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On Inevitability of Compromise

2008-02-25 14:31:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...compromise" here : "This year I want to focus on the inevitability of compromise. [...] I mean the fact that your users will do something stupid and thus they will get 0wned and that means your environment will be compromised. Nowadays, its just too easy to get nailed. The users dont have to do anything. The bad guys are now installed...
 
Tags: logs, database logs, compromise, inevitability, mike, mike reminds, bad guys, users, drive-by downloads
 
 
 
 
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DHS notified the Greenville County School District of compromise

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2008-01-07 09:08:03 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...compromise of personal information reported to the SC CIO. Local law enforcement, the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), and the US Secret Service are conducting an investigation Evan] Wouldn't be nice to know who the "several government entities" are? It appears that the data in the breach was compromised through a virus. I can only...
 
Tags: computer, benefits department computer, benefits department, benefits department accesses, department, school district, school district employees, employees, homeland security
 
 
 
 
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Tenet Healthcare warns 37,000 patients of data compromise

2008-02-22 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b4ce0c in Network World on Security
 
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. last week sent out notices to about 37,000 patients informing them about the potential compromise of their personal and financial data
 
Tags: tenet healthcare corp, financial data, patients, potential compromise, week, personal, notices
 
 
 
 
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Baylor Health warns of possible data compromise

2008-11-05 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3f9f0 in Network World on Security
 
HealthTexas Provider Network, a subsidiary of the Dallas-based Baylor Health Care System, is notifying about 7,400 patients of the potential compromise of their Social Security Numbers (SSNs) and other personal information after a laptop containing the data was stolen in September
 
Tags: healthtexas provider network, data, personal information, social security, potential compromise, laptop, ssns, subsidiary, patients
 
 
 
 
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Online finance flaw: Merrill Lynch not bullish on XSS & CSRF vulnerabilies

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2009-01-06 20:17:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
...compromise via phishing or credential theft As always, I followed my terms of engagement , sending no less than three emails over a period of no less than two weeks, even allowing a couple of extra days for the holidays To date I have not received a single response, automated or otherwise The point is best driven home via video , but the...
 
Tags: merrill lynch, bad merrill lynch, merrill lynch online, sox, sox section, compliance, sox compliance, pci compliance, web application vulnerabilities
 
 
 
 
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TRICARE breach affects 4,700 households

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2007-12-20 12:15:59 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...compromise of sensitive personally identifiable information belonging to beneficiaries located in Europe. EDS is an IT contractor for TRICARE and "had not appropriately secured a part of the system" they support Reference URL TRICARE TMA Website Announcement Air Force Times Story Report Credit TRICARE Response From the online sources cited...
 
Tags: tricare, information, personal information, code review, by-line code review, information security, tricare beneficiaries, beneficiaries, breach
 
 
 
 
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The Inevitable iPhone 3G Post

2008-06-11 12:37:46 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...compromise device, even when a little compromise might help. The lack of a touch-typist keyboard hinders data entry, but it doesn't restrict any other purpose of the device. The inclusion of those keyboards is a huge compromise for all its competitors, even though it allows those competitors to act more like little computers And that's where...
 
Tags: iphone, wi-fi hotspot, wi-fi, device, mobile device, wi-fi requires, non-compromise device, computer, full-blown computer
 
 
 
 
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Mashup of the Titans

2008-06-25 17:29:25 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...compromise the safeguards. In addition, any skeptical user may be allowed to convince himself that the system he is about to use is adequate for his purpose. Finally, it is simply not realistic to attempt to maintain secrecy for any system which receives wide distribution Conclusion(gp): both seem to agree, hard to get the itinerant horde...
 
Tags: protection mechanisms, protection mechanisms correctly, information security, information, implements protection mechanisms, information travels, information security people, protection, potential information path
 
 
 
 
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Maryland Department of Assessments & Taxation web exposure

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2008-01-05 14:02:15 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...compromise of the data transmission could take place at any point between the resident's computer and the server itself. This would include anywhere between a resident's computer and the resident's internet access point (usually a router), the resident's access point and all traversed points within the resident's internet service provider's...
 
Tags: maryland, sensitive personal information, personal information, secure server hadhas, server, web application server, application, information, information security
 
 
 
 
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Getting your free adware and spyware program

2007-08-01 19:18:00 by jack in adware and spyware