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UAC, an Excellent Description and Discussion by Crispin Cowan

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2008-05-12 22:07:49 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...convenience feature, or a security feature ?", I would say it is worth reading at least twice. And if my recommendation is not good enough for you, let me share this quote that might entice you to go read the whole thing It is correct to say that UACs features are convenience features, in that it is much more convenient to respond to a UAC...
 
Tags: uac, standard user uac, standard user, uac prompt, security feature, convenience feature, convenience, cowan, crispin cowan
 
 
 
 
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Petroleum Wholesale charged with exposing customers

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2008-06-22 21:58:23 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Convenience Stores in 10 states, was charged by the Texas Attorney General of improperly disposing of customer records Reference URL The Pasadena Citizen KHOU-TV Channel 11 News Convenience Store News Report Credit The Pasadena Citizen Response From the online sources cited above HOUSTON - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, petroleum wholesale, information, company, company improperly, improperly, debit card information, debit card
 
 
 
 
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Stolen car with South Carolina DHEC laptop inside

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2008-02-04 09:55:48 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...convenience store near the DHEC Region 2 office in Spartanburg. Inside the vehicle was a DHEC-issued laptop computer which contained sensitive personal information belonging to certain DHEC employees Reference URL South Carolina DHEC Media Advisory WYFF Channel 4 News story WCBD Channel 2 News story Report Credit South Caroline Department...
 
Tags: dhec, dhec employees, sensitive personal information, personal information, dhec region, information, computer, laptop computer, dhec employee
 
 
 
 
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ColdFusion: Hack Me or Help Me

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2008-08-28 10:13:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
...convenience Front and center: ColdFusion I've been picking on ColdFusion-built apps again a bit lately, and one of my observations has been that consistently, if mismanaged, the verbose error reporting features in ColdFusion can be really problematic HIO-2008-0713 JOBBEX JobSite SQLi & XSS HIO-2008-0729 BookMine SQLi & XSS Recently, I...
 
Tags: coldfusion, coldfusion paths, coldfusion fans, coldfusion security issues, error, database, database username, error messages, coldfusion feature
 
 
 
 
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Do you trust the merchants to protect your credit cards?

2007-12-11 09:01:26 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
 
...convenience, record keeping, and marketing. PCI has its shortcomings, but one thing that it has done is made the merchants a lot more security aware, and that is a good thing
 
Tags: card industry, card, payment card industry, credit card, merchants, credit card companies, provide merchants, merchants change, security
 
 
 
 
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RFID: Menace in the Far North

2007-01-05 00:00:00 by Ari Juels in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...convenience of snow-free streets, it is not easy to muster sympathy for polar bears laboring under the hardships of global warming. I know, however, that their discomfort on the northern fringes of the continent signifies a larger encroaching problem--one that may someday affect me. What prompts me to spare a thought for those creatures in...
 
Tags: rfid, convenient rfid, boston call, boston, transit cards recently, rfid privacy, muster sympathy, snow-free streets, northern fringes
 
 
 
 
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ARCO gas pumps targeted by fraudsters

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2007-12-27 13:58:30 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...convenience is great, but security of the information is more important ARCO officials said the company only accepts debit cards because banks impose higher fees for credit transactions ARCO considers the safety and security of every customer a top priority," said Todd Spitler, a spokesman for the company. "But there are other businesses...
 
Tags: arco gas pumps, pumps, gas pumps, arco, gas stations, arco gas stations, card, debit card identification, creditdebit card data
 
 
 
 
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When Will the Media Industry Embrace the BORA Principle?

2007-03-22 10:06:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...convenience (what they were originally designed for in the 1950s when the banking system was fractured). This was a massive shift in the financial industry. Comparing ones own experiences in the checkout line at a grocery store in 1992 and 2002 tells the story. It went from checks and cash to plastic. Even the stigma of credit cards is...
 
Tags: credit card, credit, credit card industry, credit card fraud, industry, media industry, cut fraud, fraud, credit cards
 
 
 
 
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Lost Tennessee Tech flash drive affects 990 students

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2008-01-17 10:14:11 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...convenience this may cause, Burnett said. However, we wanted those students to be fully informed of any potential risk, no matter how small it might be The Residential Life department and TTU will continually review our processes in order to maintain personally identifiable information in a secure environment Evan] I don't understand why the...
 
Tags: flash, flash drive, ban flash, 16gb flash drive, students, confidential data, data, students personal information, personal information
 
 
 
 
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Speaking of Security Podcast #93

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2008-02-11 00:00:00 by Podcast Producers in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...convenience and security of biometrics in millions of existing notebook computers with the market-leading strong authentication solution from RSA. Matt Buckley talks with Brian DeGonia from UPEK about this solution Please note, we'll be taking a short winter break next week in honor of President's Day - but watch for our next episode on...
 
Tags: solution, strong authentication solution, joint technology solution, matt buckley talks, brian degonia, upek, short winter, security, notebook computers