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Duke School of Law breach affects 3,200

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2007-12-06 11:37:20 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...curious how the server itself was compromised. Was it not patched, was it not configured well, was the code written poorly, was someone surfing the web on the server and downloaded malicious code, etc.? I am also curious about whether or not the University conducts regular audits of these systems and runs intrusion detection. Even after such...
 
Tags: school, duke school, breach, security, comfyllama social security, complete, breach description, complete security scan, security breach
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft SDL Process in detail

2008-04-09 19:13:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...curious about how an organization the size of Microsoft programmatically drives culture change; others are looking for guidance that can be repurposed for their own organizations and finally, some folks are convinced that we are deliberately holding back some security secret sauce for some reason. Go figure With that, let me cut to the chase....
 
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory visitor information exposed

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2007-12-11 13:45:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...curious why ORNL needs to store Social Security numbers in the first place Past Breaches Unknown
 
Tags: information, personal information, security, store social security, retrieve information, regular information security, security systems, cyber-security issues, security breach
 
 
 
 
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268,000 donors exposed through stolen Memorial Blood Centers laptop

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2007-12-06 14:09:42 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...curious what "other technologies" means? Right now, it means nothing to me We apologize for any anxiety this incident may cause for our donors, said Don Berglund, Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Blood Centers. This appears to have been a random crime. We believe the measures securing access to the donor records protect against their...
 
Tags: donors, blood, security, security cameras, store social security, memorial blood centers, donors social security, breach description, blood components
 
 
 
 
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Passport Canada web site suffers serious breach

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2007-12-05 11:51:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...curious about these things so I tried it, and boom, there was somebody else's name and somebody else's data This is exactly how identity theft happens," said Carlisle Adams, an Internet data security expert and professor at the University of Ottawa. "If you want to take out a mortgage, for example, this is the type of information the bank is...
 
Tags: passport canada, information, personal information, passport application information, application, breach, passport application site, passport canada spokesman, significant security breaches
 
 
 
 
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Some Massachusetts seniors are at risk

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2007-12-04 16:17:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...curious about too many things to even mention them all Past Breaches October, 2007 - Massachusetts DPL sends Social Security numbers in mail
 
Tags: breach, computer security breach, breach description, prescription advantage, security breach, prescription advantage program, data-breach laws, lone identity thief, thief
 
 
 
 
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Exaggerating Timing Attack Results Via GET Flooding

2007-12-10 04:04:33 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...curious if there are any practical applications in hacking for DoS and this appears to be one of them - at least in theory
 
Tags: server load, server, requests, practical applications, time, bandwidth latency, url, times versus, difference
 
 
 
 
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Virus Center: Virus almanac 2007

2007-12-27 19:02:37 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
PandaLabs, Panda Securitys anti-malware laboratory, has drawn up this review of some of the more curious examples of malware that appeared in the second half of 2007. - Modern times. The Aifone.A
 
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S&K Menswear two-phased attack

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2008-01-03 10:40:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...curious about how many people actually fell for this second phase Once notified, S&K immediately assembled a response team to assess the situation a decision was made at 3:30 p.m. the same day to disconnect the online store and disable remote access to S&K's network. Further to these actions, S&K Notified credit card issuers Purged or...
 
Tags: information, personal information, information security practices, notification, information security, breach notification letter, sample customer letter, credit card, credit card data
 
 
 
 
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Antivirus software -- who needs it?

2007-09-23 04:14:44 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...curious question. I've been involved in computer security -- as a practitioner, a consultant, and an instructor/speaker -- for several years. I feel fairly confident in calling myself an expert. I don't run anti-malware on any of my own computers. Why not? It's simple: I know what to click and what to skip, what to visit and what to avoid. I...
 
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