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More trustworthy election systems via SDL?

2008-02-04 23:34:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...consistently followed, and in fact there is a case of one specific function making calls to both CString *and* a standard C string library, in the same function . So here it appears the engineering team had the right idea by trying to remove calls to potentially risky C string library functions (just as required in SDL), but they just werent...
 
Tags: machine security concerns, security concerns, election systems, election, security, security researchers, election systems margin, margin, election management system
 
 
 
 
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Mac OS X Security - Reality Check #1

2008-03-27 21:32:49 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
...consistently has more unpatched issues Read about the findings in ComputerWorld at Microsoft vs. Apple: Who patches zero-days faster If you don't want to do that, here is a key quote from the article What they found is that, contrary to popular belief that Apple makes more secure products, Apple lags behind in patching Apple was below 20...
 
Tags: security, apple, apple lags, apple consistently, security researchers, security claims, microsoft, microsoft vendor responsiveness, common security misperceptions
 
 
 
 
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Misconceptions about outsourcing security

2007-12-13 14:05:54 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
 
...consistently found that for security managers cost is not the primary reason they want to outsource. and outsourcing may not always lead to lower costs. In fact many companies end up spending more in the outsourcing scenario. They are willing to pay a higher cost because they gain competencies and get additional capabilities such as 24x7...
 
Tags: security processes, establish security processes, security, processes, security controls, security managers cost, cost, security operations, security services
 
 
 
 
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Kn1ghtl0rd and Lowtek Mystik's RFID 2.0 PhreakNIC Presentation

2007-09-21 05:05:54 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...consistently. The presentation will also cover actual tag data and coding schemes with standardization including EPC Gen 2 and other ISO standards such as PayPass RFID enabled credit cards. There will be reader/writer demonstrations as well as other proof of concept demonstrations Watch last years presentation
 
Tags: rfid, presentation, paypass rfid, rfid tag, lowtek mystik, readerwriter demonstrations, buddies kn1ghtl0rd, communication types, concept demonstrations
 
 
 
 
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Storm worm, other botnets, kept spam levels high in 2007

2008-01-09 00:00:00 by Brad Reed in Network World on Security
 
Botnets helped keep spam output at consistently high levels last year, and the global spam output reached rates as high as 96% of all e-mail traffic 2007, according to a report from security firm Commtouch
 
Tags: global spam output, spam output, security firm commtouch, levels, botnets, e-mail traffic, report, consistently
 
 
 
 
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Windows Live OneCare Firewall and Software

2008-01-10 07:37:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...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 page is {0} bytes long", data.Length catch...
 
Tags: firewall, onecare firewall, software, outbound firewall, firewall outputs, windows live onecare, homebrew software, people, highly technical people
 
 
 
 
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Rogue RBN Software Pushed Through Blackhat SEO

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2008-03-05 08:19:46 by HASH0x8b39d2c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...consistently been awarded Editors' Choice, by leading PC magazines and testing laboratories around the world, including United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. All current versions of XP antivirus have won Editors' Choice awards from Secure Home PC Magazine in United States. XP antivirus is advanced technology designed specially...
 
Tags: rbn, huge iframe campaign, iframe campaign, iframe, rbn coverage, single rbn, russian business network, campaign, antivirus
 
 
 
 
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Two Fun and Thought-provokinng Pieces

2008-03-06 12:58:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Consistently Make That Weaken Enterprise Security " are very fun too . Example quote: "Mistake 3: Putting network engineers in charge of security : When will you learn that folks with a network background can't possibly make your enterprise secure ." Read on About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: fun, quote, fun quote, market, market forces, deliver safety mechanisms, security, silicon valley answer, enterprise security
 
 
 
 
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Links for 2008-03-06 [del.icio.us]

2008-03-07 00:00:00 by Editor in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
PCI Compliance is not just a one off quick fix | Security Extra Rational Survivability: McGovern's "Ten Mistakes That CIOs Consistently Make That Weaken Enterprise Security 1 Raindrop: When Will We See Market Forces in Infosec
 
Tags: pci compliance, quick fix, rational survivability, market forces, security extra, cios consistently, enterprise security, raindrop, mcgovern
 
 
 
 
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