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More Aggressive Network Self-Defense

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2008-04-12 01:38:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...intruders use to control Trojan horses from afar, finding vulnerabilities that would let him upload his own rogue software to intruders' machines He demoed the technique publicly for the first time at the RSA conference Friday You might remember a similar story from Def Con 2005 New research released at the DefCon conference suggests that...
 
Tags: security professionals frequently, security professionals, security, tools hackers, fix security flaws, hackers, flaws, secure software, software
 
 
 
 
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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
...intruders actually downloaded or acquired any of this information. Nonetheless, we know the intruders had the opportunity and the tools to do so, and we therefore felt it was important to notify those who might have been affected as quickly as possible Comfyllama] A good forensic analysis should provide clues if the proper trail exists. You...
 
Tags: school, duke school, breach, security, comfyllama social security, complete, breach description, complete security scan, security breach
 
 
 
 
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Canadian Standards Association Learning Centre compromised

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2008-02-10 19:14:30 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...intruders to the Canadian Standards Association ("CSA") Learning Centre online store web site server, possibly exposing sensitive customer information Reference URL The New Hampshire State Attorney General breach notification Report Credit The New Hampshire State Attorney General Response From the online source cited above I am writing...
 
Tags: breach description, breach, credit card, credit card issuer, security breach, encryption, secret key encryption, credit card company, security
 
 
 
 
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Ten Themes from Recent Conferences

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2008-03-19 10:30:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...intruders, only raise their costs. Enterprises stay dirty because we can not stop intruders, but we can make their lives more difficult. I've heard of some organizations trying to raise the $ per MB that the adversary must spend in order to exfiltrate/degrade/deny information Anyone of sufficient size and asset value is being targeted. If...
 
Tags: themes, organizations, organizations adopt, enterprise, enterprise protection, network, lab network, dirty, hold true
 
 
 
 
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Cyber Jihadist Hacking Teams

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2007-12-17 20:03:29 by HASH0x847073c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...intruders. similarly , E-jihad is the battle in the field of cyber space, against all false believes, and to defend the truth against the false and mean propagandas and cults. It is as necessary as a regular army, to defend the ideological borders of a nation. It is said, it is not the gun, it is man behind the gun . Do you ever think what...
 
Tags: anti-islamic web sites, islamic web sites, web, jihad, electronic jihad program, campaign, electrnic jihad campaign, web sites, cyber jihad
 
 
 
 
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Phishers, Spammers, and Malware Authors Clearly Consolidating

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2007-12-09 21:14:53 by HASH0x89fa6a4 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...intruders have compromised computers in China and then used them to disguise their true location Publicly obtainable research , and common sense state that malware coming through email attachments is slowing down, and is actually supposed to be filtered on the gateway perimeter by default, especially executables. Even the first round of...
 
Tags: malware, malware attachments, malware attack, malware authors, hand malware authors, spammers, modern malware, storm worm malware, emails courtesy
 
 
 
 
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NSA Monitoring U.S. Government Internet Traffic

2008-02-04 06:30:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...intruders. It will cost billions of dollars, which the White House is expected to request in its fiscal 2009 budget Under the initiative, the NSA, CIA and the FBI's Cyber Division will investigate intrusions by monitoring Internet activity and, in some cases, capturing data for analysis, sources said The Pentagon can plan attacks on...
 
Tags: government, nsa, detect attacks, attacks, domestic government traffic, plan attacks, white house officials, white house, data
 
 
 
 
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Security talk on the radio

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2008-01-20 19:12:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...intruders. Try to hide the fact that you are not at home. Make arrangements with a friend to collect your mail or ask the Post Office to hold it for a period until your return. The same thing goes for paper delivery. Nothing signals to a thief that you are away, quicker than an overflowing mailbox or a week's worth of newspapers laying in the...
 
Tags: security, radio, security tips, would-be travelers, travelers, physical security, business, casual travelers, n-on
 
 
 
 
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First They Came for Bandwidth...

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2008-02-16 03:55:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...intruders are unpredictable -- so much so that I call them intrupreneurs . Most defense is reactive (filling holes in the highway instead of deploying flying cars), with Attacker 3.0 outgunning Security 1.0 This came to mind when I read Ukrainian Hacker Makes a Killing in Stock Market Fraud by Kim Zetter. She writes The case involves a...
 
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How Many Burning Homes

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2008-03-15 15:37:00 by Richard Bejtlich in