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XSS Comedy at McAfee Secure's Expense

2008-06-30 21:10:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...expense As well you should know by know, the existence of XSS vulnerabilities in a site that is required to meet PCI DSS standards means that the site IS NOT PCI COMPLIANT. Very simple, right Let's consider the McAfee Secure/Hacker Safe-branded site for Organize-It A seemingly handy site, perfect for your HGTV types, likely with healthy...
 
Tags: site, seemingly handy site, mcafee secure, mcafee, test, trusty marquee test, organize-it site, marquee, xss
 
 
 
 
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SCSU web server becomes spam server and exposes personal information

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2008-05-02 11:12:47 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...expense to the affected individuals, for a period of up to two years. To obtain this optional coverage, registration for this service is necessary Evan] At the "university's expense" means at the current and future student's expense. As the cost of business goes up, so does the cost of service (at some point) which means an increase in the...
 
Tags: personal information, information, evan personal information, web server, personal information storage, university, university system, personal, university immediately
 
 
 
 
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Oracle misplaces computer containing personal information

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2007-12-13 12:07:05 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...expense information Breach Description Oracle Corporation recently disclosed a breach involving an "unaccounted for" computer to the New Hampshire State Attorney General, that contained sensitive personal information. The personal information belonged to employees and contractors of Lodestar, a company acquired by Oracle in the first half of...
 
Tags: personal information, oracle, information, sensitive personal information, assume oracle, oracle corporation recently, breach, hampshire breach notification, oracle public relations
 
 
 
 
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Harvard University warns graduate students about web hack

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2008-03-14 00:25:51 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...expense, identity theft recovery services are being made available to the people who might be potentially affected Guarding against hacking is a constant battle as hackers continue to challenge and occasionally breach security systems. Harvard has taken and will continue to take steps to protect its servers as well as possible Evan] Yes, but...
 
Tags: university, harvard university, harvard university gazette, harvard, gsas administrators, gsas, information, personal information, gsas site
 
 
 
 
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Is security really a business enabler?

2008-05-01 08:00:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...expense, and time and we only do it because we have to. What was interesting was the vociferous counter-argument, especially from those present from the financial services industry who made the point that many of their services would not be publicly acceptable nor acceptable to their regulators without solid built-in security and so in their...
 
Tags: security, business, security professionals, metrics, meaningful security metrics, solid built-in security, financial services industry, business buy-in, services
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Portland Coverage of MetroFi; Boston's Measured Pace

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2008-05-19 13:10:08 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...expense includes a $250,000 feasibility study and the cost of a staffer who manages the project. Given the level of usage--the April numbers from MetroFi are 306,000 hours of use and 16,000 users--and despite the reported problems, that wasn't money wasted in light of citizen benefits. MetroFi wants about $900,000 to sells its nearly 600...
 
Tags: metrofi, metrofi plans, notes, mike rogoway notes, network, network exception, city, skypilot nodes, skypilot
 
 
 
 
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Pennsylvania Department of Aging seniors affected by stolen laptop

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2008-01-03 17:18:52 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...expense Information on the computer was double password protected Evan] Oooh. Double password protected?! Nothing more than a minor nuisance to circumvent the department was in the process of encrypting computers and has since completed that work to provide additional protection Evan] Amen! The department has seen the light It also is in...
 
Tags: pennsylvania, pennsylvania department, department, sensitive personal information, personal information, information, computer, laptop computer, medical information
 
 
 
 
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Protect your data: everything else is just plumbing

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2007-07-02 20:46:32 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
...expense) isnt the hardwareits the data stored on the computers. This tells me that good-quality full drive encryption is probably one of the best investments you can make to help save your company money! So go ahead and upgrade those laptops to Windows Vista (Enterprise or Ultimate editions) right now, to take advantage of BitLocker full...
 
Tags: data security, comrms data security, data, security, confidential information, information, information security, temporary data, data vanishes
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...expense, and that you should settle and pay a few thousand dollars I remain unconvinced of this threat, though. The RIAA has conducted about 26,000 lawsuits , and there are more than 15 million music downloaders . Mark Mulligan of Jupiter Research said it best : "If you're a file sharer, you know that the likelihood of you being caught is...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security