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Five-year-old wanders into bank branch after-hours

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2008-02-06 10:24:03 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 2/6/08 Organization HSBC Group (UK Contractor/Consultant/Branch Market Place, Easingwold Victims Potentially customers, but no confirmed loss or theft occurred Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Potentially customer banking records Breach Description The HSBC branch in Easingwold was found...
 
Tags: bank, customers, bank customers, bank after-hours, branch, door malfunction, bank doors, malfunction, breach description
 
 
 
 
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New rootkit uses old trick to hide itself

2008-01-09 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Over the past month, a new type of malicious software has emerged, using a decades-old technique to hide itself from antivirus software
 
Tags: malicious software, hide, decades-old technique, past month, antivirus software, type
 
 
 
 
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Five-Year-Old Boy Detained by the TSA

2008-01-10 10:53:20 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
His name is similar to someone on the "no fly" list: A five-year-old boy was taken into custody and thoroughly searched at Sea-Tac because his name is similar to a possible terrorist alias. As the Consumerist reports, "When his mother went to pick him up and hug him and comfort him during the proceedings, she was told not to touch him because he...
 
Tags: common sense, five-year-old boy, proper procedure, interview kip hawley, terrorist, procedure, national security risk, terrorist alias, tsa
 
 
 
 
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Old exploit keeps on tickin' for hackers

2008-01-11 00:00:00 by HASH0x847355c in Network World on Security
 
In the last two weeks, hackers have exploited an 18-month-old vulnerability in Microsoft Windows in three high-profile attack campaigns to infect PCs with advanced rootkits and launch infections from thousands of compromised Web sites
 
Tags: high-profile attack campaigns, launch infections, web sites, microsoft windows, 18-month-old vulnerability, infect pcs, hackers, rootkits, thousands
 
 
 
 
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Another Old Presentation: Log Baselining

2008-05-08 12:07:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
As I did in the past , I am releasing another one of my old presentations . This one is about baselining logs and was given at SANS a few years ago as SANS @ Night. It mostly a subset of my "Log Mining" preso , but with some things added and clarified. Keep in mind, this is circa 2006 or so I dug out a few more fun ones, that go as far back as...
 
Tags: log, sans, circa, fun, logs, subset, dug, past, chuvakin
 
 
 
 
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16-Year Old Indian Hacker Says College Useless

2008-06-17 11:10:42 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
A 16-year old boy was arrested and interrogated for his involvement in eBay and PayPal scams, and said that he was happy with his lifestyle and that college was a useless alternative for making money Coming from a modest background, the boy wanted to live lavishly with a fine haircut and brand-name clothes, and he found he could achieve that by...
 
Tags: college, online payment scam, useless alternative, scam, credit card information, ebay, live lavishly, 16-year, fine haircut
 
 
 
 
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New To The Team - Old To The Game

2008-10-21 13:57:48 by Tyler Shields in Zero in a bit
 
Welcome, come on in, have a seat. There is a cold beer in the fridge, help yourself I may be new to the team, but Im (reasonably) old to the game. My name is Tyler Shields and Im the latest addition to the Veracode research team. I started at Veracode in September 2008 as a Senior Security Researcher and have been immediately thrown into the...
 
Tags: team, veracode, veracode research team, senior security researcher, application penetration assessments, james madison university, consultant, product security assessments, major financial institutions
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft explains seven-year-old patch delay

2008-11-12 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Microsoft says it was unable to patch a seven-year-old bug until recently because it was only in the last year that it figured out how to fix the flaw without breaking most network-based applications
 
Tags: microsoft, seven-year-old bug, patch, recently, fix, applications, unable, flaw
 
 
 
 
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Old scam, with a new twist.

2008-11-14 16:25:28 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
Please dont fall for this clipped from it.toolbox.com Mystery Shoppers testing out Money Gram Services Scam With a new spin on an old scam, mystery shoppers are being recruited to test money gram systems, by sending your money to the scammer
 
Tags: mystery shoppers, scam, spin, money, scammer, toolbox
 
 
 
 
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Old worm infects Department of Defense computers

2008-11-21 00:00:00 by Tim Greene in Network World on Security
 
Department of Defense computers have been hit with an old worm that the DoD won't discuss other than to say it is taking steps to mitigate its effects
 
Tags: defense computers, department, worm, steps, discuss, dod, effects, hit