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Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Family Services mails Social Security numbers

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2008-01-08 16:08:37 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...mails tax forms with Social Security numbers printed on them
 
 
 
 
 
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10 things you should be doing to protect your company against email risks

2007-11-02 23:30:15 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...mails. This will protect your company against possible employee lawsuits regarding invasion of privacy. Have your users sign the email policy to confirm that they have read and understood the regulations. For more information on what to include in your Email policy, got to the blog article Ten points to include in your email-policy 2: Train...
 
 
 
 
 
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The top 10 spam characteristics (#6-10)

2006-09-27 06:01:03 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...mails, most spam mails include tell-tale signs that can be used to filter them out. In the next few days I will be discussing the Red Earth Software list of current top 10 spam characteristics and how they can be used to detect spam. Remember that these spam characteristics must not be used in isolation, since some characteristics can also be...
 
 
 
 
 
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What Happens When You Mix A Real Infection With A Mass Mail Hoax?

2008-06-23 17:51:03 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
 
...mails snowballing (with ever increasing CC lists) regarding a page on Snopes that talks about a real infection - namely, the Storm Worm . I'm all for spreading the word on infections going around, but as the emails talk about a "new threat incoming" (specifically, the title of the forwarded mail is "Subject: read this!Please read: Big Virus...
 
 
 
 
 
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The top 10 spam characteristics (#1-5)

2006-10-03 04:13:56 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...mails. Last week we saw the top spam characteristics in position #10 to #6. Today we are counting down to the #1 spam characteristic, the characteristic that Red Earth Software has found to be the most common in todays spam messages 5. From: and Reply To: address are different : This is a common feature of spam mails, but it is also very...
 
 
 
 
 
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Another Wisconsin mailing exposes Social Security numbers

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2008-01-15 13:32:24 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...mails Social Security numbers December, 2006 - Wisconsin mails tax forms with Social Security numbers printed on them
 
 
 
 
 
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Is the White House being "green" or covering up for the CIA?

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2008-01-18 01:18:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...mails) involving senior White House aides, to be preserved for the nation's historical record Perhaps it is just a coincidence that the "recycling" was being done at a time when the CIA tapes, that are now erased, were being recorded. It does however beg the question, was penny-pinching so important to the White House in those early years...
 
 
 
 
 
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Hacking ISP Error Pages

2008-04-24 06:43:52 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...mails to Earthlink subscribers with a link to a webpage on money.paypal.com. Visiting that link would take the victim to the hacker's site, and it would look as though they were on a real PayPal page Kaminsky demonstrated the vulnerability by finding a way to insert a YouTube video from 80s pop star Rick Astley into Facebook and PayPal...
 
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Arms Dealer Tests Legal Bounds in Middle East Arms Bazaar

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2008-07-03 22:00:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
...mails and phone requests to be interviewed or comment for this article. But in a 2006 interview, before the FBI probe was public, Weldon spoke enthusiastically about setting up a "front company" to work with the Russian arms agency, Rosoboronexport. Weldon hoped this company could sell weapons to the Middle East, and other regions,...
 
 
 
 
 
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory visitor information exposed

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2007-12-11 13:45:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...mails and resulted in the compromise of personal information pertaining to lab visitors over a 14 year period Reference URL eWeek.com Story SecurityFocus.com Story MyEyeWitnessNews.com Story Oak Ridge National Laboratory Potential Identity Theft Page Report Credit Oak Ridge National Laboratory Response From the official breach notification...