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Mashup of the Titans

2008-06-25 17:29:25 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...normal use (since normal use usually does not include attempts to exercise improper access paths). As a result, techniques such as line-by-line inspection of software and physical examination of hardware that implements protection mechanisms are necessary. For such techniques to be successful, a small and simple design is essential ...
 
Tags: protection mechanisms, protection mechanisms correctly, information security, information, implements protection mechanisms, information travels, information security people, protection, potential information path
 
 
 
 
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Mailing error at the University of Maryland exposes student information

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2008-07-18 09:18:07 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...normal process is to remove the University ID numbers prior to mailing Evan] Is it safe to assume that "normal process" was not followed in this instance? If so, then why not? There is no mention in the school's response It was not apparent to departmental staff that these numbers not only still existed within the file, but were Social...
 
Tags: information, university, maryland, personal information, university identification, university community, social security, addressees social security, recipient social security
 
 
 
 
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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...normal people dont do when going about their daily lives (face it, we IT pros arent normal ). So the monthly late-evening phone call usually wasnt a burden. Alas, those days are now nothing more than wistful memories You see, the bad guys (and, increasingly, girls) who lurk in the Internets dark alleys and secret passages have discovered that...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site
 
 
 
 
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Logging, Correlation and IT Search: An Analogy

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2008-06-06 17:00:00 by JJ in Security Uncorked
...normal its probably normal for your husband to come home, do some work on the computer while you cook, and then everyone watch TV. The kids are doing their homework, playing on the computer and probably rummaging around the fridge for an after-school snack. You see your syslogging toaster shows you the src= Refrigerator was opened multiple...
 
Tags: kids, src kids computer, src, src livingroom tv, house, in-house, house gateways, src front door, kid1
 
 
 
 
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Coding Spyware and Malware for Hire

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2008-07-22 03:52:14 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Normal soks with competently implemented multithreading, is activated only if the user real Ip, otherwise not. And also optional, depending on the connection type and speed ineta 70 Indicates The primitive method, contamination fleshek avtoranom gives 2-3% increase in the first week and up to 7% in the next, a pleasant trifle 35 Scripts...
 
Tags: malware, malware author, malware authors, malware binaries, malware attacks, ftp, ftp user, collects, malware industry
 
 
 
 
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NY STAR: An accident waiting to happen

2006-03-02 22:37:31 by Liudvikas Bukys in Liudvikas Bukys
 
...normal traffic is public information, assessors are not necessarily tuned to protecting private personal information. For a recent example of a public record agency handling private data, see the story of how the Suffolk County (NY) clerks normal processes put a few thousand SSNs in the public record [via Emergent Chaos Perhaps all these...
 
Tags: information, store information, income information, personal information, personal financial information, public, public record agency, public information, assessors
 
 
 
 
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Snoop Dogg's out-of-shape bodyguard

2008-03-17 03:50:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...normal house in a normal neighborhood. One of them then mentioned that he was still quite famous since he employed a Bodyguard That was the part that got my attention and made me call in to the radio show. Being the owner of a security company that hires and trains bodyguards, or as we prefer to call them: Personal Protection Specialists, I...
 
Tags: snoop dogg, wjfk radio week, radio, bodyguard, personal protection specialists, protection, week, sexton executive security, unfit
 
 
 
 
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2FA is dead

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2008-04-29 09:19:31 by Editor in Security x.0
...normally take the form of a key fob which displays a number that changes every few seconds, but another approach is to require the customer to insert their bank card into a stand-alone reader. Unfortunately, there is nothing to stop an attacker using a 2FA authentication code to commit fraud In the classic Man in the Middle attack, the...
 
Tags: real bank site, bank site, browser, browser attacks, bank, bank details, browser attack, 2fa, transaction
 
 
 
 
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Random stuff on my to do list

2008-07-31 16:46:00 by Random InfoSec Guy in Security Coin
 
...normal communication. Ditto with normal phone lines - would that work ? Before I even say "Only one way to find out.." I should really read up on cell phones to test the theory 2. Magstripes on cards - change data in the magstripe of ID cards , hotel access cards, credit cards, debit cards etc - to SQL inject the backend - Hmmm.. my...
 
Tags: credit cards, cards, hotel access cards, sql inject, debit cards, sql injection, cell phones, test, backend
 
 
 
 
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Memo to Next President: How to Get Cyber Security Right