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Beware of scams!

2008-01-31 06:06:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...con artists scam people and should be a real eye opener for many Last night's show dealt with how easy it is for con artists (not just conmen, but conwomen too)to steal credit card information, many times right in front of the victims. It would make you think twice about giving your credit card over to a waiter or waitress in a restaurant ...
 
Tags: customers credit card, credit card, credit card information, con artists, card reader, television con artists, regular card reader, information, real eye opener
 
 
 
 
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Things are not always what they seem - just ask Eliot Spitzer.

2008-03-11 13:17:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...consulting lives, we teach corporations to "expect the unexpected', that way, you will not be caught off-guard. The announcement yesterday afternoon that the former Attorney General (8 years) and New York State Governor (1 year), Eliot Spitzer was being investigated for his part in a prostitution ring caught a lot of people off guard A...
 
Tags: spitzer, eliot spitzer, street, street corner, street pick pocket, daily lives, lives, proverbial cookie jar, future employee
 
 
 
 
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Sometimes, It Takes a Thief to Catch a Thief

2008-06-09 17:00:00 by David Critchell, Portfolio.com in Wired Security
 
...con games He eventually developed those skills into a successful career as a sleight-of-hand artist and performer in Las Vegas. His latest act, though, has him starring as a corporate security consultant. In this role, it is less his dexterous hands that appeals to his clients than his mastery of all aspects of criminal cons, grifts, and...
 
Tags: robbins, apollo robbins, robbins counts, 34-year-old robbins, information security protection, time, information security, full-time, security people
 
 
 
 
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Phish and Foul

2007-07-20 00:00:00 by Ari Juels in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...con game. Users are lured by e-mail messages to legitimate-seeming but criminal sites--typically falsified versions of their real banking sites--and encouraged to enter password information. Having harvested this information, the operators of the criminal sites use it to break into victims' accounts. (As the term suggests, most "phishing"...
 
Tags: sites, criminal sites, information, enter password information, online con game, e-mail, e-mail messages, security community, term suggests
 
 
 
 
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Google Spamming Us

2007-12-20 22:11:11 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...con Google into spamming websites. As if I dont get enough referrer spam, Google does one better. *sigh 66.249.73.40 - - [23/Nov/2007:19:11:23 +0000] GET /weird/popup.html/Buy-NET.html HTTP/1.1 302 204 - Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html 66.249.73.40 - - [09/Dec/2007:07:21:51 +0000] GET...
 
Tags: google, html http1, http1, html, google likes viagra, referrer spam, spam, google spam, con google
 
 
 
 
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How to Do Database Logging/Monitoring "Right"?

2007-12-13 11:26:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...consider key Pro Con Sniff SQL traffic from the wire No database performance impact Awareness of returned content (for SELECTs Guaranteed role separation Better for DBA monitoring No agents No database configuration changes Extra device needs to be purchased, deployed and managed Doesn't work with encryption No local access monitoring...
 
Tags: database, analyze database logs, database logs, database log review, database performance impact, database configuration, performance impact, database log management, log management
 
 
 
 
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Stolen UK Ministry of Defence laptop affects up to 600,000

The Article has images
2008-01-20 14:51:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Contractor/Consultant/Branch Ministry of Defence (MoD Victims people who have either expressed an interest in, or have joined, the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and the Royal Air Force Number Affected 600,000 Types of Data Names, addresses, telephone numbers, passport details, National Insurance numbers, drivers license details, family...
 
Tags: confidential personal information, personal information, sensitive personal information, information, extensive personal data, personal data, personal, information held, data protection practices
 
 
 
 
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Why is there a need for a download adware spyware removal?

2007-08-01 19:27:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...connection that can bring in problems to the existing system This may mean that only company email systems and networks can be opened while non-essentials like messengers or online shared programs cannot be uploaded which is actually good for offices so the company is sure that employees are working whenever they are in the office. In...
 
Tags: adware, adware spyware removal, spyware, programs, programs essential, bogus programs, office duties, office, system
 
 
 
 
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How To Think Like An Online Con Artist

2008-03-11 22:33:36 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
DO get permission before conducting these security tests
 
Tags: security tests, permission
 
 
 
 
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Getting Ubuntu Linux to connect to a PPTP Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator

2008-04-10 01:20:05 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
Just a quick notes page to help others that have the same problem I did. By the way, I plan to be at Conglomeration April 18th-20th. While it's not a Hacker/Security con, it's still a fun little Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention with plenty of geeky types running around. Let me know if you're a reader of Irongeek.com and plan to be there