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Decrypting and Restoring GPcode Encrypted Files

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2008-07-01 08:26:39 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...files that are encrypted by Gpcode and versions of those same files that are unencrypted, then the pairs of files (the encrypted and corresponding unencrypted file) can be used to restore other files on the victim machine. This is the method that the StopGpcode2 tool uses Where can these unencrypted files be found? They may be the result of...
 
Tags: files, gpcode, original files, gpcode virus, gpcode ransomware, file, secure file deletion, computer virus, key
 
 
 
 
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Two students access confidential Dominican University files

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2008-05-14 22:40:18 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...files were three spreadsheets from 2003, 2005 and 2007 Reference URL WMAQ NBC Channel 5 News RiverForest-Leaves Dominican University Report Credit Dominican University Response From the online sources cited above Dominican University takes information security very seriously. In April, we discovered that two student workers had accessed...
 
Tags: university, dominican university, dominican university students, dominican, students, files, security, security processes, access
 
 
 
 
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Burglars make off with Crosslines Ministries files

2008-02-18 16:46:17 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
 
...files containing sensitive personal information belonging to clients are missing Reference URL The Carthage Press online story The Carthage Press online story (updated The Joplin Globe online story KOAM-TV Channel 7 News story Report Credit John Hacker, The Carthage Press Response From the online sources cited above One of the largest aid...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, store personal information, crosslines, crosslines ministries, information, security, store social security, backup information
 
 
 
 
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Scammers Avoid Spam Detection By Using Redirection In Adobe Flash Files And ImageShack.com Free Hosting

2008-09-04 19:59:04 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Anti-spam service MessageLabs reports a new way found by scammers to bypass anti-spam filters. This time scammers are utilizing Adobe Flash files and free websites hosting services. Spam messages with harmless-looking content contain links to Flash-based files on free image hosting services like ImageShack.com. The commands embedded in flash...
 
Tags: files, adobe flash files, flash files redirect, scammers, bypass anti-spam filters, time scammers, imageshack, free websites, services
 
 
 
 
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Former gov't worker pleads guilty to viewing passport files

2008-09-22 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A former employee of the U.S. Department of State pleaded guilty Monday to illegally accessing hundreds of confidential passport application files, including files of celebrities, politicians, athletes and members of the media, the U.S. Department of Justice announced
 
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Government lost files so secret their contents are unknown

2008-12-15 14:20:01 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
The German government has lost more than 300 files that are so top secret no-one knows what was in them, it was confirmed this weekend. The 332 files were considered top secret, but have been lost over the last ten years, with no clue as to where they have ended up. They were of considerable significance, the Interior Ministry has admitted
 
Tags: top secret no-one, top secret, files, lost, interior ministry, german government, considerable significance, weekend, clue
 
 
 
 
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Off the wire: Microsoft's Windows Home Server corrupts files

2007-12-28 00:00:21 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
Don't edit' list includes photos, as well as Quicken and QuickBooks files, warns Microsoft; no word on patch
 
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Creating An Auto Hack USB Drive Using Autorun and Batch Files. By Dosk3n

2007-10-12 19:56:23 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...Files. By Dosk3n Dosk3n was kind enough to send me the video, text an narration for a new infosec video. All I had to do was plug it into my template. If anyone else wants to submit a video, read my page on How I Make The Hacking Illustrated Videos . My only stipulations are that it has to be narrated and can't have copyrighted music in it. I...
 
Tags: infosec videos page, infosec video, video, videos, dosk3n, page, batch files, autorun, submit
 
 
 
 
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Credit reporting firm sues LifeLock over fraud alerts in consumer history files

2008-02-21 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Experian, one of the three big credit reporting firms in the U.S., filed a lawsuit claiming that LifeLock is illegally placing hundreds of thousands of fraud alerts in consumer credit-history files as part of its identity theft protection service
 
Tags: credit, fraud alerts, consumer credit-history files, lifelock, firms, thousands, experian, filed, hundreds