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Algeria U.N. Bombings

2007-12-11 22:46:00 by NGO Security in NGO Security
 
Has your organization done a good job in mitigating the threats of car bombs in high-risk locations Does your organization have effective response plans in place for all offices that detail how to handle the aftermath of a car bombing or explosion Condolences to family, friends and colleagues of U.N. staff members who lost their lives in...
 
Tags: effective response plans, car bombs, car, bombings, algeria, organization, high-risk locations, offices, friends
 
 
 
 
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Poor IT security to blame in Société Générale fraud

2008-02-20 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473a84 in Network World on Security
 
Inadequate IT security allowed a trader at French bank Société Générale to make a series of unauthorized transactions that ultimately cost the bank 4.9 billion ($7.2 billion), an internal investigation has found
 
Tags: billion, ultimately cost, security, internal investigation, trader, series, bank, transactions
 
 
 
 
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Get Rich Quick at FakeChecks.Org - N O T

2007-12-28 06:53:10 by Erik T. Heidt in Art of Information Security
 
While I was checking the weather via the internet last night, I saw a banner ad for FakeChecks.org (click here) , which turns out to be an anti-check fraud website sponsored by the National Consumers League . Check fraud has been around almost as long as checks themselves (I am sure it took a week or two for someone to try to steal cash using...
 
Tags: fraud, anti-check fraud website, check, fakechecks, check fraud, org, information security controls, information security, rich quick
 
 
 
 
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Security Lessons Learned from Société Générale

2008-05-22 14:32:02 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
The huge trading losses in 2007 and 2008 at Société Générale were caused by insider Jerome Kerviel's unauthorized actions. We can learn many lessons about the technological aspects of security from this insider attack, as well as some that we might hope to learn, but can't
 
Tags: insider jerome kerviel, lessons, technological aspects, insider attack, socit gnrale, security, actions, hope, losses
 
 
 
 
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Société Générale plans to close loopholes by year end

2008-05-23 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3dbdc in Network World on Security
 
French bank Société Générale expects to have remedies in place by year end for the technical and procedural flaws that allowed rogue trader Jérôme Kerviel to build a fraudulent trading position that cost the bank 4.9 billion (US$7.25 billion
 
Tags: procedural flaws, billion, cost, fraudulent, position, technical, us7, bank, remedies
 
 
 
 
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Vulnerabilities in Antivirus Software - Conflict of Interest

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2008-07-24 04:38:07 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
Vulnerabilities within security solutions -- antivirus software in this case -- are a natural event, however, the conflict of interests and failure of communication between those finding them and those failing to acknowledge them as vulnerabilities in general, harms the customer. How they get count, and how is their severity measured in a...
 
Tags: vulnerabilities, day vulnerabilities, security vulnerabilities, antivirus software, day vulnerabilities auction, software vulnerabilities, products, runs claims, security products
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Indian Terror over Wi-Fi; Fastest Wireless; Health Fears; Wi-Fi Tub; and More

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2008-09-15 10:03:26 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
Another terror message sent via open Wi-Fi in India: Credit for terrorist blasts in Delhi was sent by email minutes before the attack took place using a Wi-Fi network owned by a retired engineer's wife. Though articles keep saying the network was "hacked," the Telegraph also notes that the network was "unsecured Italian free space optics test...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi network owned, wireless, wi-fi position, network, skyhook wireless, broadcast island wide, island, dbi external antenna
 
 
 
 
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Security World: iPhone will be a primary target for cybercriminals in 2008

2007-12-12 14:06:29 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
Security predictions released by Arbor Networks reveal that the iPhone will be a major target for cybercriminals in 2008. The forecast also highlights Chinese specific crime as a major issue for the N
 
Tags: arbor networks reveal, major issue, iphone, major target, security predictions, cybercriminals, forecast
 
 
 
 
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Wardrive Mapping With IGiGLE And WiGLE

2007-10-01 00:17:02 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
New Video: Wardrive Mapping With IGiGLE And WiGLE For those that don't know, WiGLE is an online database of Wireless Access Points (802.11A/B/G/N) that is contributed to by folks using Netstumbler, Kismet and other wardriving tools. WiGLE has a web interface of its own, as well as Java desktop client called JiGLE, but I thought that I should...
 
Tags: wigle, query wigle, wigle users, kml file, kml, igigle, keyhole markup language, file, java desktop client