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First Magnus Financial customer data found in dumpster

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2008-02-21 13:56:43 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 2/15/08 Organization First Magnus Financial Corporation Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Customers Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Loan and financial documents containing names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, financial account information,...
 
Tags: magnus, magnus financial, magnus financial corporation, police, police officers, documents, sensitive documents, police departments, financial documents
 
 
 
 
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802.1X-REV: Ya' Heard it Here First!

2008-05-09 14:59:51 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
Well, youre not necessarily hearing it hear first, but its likely unless you read IEEE docs religiously (as I do) or read Paul Congdons standards updates at the ProCurve Networking site If you have no clue what 802.1X is, read my recent technology primer first. If youre already familiar with 1X, youve probably heard about some of the 802.1X...
 
Tags: 1x-rev, 1x-rev sauce starts, 1x-rev sauce, support, same-port multiuser support, endpoint encryption support, rev, endpoint, encryption
 
 
 
 
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First Trojan reported for the iPhone

2008-01-08 00:00:00 by HASH0x8471c48 in Network World on Security
 
While not a huge risk, the first Trojan for the iPhone has been discovered. The first reports came from iPhone enthusiast site Modmyifone.com and were later confirmed by security research company F-Secure
 
Tags: iphone, huge risk, trojan, reports
 
 
 
 
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Think of Guest Networking as a Strategic First Step Toward NAC

2007-12-06 19:02:04 by Posted By: Lawrence Orans, Research Director in IT Leaders - Security and Risk Management
 
Lately, I have been speaking with a lot of clients about guest networking. In nearly every discussion, a client will tell a "war story" about a visitor that plugged his or her laptop into the wall jack and brought down the network (either via a worm or via a misconfigured device). A guest network would prevent most of these problems, by...
 
Tags: nac, guest, nac takes, strategic nac implementation, guest networks, network, network access control, true nac solution, guest networkingnac distinction
 
 
 
 
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The First 802.1X Training?

2008-06-10 02:30:00 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
Well, we may just have the first official dedicated 802.1X Training We may not but after extensive Google searches, all Ive been able to find are white papers, implementation guides and some classroom training on wireless security with mention of 802.1X Ive done a *lot* of presentations over the past couple of years on 802.1X and related...
 
Tags: basic syllabus includes, syllabus, wireless security, optional sections, sections, wireless, include vendor-specific, selection criteria, day
 
 
 
 
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Live from the 20th Annual FIRST Conference

2008-06-26 08:53:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
I've been at the FIRST conference in Vancouver, BC this week presenting , attending great presentations, and meeting a fantastic group of people I'd like to applaud some great presenters I've seen so far, including Par Osterberg Medina ( Detecting Intrusions ), Anton Chuvakin ( Log Analysis ), Raffael Marty ( Applied Security Visualization ),...
 
Tags: steve mancini, volatility, volatility framework, anti-virus industry sucks, total unknown, maltego, par osterberg medina, vendor agnostic solution, total
 
 
 
 
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Apple's first security patches of 2008 fix iPhone, QuickTime

2008-01-15 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Apple has released its first security updates of the new year, fixing bugs in its QuickTime media player and iPhone and iPod touch devices
 
Tags: quicktime media player, ipod touch devices, iphone, apple, security, bugs
 
 
 
 
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First case of "drive-by pharming" identified in the wild

2008-01-22 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
The first instance of drive-by pharming, an attack based on changing the DNS settings in an insecure home router, has been identified by Symantec, which a year ago with Indiana University researchers postulated how the attack would work
 
Tags: attack, attack based, insecure home router, indiana university researchers, drive-by, dns settings, symantec, ago, instance
 
 
 
 
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"First Ever CyberWar" Cost $1,642? Bua-ha-ha!

2008-01-25 16:01:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Remember "Estonian DoS", the "first cyber-war ever" (gasp A 20-year-old Estonian student has been fined for participating in a cyberattack that paralyzed Estonian Web sites and soured the country's relationship with Russia, a government official said Thursday. [...] Galushkevich must pay $1,642 So, will the scaremongers please shut up About...
 
Tags: 20-year-old estonian student, estonian web sites, government official, estonian dos, russia, country, org, relationship, cyber-war