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Locked Call Boxes and Banned Geiger Counters

2008-01-18 07:44:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Nearby shopkeepers or beat cops carried the keys Here's Robert Cromie, writing in The Great Chicago Fire (Thomas Nelson: 1994), page 33: William Lee, the O'Leary's neighbor, rushed into Goll's drugstore, and gasped out a request for the key to the alarm box. The new boxes were attached to the walls of stores or other convenient locations. To...
 
Tags: boxes, false fire alarms, fire, fire alarms, false alarms, prevent false alarms, alarm boxes, alarm, chicago fire
 
 
 
 
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Floating data offers unique security challenges

2008-01-15 00:00:00 by Andreas M. Antonopoulos in Network World on Security
 
You've probably already read the news of a company planning to use container ships as floating data centers. The plan is similar to the modular shipping container data centers. Only instead of parking them in your back lot, you moor them to a nearby pier. The company, International Data Security, is planning to deploy the first such data-ship...
 
Tags: data centers, container data centers, nearby pier, pier, international data security, company, container ships, san francisco, moor
 
 
 
 
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Another MySpace XSS Through an API

2008-01-21 16:24:14 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...nearby. But let me return to my rant for a second Ive seen lots of examples of this in the wild, but for various reasons I havent been able to talk about them specifically until now. Rosario Valotta found an XSS in MySpace using the mobile API . MySpace being plagued with XSS vulns is really nothing new, but this is actually pretty...
 
Tags: api, mobile api, myspace, xss, website, main website, mobile platform, rosario, rosario valotta
 
 
 
 
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Visa Services Northwest caught throwing info in dumpster

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2008-01-28 16:23:02 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...nearby; it's brought to another dumpster in a very public place Gillett turned to the state attorney general for help Evan] Good work, Mr. Gillett In a letter, state officials warned Visa Services Northwest that it is required to destroy customers' personal information it does not plan to retain. Anything short of that is a violation of...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, information, visa services, confidential information, sensitive information, gillett, steve gillett, credit card information
 
 
 
 
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Nice one, Dick!

2008-02-10 07:19:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...nearby Maryland and Virginia are not capable of doing the same in the District of Columbia Hopefully this discriminatory law is about to be changed. When it does, maybe then guns will not be outlawed and not only the outlaws will have guns Visit Sexton Executive Security at www.sextonsecurity.com
 
Tags: owners, business owners, district, gun owners, vice president cheney, guns, wtop radio tonight, law enforcement, discriminatory law
 
 
 
 
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The Continuing .Gov Blackhat SEO Campaign - Part Two

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2008-02-25 08:42:20 by HASH0x8b54014 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...nearby IPs within the scammy ecosystem (217.170.77.*) such as canadianpharmacyltd.org ns1.viagrabestprice.info ns2.viagrabestprice.info officialmedicines.us pharm-shop.net thecanadianpharmacymeds.com viagrabestprice.info viagraforlove.com xdrugpill.com This is perhaps the perfect moment to clarify that the appropriate people responsible for...
 
Tags: seo content, invisible seo content, pages, seo pages, content, military affairs, homecare, gov, national homecare council
 
 
 
 
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Central Bank of the UAE reports ATM fraud to lenders

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2008-03-03 11:41:37 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...nearby observer, known as a shoulder surfer', steals the PIN The stolen details can then be used to create fake cards or make purchases online, or the data may be sold on to other gangs of fraudsters Skimming fraud has been seen in most regions of the world, and banks usually take measures to protect machines, such as installing plastic...
 
Tags: bank card details, card details, bank, bank card, atm, regular card reader, reader, customers, bank customers
 
 
 
 
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Another mortgage company out of business leads to more documents in the dumpster

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2008-03-19 14:57:40 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...nearby Evan] Maybe the company figured that they had nothing to lose and just vacated the property. There is liability however. The leader(s) of the company is/are morally, ethically, and probably legally responsible for proper document destruction. There really is no excuse Included in the papers are bankruptcy statements, financial...
 
Tags: company, abc12 news team, news, dumpster, documents, sheriff, sheriff talks, company isare, abc12 news
 
 
 
 
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Minneapolis Gets a Workout

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2008-03-29 17:19:55 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Nearby, Steve Alexander notes a pioneering wireless network at the University of Minnesota has become obsolete. The U of M is replacing its 7-year-old 802.11b network with an 802.11n system . As is true in most older networks, they've got a melange of gear that's a headache to keep running and in sync. They'll spend $3.5m to cover about 40...
 
Tags: network, network indoors, minneapolis, wireless network, poles, problematic utility poles, 11b network, networks, wi-fi networks
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Big Brother Fi; Eugene (Ore.); Milpitas (Calif.); XP Net Monitor

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2008-04-24 13:54:32 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...nearby networks and their access points. The widget was previously release as a Vista gadget. (Gads, I can't believe I just had to write that sentence. I suppose next, it will be a Windows Me gee-gaw, and then a Windows 98 jimcrack, and then, finally, a Windows 95 tchotchke