SEARCH RESULTS
 
Showing 1-10 of 46 records
 
Expand article

Excel Spreadsheet on the web exposes Army officers and civilians

The Article has images
2008-04-13 20:23:28 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...confirm the number shown next to his name was in fact his Social Security number The man declined to directly confirm the number, but he was clearly shocked, and asked several questions, including requesting the link so he could see it for himself While only a handful of people were affected by the lapse, it is a violation of federal...
 
Tags: web, personal information remains, personal information, army, usaascs web site, information, spreadsheet, usaasc response, usaasc
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Phishing Emails Generating Botnet Scaling

The Article has images
2008-04-18 14:57:30 by HASH0x8aef3f0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Confirm Your Login Email Content: //ver2.natwest-commercial3.com/customerupdate?tag=3D19ecygtKZDzrozrznhOzn These directives are to be sent and followed by all members of the NatWest Private and Corporate Natwest does apologize for any problems caused, and is very thankful for your cooperation. If you are not client of Natwest OnLine Banking...
 
Tags: bank, bank digital, ns1, bank bankline, ns2, bank internet, malware, malware variants signal, botnet
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Your 419 Mail Roundup

2008-06-25 13:29:29 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
 
...confirm to me the followings 1) Your Full Name 2) Phone, Fax and Mobile 3) Profession, Age and Marital Status 4) Nationality I have to re-assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free and should be treated with absolute confidentiality. All the vital documentation/certification that has to do with the origin of the fund is with me for...
 
Tags: central bank, bank, magical bank card, bank draft, email address, office email address, bank immediately, lycos lottery, office
 
 
 
 
Expand article

10 things you should be doing to protect your company against email risks

2007-11-02 23:30:15 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...confirm that they have read and understood the regulations. For more information on what to include in your Email policy, got to the blog article Ten points to include in your email-policy 2: Train users ; Regularly train users in applying the email policy. Help users send effective emails by informing them of best practices, explain that...
 
Tags: policy, email policy violations, email-policy, email policy rules, rules, email policy, risks, email risks, email
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Covert channel vulnerabilities in anonymity systems

2007-12-10 10:39:42 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...confirm the existing hypothesis that covert channel analysis, vulnerabilities and defences developed for multilevel secure systems apply equally well to anonymity systems Steven J. Murdoch, Covert channel vulnerabilities in anonymity systems, Technical report UCAM-CL-TR-706, University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory, December 2007
 
Tags: covert, covert channel vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities, network covert channels, covert channels, channels, covert channel, anonymity systems, systems
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Geeks.com customer credit card data compromised

The Article has images
2008-01-07 21:34:58 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...confirm that information we obtain is protected to the fullest extent reasonably possible Evan] Who To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to review your Visa credit card account statements and to monitor your credit reports Evan] Honestly, if I received the letter (or email) from geeks.com, I...
 
Tags: credit, credit card, card, geeks, credit reports, report credit, breach description, breach, apparent breach
 
 
 
 
Expand article

The Invisible Blackhat SEO Campaign

The Article has images
2008-01-08 17:23:47 by HASH0x84733a0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...confirm the existence of hidden links that were embedded on each and every post on it, apparently due to a compromise. The blackhat SEO links invisible embedded within the blog's posts on the other hand point to a compromised account at the Texas A&M University ( aero.tamu.edu/people/raktim ), as you can see in the screenshot. Moreover,...
 
Tags: blackhat seo campaign, campaign, gov url, mdc, blackhat seo pages, blogs, gov, copies confirm, fresh afield
 
 
 
 
Expand article

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
...confirm that a laptop was stolen from a Royal Navy officer in Birmingham last week, on the night of 9/10 January, and as a result, a large quantity of personal data has been lost The Royal Navy careers officer who lost the data is believed to have worked at a recruiting office in Birmingham. He is expected to be court-martialled Evan] I...
 
Tags: confidential personal information, personal information, sensitive personal information, information, extensive personal data, personal data, personal, information held, data protection practices
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Hacking Power Networks

2008-01-22 14:24:55 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...confirm, that some of these attackers had the benefit of inside knowledge. We have information that cyber attacks have been used to disrupt power equipment in several regions outside the United States. In at least one case, the disruption caused a power outage affecting multiple cities. We do not know who executed these attacks or why, but...
 
Tags: power, power companies, companies, cia actively, power outages, cia, cia rumor, disrupt power equipment, attacks
 
 
 
 
Expand article

IBM Says Business Event Processing is Not CEP

2008-01-24 13:54:31 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...confirm this in TIBCOs press release, TIBCO BusinessEvents 2.2 now shipping , where Paul Vincent blogs The main change with this [TIBCO BusinessEvents 2.2] release is the inclusion of new deployment options deploy BusinessEvents within a