potentially customer banking records Breach Description The HSBC branch in Easingwold was found...
 
 
 
 
 
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A new VC on the block

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2008-02-27 10:02:34 by HASH0x8b4e6e0 in StillSecure, After All These Years
About 10 years ago my partners and I at TriStar Web received a letter in the mail telling us about a new company that was going to do a "roll up" in the web hosting industry. They had come across our company and wanted to know if we were interested in selling. I will spare you all a long but funny story, but about 45 days later we closed on the...
 
 
 
 
 
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A new VC on the block

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2008-02-27 10:52:12 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
About 10 years ago my partners and I at TriStar Web received a letter in the mail telling us about a new company that was going to do a "roll up" in the web hosting industry. They had come across our company and wanted to know if we were interested in selling. I will spare you all a long but funny story, but about 45 days later we closed on the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Contributing To Open Source Software Security

2008-05-05 11:38:00 by Niels Provos in Google Online Security Blog
 
Written by Will Drewry From operating systems to web browsers , open source software plays a critical role in the operation of the Internet. The security of open source software is therefore quite important, as it often interacts with personal information -- ranging from credit card numbers to medical records -- that needs to be kept safe....