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IT Vendor VAR Relationships 101

2008-05-31 20:52:07 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...manufacturer relationship. The rest have no clue So, if youre in the rest category, heres a quick overview of how the chain of love works top-down from manufacturers to VARs to you Manufacturer -> Reseller First its important to note that most IT Manufacturers have some level of Partner Programs . These programs are structured agreements...
 
Tags: manufacturer, manufacturer directly, manufacturer partners, specific, specific product line, manufacturer sales rep, reseller, manufacturer relationship, resellers relationship
 
 
 
 
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KeeLoq Still Broken

2008-04-04 06:03:03 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...manufacturer key of the corresponding receivers in less than one day. Knowing the manufacturer key allows for creating an arbitrary number of valid new keys and generating new remote controls We further propose a new eavesdropping attack for which monitoring of two ciphertexts, sent from a remote control employing KeeLoq code hopping (car...
 
Tags: keeloq, keeloq algorithm, keeloq device, remote control, keeloq code, keeloq encryption algorithm, side-channel attacks, attacks, remote controls
 
 
 
 
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YWCA Retirement Fund participants exposed in stolen computer

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2007-12-11 12:23:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...manufacturer which requires the computer's serial number, the customer's account number and name. Dell has been notified of the theft. Any attempted order will be flagged, the caller id will be recorded and forwarded to both the Fund and the New York Police Department with whom we met Monday afternoon, October 1 Comfyllama] This is simply...
 
Tags: ywca retirement fund, retirement fund, fund, computer, information security, information, sensitive information, personal identification information, active fund participants
 
 
 
 
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Inside the Chinese Underground Economy

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2007-12-09 22:34:23 by HASH0x89e9090 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...manufacturer of them in real life. In cyberspace, the people driving the Chinese Underground tend to borrow malicious know-how from their Russian colleagues by localizing the most popular web malware exploitation kits such as Mpack and IcePack to Chinese , as well as benefiting from the proven capabilities of an open source DDoS-centered...
 
Tags: chinese, chinese underground, underground, underground economy, chinese web, chinese red hackers, china, china eagle union, underground black market
 
 
 
 
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Geeks.com customer credit card data compromised

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2008-01-07 21:34:58 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...manufacturer's closeouts Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Geeks.com customers Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, credit card numbers, expiration dates, and card verification numbers Breach Description An undisclosed number of Geeks.com customers have been affected by an...
 
Tags: credit, credit card, card, geeks, credit reports, report credit, breach description, breach, apparent breach
 
 
 
 
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Stolen laptop contained Centocor speaker-consultant information

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2008-01-29 11:08:47 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...manufacturer of healthcare products Victims People participating in National Faculty and Rounds on the Road Speakers programs Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Name, home of business city and state, and Social Security number/Tax Identification Number Breach Description Several computers are missing from Centocor facilities in...
 
Tags: centocor, information, evan centocor, evan, time centocor, centocor facilities, facilities, centocor laptops, laptops
 
 
 
 
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America's Dilemma: Close Security Holes, or Exploit Them Ourselves

2008-05-01 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...manufacturer and fix the vulnerability, thereby protecting both the good guys and the bad guys. Or they can keep quiet about the vulnerability and not tell anyone, thereby leaving the good guys insecure but also leaving the bad guys insecure The equities issue has long been hotly debated inside the NSA. Basically, the NSA has two roles:...
 
Tags: security, bad guys insecure, guys, non-security, security improves, technologies, dual-use technologies, security improvements, agency
 
 
 
 
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Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue

2008-05-06 05:17:24 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...manufacturer and fix the vulnerability, thereby protecting both the good guys and the bad guys. Or they can keep quiet about the vulnerability and not tell anyone, thereby leaving the good guys insecure but also leaving the bad guys insecure The equities issue has long been hotly debated inside the NSA. Basically, the NSA has two roles:...
 
Tags: technologies, dual-use technologies, bad guys insecure, guys, dual, security, non-security, security improves, security improvements
 
 
 
 
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Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue

2008-05-06 05:17:24 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...manufacturer and fix the vulnerability, thereby protecting both the good guys and the bad guys. Or they can keep quiet about the vulnerability and not tell anyone, thereby leaving the good guys insecure but also leaving the bad guys insecure The equities issue has long been hotly debated inside the NSA. Basically, the NSA has two roles:...
 
Tags: technologies, dual-use technologies, bad guys insecure, guys, dual, security, non-security, security improves, security improvements
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Your Brain on Wi-Fi; Zipit Offers Free SMS; Wi-Fi Alliance Model Trade Group

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2008-05-12 13:26:30 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News