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A Commercial Web Site Defacement Tool

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2008-04-01 06:25:00 by HASH0x8b4eee4 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...commercialize what was once a tax free area. Commercial click fraud tools , managed spamming services and fast-fluxing on demand , botnets and DDoS attacks as a service , malware pitched as a remote access tool with limited functionality to prompt the user to buy the full version, malware crypting as a service, and the very latest indication...
 
Tags: malware, malware attack, approaches, defacers, creative approaches, site, entire defacers community, defacers deface, deface
 
 
 
 
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Israel Implementing IFF System for Commercial Aircraft

2008-03-10 12:24:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...commercial aircraft, designed to differentiate legitimate planes from terrorist-controlled planes The news article implies that it's a basic challenge-and-response system. Ground control issues some kind of alphanumeric challenge to the plane. The pilot types the challenge into some hand-held computer device, and reads back the reply....
 
Tags: commercial aircraft, system, hand-held computer device, device, pin, special distress pin, ground control issues, challenge, news article implies
 
 
 
 
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Anti-Missile Technology on Commercial Aircraft

2008-01-18 11:29:06 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...commercial planes from attack The technology is intended to stop a missile attack by detecting heat given off from the rocket, then firing a laser beam that jams the missile's guidance system I have several feelings about this. One, it's security theater against a movie-plot threat. Two, given that that's true, attaching an empty box to the...
 
Tags: missile, anti-missile technology, technology, missile attack, laser anti-missile system, attack, american airlines jets, protect commercial planes, laser beam
 
 
 
 
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"Catch Me, Yes YOU Can": Realized Threats at the Corner Store

2008-10-10 00:00:00 by Will Redfield in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...commercial financial risk...). Anyhew, I met so many interesting people from both merchants and from the card brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover & JCB International Co., Ltd
 
Tags: payment card industry, commercial financial risk, global financial markets, wise souls, card brands, american express, jcb international, undue personal, orlando
 
 
 
 
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Links List 10.10.08

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2008-10-10 21:15:00 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
...commercial software) flourish in a time of tightening budgets or will projects quietly go away for lack of funding (VC and that pesky business model thing) and, lets face it, the extra time of IT pros tasked yet again to do more with less Its October 2008 and Charles Babcock writes, CA Embraces Virtualization As Future of Data Center...
 
Tags: services, financial services company, source, source weather, time, extra time, successful brand, joe tucci, dell
 
 
 
 
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US Government planning to spend 10% of its IT budget on cyber-security by 2009.

2008-02-25 13:59:58 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
 
...commercial sector across North America and Europe. As many of us have seen stagnation in our security budgets, the US government has increased its cyber-security budget by a whopping 73% since 2004. The media has picked up on things such as DOT (Department of Transportation) more than doubling its budget while DHS (Department of Homeland...
 
Tags: cyber-security, budget, cyber-security budget, security, government, measure security, security budgets, mature security postures, government infrastructure
 
 
 
 
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SQL Server - Fact Checking Recent Vulnerability History

2008-03-05 22:53:36 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
...commercial database..." That is a big error, though it may be a misquote or a miscommunication. Certainly, if you go look at the current version of the original article , the incorrect statement has been removed However, given that as of today, some versions of the article containing the original (incorrect) quote are still available, I...
 
Tags: server, claim sql server, sql, sql server team, sql vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities, sql server, vulnerability, sql team
 
 
 
 
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Money for nothin, code for free - if you don't own the copyright you could be in Dire Straits

2008-03-19 01:45:00 by HASH0x8aede64 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...commercial customers. Our core software is open-source, full-featured, and free Period Untangle optionally packages its software on Pentium-based server appliances We sell these servers at cost-plus, and so this is deliberately positioned as a convenience to our customers and channel and not as a core money-making strategy Untangle sells tech...
 
Tags: software untangle, software, core software, source security software, commercial, commercial product, source, source code, larger commercial customers
 
 
 
 
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The Commercialization of Anti Debugging Tactics in Malware

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2008-09-29 16:55:54 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...commercialization, Themida or Code Virtualizer, individually crypting or outsourcing to an experienced malware crypting service offering discounts on a volume basis next to detection rates of the crypted binary offered by a trusted online scanner that is NOT distributing the samples to the vendors? These are just some of the questions malware...
 
Tags: machine, specific virtual machine, internal virtual machine, code, sensitive code, malware, unique virtual machine, original code, code virtualizer