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Award Winners #2

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2008-03-31 23:30:00 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
...notable publication (thats notable as in jolly good) for the past year, written by anyone in the whole lab Well this year, its the turn of Tyler Moore and myself to win, for our APWG paper : Examining the Impact of Website Take-down on Phishing The obligatory posed photo, showing that we both own ties (!), is courtesy of the Science Editor of...
 
Tags: notable, notable publication, computer laboratory lab, lab, tyler moore, local alumni association, obligatory posed photo, george danezis, website take-down
 
 
 
 
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Reputation Damage & Measurement

2008-08-22 14:33:56 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...notable incidents seem to suggest that the impact on stock price for an incident is short lived. With qualifications, of course So what would/should we make of this from Money.co.uk 12million ($24m) Wiped off Helphire Stock after Malicious Email Sent to Clients Car hire firm Helphire have taken Google to court after a malicious email sent...
 
Tags: stock, helphire stock, reputation damage, reputation, stock price, damage, email, email account, malicious email
 
 
 
 
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Missing University of Akron portable hard drive

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2008-01-14 11:33:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Notable Comment at the Akron Beacon Journal So this is what $20,000 gets you... a stolen identity. Who believes that this device was destroyed? Then they have the nerve to send me a letter asking for a donation Commentary It is not mentioned in the news story whether or not the University of Akron permits the storage of confidential...
 
Tags: akron, portable, portable hard drive, hard drive, secure data destruction, data, akron beacon journal, university, akron permits
 
 
 
 
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Say Goodbye to IE6.0! Hello IE7.0!

2008-01-21 16:35:03 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...notable change beyond the user interface is the anti-phishing technology I can completely see why Microsoft is taking this approach - although I think people who arent used to IE7.0 will revolt until they get used to it. But if you think about it from their biggest customers perspective - they want their users to stop getting exploited. Its...
 
Tags: ie6, ie7, love ie6, bad, feb 12th, notable change, people, microsoft, significant improvements
 
 
 
 
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SmartWater Works

2008-01-21 12:17:39 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...notable finding of the study was that whilst 'property marking' in general acts as a reasonable deterrent, the combination of forensic products which SmartWater uses in its holistic approach increases the deterrent factor substantially When scored out of ten by respondents in regard to deterrent value, SmartWater was awarded the highest...
 
Tags: smartwater, smartwater products, deterrent, smartwater postersign, reasonable deterrent, deterrent factor, study, strong, strong deterrent effect
 
 
 
 
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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
...Notable Comments on The Daily News Journal story Posted by: Mike on Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:24 pm Even as a student there, I always wondered why our SS numbers were used as our ID numbers. In this day and age, it IS NOT safe to use your SS number! Especially with how easy a slip-up such as this can happen! Something needs to change! Too bad it...
 
Tags: university laptop, university, sensitive personal information, personal information, information, university computer, current students, computer, current
 
 
 
 
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No PR purge here, says Hannaford's security vendor

2008-03-20 00:00:00 by Paul McNamara in Network World on Security
 
Now you see them, now you don't now you do? Such was the fate last week of online press releases and testimonials touting Hannaford's use of Rapid7's flagship risk-management product. The relationship between the companies had become notable after news of the beleaguered grocer's data breach made major headlines
 
Tags: flagship risk-management product, online press releases, hannaford, major headlines, data breach, relationship, week, companies, grocer
 
 
 
 
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Alternative to VPN: IronKey's Secure Network

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2008-03-31 14:26:54 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
TechRepublic notes some interesting features in IronKey's secure USB drive: The IronKey is a seriously secure device, designed with a variety of physical, hardware, and software elements that make it as unhackable as possible: it's got its own hardware encryption chip built in, uses robust flash memory, and can sense physical intrusion. But it's...
 
Tags: ironkey, secure, ironkey plug-in, secure usb drive, ironkey runs, ironkey appears, secure device, covers secure, hardware
 
 
 
 
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Cutting through the White Noise

2007-11-09 16:07:55 by Perry Carpenter in Security Renaissance
 
...notable that these issues revolve around end-users and, outside of any emails intended to dropped malware, cannot be addressed solely through technical means. So, we again come back to end-user training and awareness. It is imperative that we, as an industry, get a handle on how to better address this in our organizations. Its clear that what...
 
Tags: data, data breach story, drop malware, story, drop, engage employees, highlights multiple security, salesforce, life
 
 
 
 
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The C-I-A Triad weighed and found wanting

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2007-04-12 04:54:18 by Perry Carpenter in Security Renaissance
...Notable examples of a loss of possession usually include the loss of laptop computers or PDAs containing customer or employee data (e.g. SSNs, credit card numbers, personal health information, etc Authenticity : Validity, conformance, and genuineness of information.The quality of authenticity is readily understood. As the above definition...
 
Tags: information security, information, parkerian hexad, parkerian hexad model, control information, principles, security principles, personal health information, parkerian hexad augments