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Feds moving ahead on effort to reduce Internet connections, but with adjusted target

2008-07-10 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Karen Evans, the de facto federal CIO, said that a security initiative to downsize the number of external Internet connections at government agencies is progressing, although the number of links left in the end will be larger than initially planned
 
Tags: external internet connections, facto federal cio, government agencies, security initiative, evans, larger, links
 
 
 
 
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Your Brain on Fear

2008-01-09 06:10:54 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...connections to higher brain regions -- neurons that carry one-way traffic from amygdala to neocortex. Few connections run from the cortex to the amygdala, however. That allows the amygdala to override the products of the logical, thoughtful cortex, but not vice versa. So although it is sometimes possible to think yourself out of fear ("I know...
 
Tags: fear, brain, amygdala, amygdala hobbles, fear circuitry, amygdala sprouts, brain regions, overrule reason, cortex
 
 
 
 
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Windows Live OneCare Firewall and Software

2008-01-10 07:37:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...connections. Sadly this doesn't seem to work very consistently. Here's a sample program that I could sometimes get this to work for, and sometimes not using System using System.Net class FetchMicrosoftHomePage static void Main byte[] data try data = new WebClient().DownloadData(" http://www.microsoft.com Console.WriteLine("Microsoft's home...
 
Tags: firewall, onecare firewall, software, outbound firewall, firewall outputs, windows live onecare, homebrew software, people, highly technical people
 
 
 
 
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Crimeware in the Middle - Zeus

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2008-04-24 04:37:46 by HASH0x8ae4648 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...connections Difficult to d etect finder / analysis, bot sets the victim and creates a file, the system files and arbitrary size Works in limited accounts Windows (work in the guest account is not currently supported Nevid ekvaristiki for antivirus, Bot body is encrypted Some way creates a suspected its presence, if you do not want it. Here is...
 
Tags: zeus, file, remote file, zeus trojan, binary file, file system32 drivers, kit, metaphisher kit, configuration file
 
 
 
 
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Learn how to see whos knocking on your door.

2008-06-01 15:32:17 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...connections are normally open while you are connected to the internet. On the other hand, if you are familiar with the ports/connections that are normally open, there is no need to close programs
 
Tags: close programs, programs, free port analyzers, close, safe online, defeat spyware, unsure, program, check
 
 
 
 
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Directly connect to your corpnet with IPsec and IPv6

2008-06-25 20:55:59 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...connections. And let me tell you, it's as addictive as a few other substances I could mention, but will refrain, since this is (I hope) a family blog Maybe you've heard of the notion of " deperimeterization ." Taken to its extreme, I think it's a bit silly. To put a SQL Server directly on the Internet is just plain stupid -- not because I...
 
Tags: directly, corpnet, sql server directly, data, data center, ipv6, trust, end-to-end trust vision, users store data
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Arms Dealer Tests Legal Bounds in Middle East Arms Bazaar

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2008-07-03 22:00:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
...connections in Russia that we have," he boasted A few years ago, an American company proposing to sell weapons to Libya might have triggered a congressional hearing. So, too, would have a proposal to conduct arms deals with Russia, which the United States has accused of selling high-tech weapons to Syria and Iran However, U.S. government...
 
Tags: arms brokers, brokers, infamous arms brokers, defense, firm defense solutions, arms, arms trade, international arms trade, russian weapons suppliers
 
 
 
 
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iPhone 2.0 Software Adds 802.1X for Enterprises

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2008-07-10 15:51:30 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...connections; and allowing iPhones in an enterprise to run internally developed iPhone software. The Wi-Fi profiles allow you to create WEP or WPA/WPA2 802.1X configurations, and include support for choosing allowed EAP messaging types, configuring authentication elements associated with a given EAP type, and adding server certificates and...
 
Tags: software, iphone, iphone software, enterprise, wpa2 enterprise, wpa enterprise, iphone configuration utility, network security, network
 
 
 
 
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Metrics for security and performance in low-latency anonymity systems

2008-07-21 08:16:12 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...connections through. The intention is that, unless someone is watching the whole network at the same time, the tracks of each users communication will become hidden amongst that of others. Exactly how a client chooses nodes varies between system to system, and is important for security If someone is simultaneously watching a users traffic as...
 
Tags: route selection, route selection critical, route selection algorithms, route, nodes, tor nodes vary, security, performance, route selection algorithm
 
 
 
 
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