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Boston Court's Meddling With 'Full Disclosure' Is Unwelcome

2008-08-21 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
In eerily similar cases in the Netherlands and the United States, courts have recently grappled with the computer-security norm of "full disclosure," asking whether researchers should be permitted to disclose details of a fare-card vulnerability that allows people to ride the subway for free The "Oyster card" used on the London Tube was at issue...
 
Tags: computer security improves, security improves, computer security, security, mit security researchers, security devices, security holes, disclosure, security properly
 
 
 
 
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Full Disclosure and the Boston Farecard Hack

2008-08-26 06:04:49 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
In eerily similar cases in the Netherlands and the United States, courts have recently grappled with the computer-security norm of "full disclosure," asking whether researchers should be permitted to disclose details of a fare-card vulnerability that allows people to ride the subway for free The "Oyster card" used on the London Tube was at issue...
 
Tags: computer security improves, security improves, computer security, security, mit security researchers, security devices, security holes, disclosure, security properly
 
 
 
 
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Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computers

2008-05-13 20:00:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to -- and "full control" of -- any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep tabs on their "adversaries' information infrastructure completely undetected
 
Tags: air force, information infrastructure completely, info warriors, hacker tools, control, tabs, adversaries, access, suite
 
 
 
 
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Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computers

2008-05-14 20:10:50 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to--and "full control" of--any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep tabs on their "adversaries' information infrastructure completely undetected." The government is growing increasingly interested in waging war online
 
Tags: air force, information infrastructure completely, info warriors, hacker tools, war online, control, government, tabs, adversaries
 
 
 
 
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Russia's 'Full Scale Invasion' of Georgia

2008-08-09 22:30:00 by Noah Shachtman in Wired Security
 
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili says "Russia has launched a full scale military invasion." He's calling for "an immediate ceasefire" in a conflict that Russian officials claim has killed 2,000 and left 30,000 homeless
 
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Adobe web portal exposes educational software users

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2008-05-07 16:31:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 5/1/08 Organization Adobe Systems Incorporated Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Customers Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Name, address, home and/or cellular phone number, email address, date of birth, school name, partial or full credit card number, credit card expiration data,...
 
Tags: adobe, information, personal information, information security crew, adobe website portal, adobe systems, upload information, security, adobe iswas
 
 
 
 
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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
Take a few moments and indulge in a thought exercise with me. Consider your companys complete collection of information processing assetsall the computers, the networks theyre connected to, the applications you use, and the data and information you manipulate. Which of those is the most valuable? Whichif it suddenly and tragically disappeared...
 
Tags: data security, comrms data security, data, security, confidential information, information, information security, temporary data, data vanishes
 
 
 
 
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Your 419 Mail Roundup

2008-06-25 13:29:29 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
 
Are you ready for more 419 missives Of course you are. Plenty of winning lottery tickets, fictitious banks, a wonderfully sick "Robert Mugabe" themed mail and, er, someone called "Captain Frank Bojo" after the jump Subject HELLO DEAR From abavanagift13 Gazeta.pl Date Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:26:24 +0000 BCC Hello Dear My name is Blessing Abavana,...
 
Tags: central bank, bank, magical bank card, bank draft, email address, office email address, bank immediately, lycos lottery, office
 
 
 
 
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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
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 12/4/07 Organization Duke University Contractor/Consultant/Branch School of Law Victims Current and prospective Law School applicants Number Affected 3,200 1,400 in one database containing applicant data and some Social Security numbers, 1,800 in a second database containing applicant data and...
 
Tags: school, duke school, breach, security, comfyllama social security, complete, breach description, complete security scan, security breach
 
 
 
 
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July 2007 - Operating System Vulnerability Scorecard

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