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Mujahideen Secrets 2 Encryption Tool Released

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2008-01-21 15:37:17 by HASH0x8b0f9c4 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
Originally introduced by the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF), the second version of the Mujahideen Secrets encryption tool was released online approximately two days ago, on behalf of the Al-Ekhlaas Islamic Network. Original and translated press release Is the first program of the Islamic multicast security across networks. It represents the...
 
Tags: secrets, tool, encryption, secrets encryption tool, encryption keys, keys, digital, digital signature files, islamic
 
 
 
 
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Users continue to ignore security policies, while security organizations are overlooking non-technical controls

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2007-12-13 12:37:00 by Ryan Shopp in practical risk management
IT Compliance Institute had an article posted this morning that reinforces the point; "it's not the software/hardware/infrastructure/etc but the people and processes that expose the biggest risks to a company The article doesn't reveal who/where the survey was taken but it does highlight some key security items that people usually cut corners...
 
Tags: non-technical controls, technical controls, security, controls, aka non-technical controls, non-technical, quality, quality security controls, technical
 
 
 
 
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Q1 2008 - Client OS Vulnerability Scorecard

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2008-05-14 23:04:00 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
This paper is a compilation of vulnerability data for client operating systems for the first 3 month, January through March, of 2008. Vulnerabilities and fixes for the following products are discussed Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (V. 4 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS...
 
Tags: severity vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities, microsoft windows vista, mac, apple mac, microsoft windows, users, windows vista users, client
 
 
 
 
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Speaking of Security Podcast #66

2007-06-18 00:00:00 by Podcast Producers in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
Click here to listen/download (12:19 RSA's annual Wireless Survey Results are in: " Wireless security highest in London; but one-fifth of business networks remain unsecured in all surveyed cities ". Learn more from RSA Product Marketing Manager, John Masotta. And we share an excerpt from one of our popular past podcasts : an interview with "The...
 
Tags: rsa product, business networks remain, popular past podcasts, security career guy, rsa, john masotta, short survey, mike murray, wireless security
 
 
 
 
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Building My Windows Vista Media Center (VMC) - Part 3 - MyMovies2

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2007-11-02 23:52:49 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
Posted from the Bus click and read, if you don't know what I mean Previous posts about building my Vista Media Center Part 1 - The System Part 2 - The Tuner I posted part 2 back in June, so it has been a while, but I wanted to continue documenting my media center project and I can't help but talk about the MyMovies2 plug-in next Create Your Own...
 
Tags: media center, movie, movie title, home media center, movie file, media center plug-in, vista media center, record movies, record
 
 
 
 
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Common Criteria and answering the question 'Is it Safe'

2007-12-20 16:57:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
Hi all, Eric Bidstrup here One of the areas that our group is also involved is in industry standards regarding security assurance, and Common Criteria ( aka ISO 15408) is the standard internationally recognized by 24 governments (including the US, UK, Germany, Japan, and others). Its interesting to consider that while all consumers of computer...
 
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SmartWater Works

2008-01-21 12:17:39 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Almost three years ago I blogged about SmartWater: liquid imbued with a uniquely identifiable DNA-style code. In my post I made the snarky comment: The idea is for me to paint this stuff on my valuables as proof of ownership. I think a better idea would be for me to paint it on your valuables, and then call the police That remark aside, a new...
 
Tags: smartwater, smartwater products, deterrent, smartwater postersign, reasonable deterrent, deterrent factor, study, strong, strong deterrent effect
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft ships six critical patches, but two lesser vulnerabilities could be killers

2008-02-12 00:00:00 by John Fontana in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft Tuesday released 11 security patches, six with the highest rating of "critical" that span Windows, Office, and Internet Explorer, but some say it is a combination of two non-critical vulnerabilities that should catch the eye of corporate IT
 
Tags: critical, non-critical vulnerabilities, microsoft tuesday, span windows, security patches, internet explorer, combination, office, eye
 
 
 
 
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Michael Vick's journey from the NFL to a jail cell

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2007-12-11 03:13:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
I watched CNN this morning as they announced that Michael Vick had been sentenced to 23 months incarceration for his part in organizing illegal dog fighting and animal abuse. I have never been a star quarterback so I do not know how it feels to go from being a NFL superstar to a Felon, but I bet it can't be easy There's not much upside to this...
 
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