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Oh No! Security Metrics!

2008-04-18 12:43:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...Fewer vulnerabilities in the product under development is a good sign that the product will fare better in the real world The second vulnerability metric compares Microsoft with other vendors. This is an interesting metric, but our group is full of engineers, so we pay little attention to the figures because there is very little we can...
 
Tags: bugs, implementation bugs, fewer security bugs, fewer, security bugs include, security, metrics, security metrics, security bugs
 
 
 
 
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Windows Vista vs Windows XP SP2 Vulnerability Report 2007

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2008-05-14 22:50:00 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...fewer Security Bulletins than Windows XP Windows Vista had 20% fewer vulnerabilities than Windows XP Windows Vista had 28% fewer Critical and Important vulnerabilities than Windows XP 26 vulnerabilities on Windows Vista are less severe for any users running as standard user Here is the chart breaking down the vulnerabilities by Microsoft...
 
Tags: windows vista, microsoft windows vista, microsoft windows, windows, sp2, vulnerabilities, fewer vulnerabilities, short paper, vulnerability report
 
 
 
 
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Allocating Resources: Financial Fraud vs. Terrorism

2009-01-09 06:54:13 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...fewer prosecutions as a result of fraudulent stock schemes than they did eight years ago, according to new data, raising further questions about whether the Bush administration has been too lax in policing Wall Street Legal and financial experts say that a loosening of enforcement measures, cutbacks in staffing at the Securities and Exchange...
 
Tags: resources, york times article, securities, fraudulent stock schemes, freakonomics blog discusses, billion fraud scheme, future terrorist attacks, securities crimes, fewer prosecutions
 
 
 
 
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Friday Squid Blogging: Bizarre Squid Reproductive Habits

2009-01-09 16:06:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...fewer than ten different squids and related cuttlefish -- from the twelve-metre long giant squid to a mini-squid of no more than twenty-five millimetres in length. Along the way he made a number of remarkable discoveries. Hoving: "Reproduction is no fun if you're a squid. With one species, the Taningia danae, I discovered that the males give...
 
Tags: squid, giant squid, cuts, females cuts, mini-squid, reproductive techniques, remarkable discoveries, twenty-five millimetres, suction pads
 
 
 
 
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July 2007 - Operating System Vulnerability Scorecard

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2007-08-16 22:47:26 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...fewer total vulnerabilities, then fewer High severity vulnerabilities Finally, if I had one surprise in the charts, it was that I expected RHEL5 to be further distinguished from (ie, much lower than) RHEL4 in the YTD charts, given that it did not ship until March Year-to-date 2007 Client and Server Charts - Full Set of Supported Components ...
 
Tags: server, linux server builds, server charts, charts, ytd charts, non-linux products, linux products, linux products comments, common server roles
 
 
 
 
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OmniAmerican Bank targeted by cyber criminals

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2008-01-28 11:26:35 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Fewer than 100 accounts, some of them dormant, were compromised, all with a daily withdrawal limit of less than $1,000, he said After discovering the fraudulent activity Friday afternoon, OmniAmerican placed temporary limits on some ATM and debit-card transactions and suspended some electronic banking services, which were restored Sunday,...
 
Tags: omniamerican bank, bank, omniamerican bank systems, omniamerican, internal, internal bank systems, debit cards, cards, bank employees
 
 
 
 
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My 2008 Security Predictions!

2008-01-09 15:42:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Fewer worms and viruses = yes (why write one if you can make money off bots?) As the share of "conventional" viruses and worms in the whole malware universe decreases, so will the popularity of "legacy" AV vendors Facebook malware/malicious app = yes . This one will be fun to see ( others agree ), and current malware defenses will definitely...
 
Tags: security, security predictions, broader information security, information security, smb security, virtual security appliances, security market, security solutions, security software
 
 
 
 
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IBM Lotus unveils SMB appliances, hosted services

2008-01-21 00:00:00 by John Fontana in Network World on Security
 
IBM jumped headfirst into the small and midsize business market at Monday's opening of its annual Lotusphere conference introducing server appliances and a set of hosted software services for companies with fewer than 500 people
 
Tags: annual lotusphere conference, software services, server appliances, ibm, business market, companies, monday, headfirst, fewer
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft: Vista more secure than XP and open source

2008-01-24 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b37238 in Network World on Security
 
Windows Vista was hit by significantly fewer publicly disclosed security flaws in its first year than Windows XP and open source rivals in their first years, according to a report from Microsoft
 
Tags: windows vista, windows, significantly fewer publicly, source rivals, security flaws, microsoft, report, hit