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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
...Middle East Both trips were part of the company's effort to tap into the growing -- and often legally murky -- market for selling weapons from former Eastern Bloc countries to the Middle East and Afghanistan Ex-Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Penn., is helping broker deals between Russian weapons suppliers and the Iraqi and Libyan governments through...
 
Tags: arms brokers, brokers, infamous arms brokers, defense, firm defense solutions, arms, arms trade, international arms trade, russian weapons suppliers
 
 
 
 
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How a Classic Man-in-the-Middle Attack Saved Colombian Hostages

2008-07-10 01:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...middle attack In a man-in-the-middle attack, the attacker inserts himself between two communicating parties. Both believe they're talking to each other, and the attacker can delete or modify the communications at will. The Wall Street Journal reported how this gambit played out in Colombia The plan had a chance of working because, for months,...
 
Tags: implement mitm attacks, implement, mitm attacks, mitm, attack, mitm attack, bank, bank demands authentication, bank assumes
 
 
 
 
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Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

2008-07-15 06:47:19 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...middle attack. In a man-in-the-middle attack, the attacker inserts himself between two communicating parties. Both believe they're talking to each other, and the attacker can delete or modify the communications at will The Wall Street Journal reported how this gambit played out in Colombia : "The plan had a chance of working because, for...
 
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Unattended Middle Tennessee State University laptop

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2008-02-14 11:59:07 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Current and former students Number Affected 1,500 Types of Data Names and Social Security numbers Breach Description A Middle Tennessee State University laptop was left unattended by a professor and used by an unknown (and unauthorized) person to send SPAM...
 
Tags: university laptop, university, sensitive personal information, personal information, information, university computer, current students, computer, current
 
 
 
 
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Universal Man-in-the-Middle Phishing Kit why is this even news?

2007-01-24 00:00:00 by Uriel Maimon in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...middle (MITM) phishing kit that recently gathered quite a bit of attention in various publications. In the phishing world there are various roles: there are the "nice" people who operate the phishing kits; there are the shady characters who translate these hard earned credentials into money; and there are the people who write the phishing...
 
Tags: fraud industry successful, universal, past month, successful industry, shady characters, people, kits, kit, bit
 
 
 
 
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2FA is dead

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2008-04-29 09:19:31 by Editor in Security x.0
...Middle and Man in the Browser attacks. 2FA requires that customers present not only a password (something they know) when they log into online banking, but also demonstrate that they possess an authentication device (something they have). Devices normally take the form of a key fob which displays a number that changes every few seconds, but...
 
Tags: real bank site, bank site, browser, browser attacks, bank, bank details, browser attack, 2fa, transaction
 
 
 
 
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European Backup Services Vulnerable to Attack

2008-06-11 11:49:32 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...middle attack, even though it uses SSL to secure the connection Tests by heise Security show that four of the six services tested were vulnerable to attack While all of the tested systems encrypt communication with the backup server using SSL, external attackers can sniff the access code as plain text by acting as a man-in-the-middle (MITM)...
 
Tags: vulnerable, attack, client software, software, services, vulnerable systems, data loss, backup servers, middle attack
 
 
 
 
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Monetizing Web Site Defacements

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2008-06-13 11:54:20 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Middle Market Fund ' site is the latest example of a web site defacer is abusing the access to the web server to generate and locally host blackhat SEO pages, which when once access only by searching for the keywords and consequently returning 404 if traffic isn't coming from a search engine, redirect to known rogue security software, in this...
 
Tags: site, web site defacements, site helps webmasters, web site defacement, web sites, sites, traffic exchange, traffic, traffic suppliers
 
 
 
 
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Danger in Dubai?

2008-06-17 17:57:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...middle of a volatile region I came to Dubai and the United Arab Emirates a week ago to promote an International Executive Protection course that we are holding here later in the summer. While it is true that most citizens in the U.A.E. are law abiding, there is potential here for opportunists to turn that around. Anyone who spends anytime...
 
Tags: dubai, luxury carschop shops, sexton executive security, middle east, bright lights fool, middle, executive protection specialists, international executive protection, hill street blues
 
 
 
 
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Is Your Amazon Machine Image Vulnerable to SSH Spoofing Attacks?

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2008-07-14 16:26:40 by Craig Balding in Cloud Security
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