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Massive data loss by key U.K. government agency could affect millions of British citizens

2007-11-26 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...infamous U.S. Veterans Administration breach, when a laptop containing information on 26.5 million veterans was stolen in 2006, have we seen a breach of sensitive data like the one that occurred in the United Kingdom last week. According to news reports, two disks containing the records of 7.25 million families and around 25 million people...
 
Tags: breach, veterans administration breach, national audit office, million families, million veterans, million people, sensitive data, news reports, customs agency
 
 
 
 
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Silver Bullet Talks with Mikko Hyppönen

2008-01-07 09:15:52 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
...infamous digital rights management rootkit. Featured here is an excerpt adapted from the full interview
 
Tags: chief research officer, malicious code, mikko, zotob worms, excerpt, active, discovery, f-secure, prominent
 
 
 
 
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Nugache worm kicking up a Storm

2008-01-07 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Although the infamous Storm worm enters 2008 with a reputation as the worlds most dangerous botnet, security experts say theres an up-and-comer called Nugache that could give it a run for its money
 
Tags: nugache, security experts, dangerous botnet, up-and-comer, reputation, worlds, money
 
 
 
 
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Show 007 - An Interview with John Stewart

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2006-10-25 15:00:58 by rmacmich in The Silver Bullet Security Podcast
...infamous Morris Worm from 1988 (which John was deeply involved in while a student at Syracuse). John and Gary also revisit Cisco-gate, talk about how Johns identity was stolen, and determine why Johns kids dont have e-mail addresses Executive Perspective: John Stewart on Vulnerability Disclosure Wikipedia: CSO Digital Island The What, Why,...
 
Tags: john, john stewart, john discuss, morris worm, john talks, infamous morris worm, gary, gary interviews, identity theft
 
 
 
 
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Storm worm dethroned by sex botnet

2008-02-04 00:00:00 by HASH0x847373c in Network World on Security
 
Romance is out and sex is in, according to security experts who said the Mega-Dik botnet has ousted the infamous Storm as the most prolific sender of spam
 
Tags: mega-dik botnet, prolific sender, infamous storm, security experts, sex, spam, romance
 
 
 
 
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The Need for Adware and Spyware Blocker

2007-08-01 19:11:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...infamous term of spyware was first coined in the year 1995 but it was popularized in the year 2000. Spyware is a computer software innocently infiltrated in a personal computer to be able to access personal information of the user This is done by studying logging keystrokes, web browsing history and even scanning a users hard drive. Sounds...
 
Tags: spyware, spyware blocker, spyware programs, block spyware, adware, computer, computer bug, personal computer, people
 
 
 
 
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Anti-Malware Vendor's Site Serving Malware

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2008-02-12 20:31:18 by HASH0x8b333c4 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...infamous iFrame exploit to push copies of the Virut virus onto visiting unpatched (or poorly patched) Windows PCs The IFRAME at the site used to point to ntkrnlpa.info/rc/?i=1 (85.114.143.207) which also responds to zief.pl , where an obfuscation tries to server ntkrnlpa.info/rc/load.exe through the usual diverse set of exploits served by...
 
Tags: site, virut virus, virus, indian anti-virus site, malware, web site downloads, antivirus site, hackers, hackers seed malware
 
 
 
 
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StillSecure, After all these years, #53 - SSAATY meets the Network Security Podcast

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2008-02-13 23:25:59 by HASH0x8bc7810 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...infamous top 59 list). There is a special message for all security bloggers and podcasters, as well as security media types who are attending RSA, if you don't know what we are talking about contact us If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com Thanks to...
 
Tags: podcast, network security podcast, line, party line, martin, security media types, jon schmidt, jon, mitchell
 
 
 
 
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StillSecure, After all these years, #53 - SSAATY meets the Network Security Podcast

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2008-02-14 00:02:00 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...infamous top 59 list). There is a special message for all security bloggers and podcasters, as well as security media types who are attending RSA, if you don't know what we are talking about contact us If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com Thanks to...
 
Tags: podcast, network security podcast, line, party line, martin, security media types, jon schmidt, jon, mitchell