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Whats New in the Amazon Cloud?: Security Vulnerability in Amazon EC2 and SimpleDB Fixed (7.5 Months After Notification)

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2008-12-18 23:09:54 by Craig Balding in Cloud Security
If you surfed up to the Amazon Web Services homepage today, youd be forgiven thinking all has been well in the Amazon cloud Recent news stories highlight new features and capabilities, including a SQL-like SELECT API for Amazon SimpleDB and the (significant news) that Cloud Compute is now available in the EU More worryingly, however and missing...
 
Tags: amazon, amazon cloud, simpledb, security, vulnerability, aws signature version, security vulnerability, signature version, amazon devpay
 
 
 
 
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Williamson County Schools learns of breach reported nine months ago

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2008-07-13 00:12:01 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 7/11/08 Organization Williamson County Schools Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Students 3,052 ACT students and 2,117 students who took the second grade test were affected", Source: Student Information News Conference Text 7/11/08 Number Affected 5,169 Types of Data Names, testing...
 
Tags: school, school students, schools, williamson county schools, williamson county, county, breach, school authorities, school district
 
 
 
 
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6 Months And Counting For Microsoft On CVE-2008-1436

2008-10-16 15:24:58 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
In April of this year Microsoft issued what seemed to be a rather serious security advisory: Vulnerability in Windows Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (951306) . Microsoft never provides gory details to vulnerabilities even after they've been patched, but by following the CVE entry from it you can get links to sites like IBM's ISS which are...
 
Tags: microsoft, defense blog, blog, iis security blog, security, security vulnerability research, april microsoft, april, vulnerability
 
 
 
 
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Missing memory stick turns up five months later

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2008-01-23 16:44:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 1/23/08 Organization Specsavers Optical Group Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Patients Number Affected more than 340 Types of Data names, addresses, dates of birth, home and mobile phone numbers and conditions Breach Description A memory stick was found last August (2007) in a...
 
Tags: information security, information, information security assessments, memory stick, security, specsaver diabetic patients, patients, computer memory stick, manchester patients
 
 
 
 
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Seattle man gets 51 months in jail in ID theft case

2008-03-21 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473034 in Network World on Security
 
Gregory Kopiloff, a Seattle man who pleaded guilty last November to stealing identity information over peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison
 
Tags: gregory kopiloff, seattle, identity information, months, prison, networks, guilty, peer-to-peer, november
 
 
 
 
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ISO confirms approval of OOXML, gives two months to appeal

2008-04-02 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The International Organization for Standardization announced that its members have approved a draft standard based on Microsoft's Office Open XML document format, and gave its members two months to appeal
 
Tags: draft standard based, xml document format, appeal, months, international organization, office, standardization, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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10 things learnt in the last 12 months

2008-03-31 04:00:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
I've been in my present role of Information Security Director for a year. It's a good time to reflect on some of the lessons learnt over the previous twelve months, and here are ten things that I'll share with you. 1. Never assume anything. The first rule is: if you don't check then it hasn't been done. 2. If you are communicating with...
 
Tags: information security director, information security, information, security, security program, previous twelve months, risks, discuss risks, business
 
 
 
 
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Conn. man gets 30 months in prison for 'warez' operation

2008-04-30 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A Woodbury, Conn., man is sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in Web sites selling unauthorized copies of movies, music and software
 
Tags: web sites, prison, conn, months, copies, software, woodbury, music, role
 
 
 
 
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U.S. man gets 30 months in prison for 'warez' operation

2008-04-30 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A Woodbury, Connecticut, man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for operating Web sites where users could download unauthorized copies of movies, music and software titles, the U.S. Department of Justice announced
 
Tags: web sites, prison, software titles, months, department, copies, users, connecticut, woodbury