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Google's DoubleClick deal brings greater focus on privacy

2007-12-21 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
Nearly lost in the news about the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's approval on Thursday of Google's acquisition of DoubleClick was another action by the agency: the publication of a proposed set of privacy principles governing online behavioral advertising
 
Tags: federal trade commission, google, online behavioral, privacy principles, doubleclick, approval, acquisition, action, thursday
 
 
 
 
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Focus on software assurance increases in U.S., U.K. and other markets

2007-11-15 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
I traveled quite a bit during the month of October - which was National Cyber Security Awareness month here in the U.S. - and there was one issue that came up frequently during my various business trips to locations around the U.S. and one to London: software assurance. It's really a continuation of a theme that I have come across during the...
 
Tags: security, information security, software assurance, government decision makers, product security, issue, systems, nefarious actors, business trips
 
 
 
 
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Cracking passwords on a PlayStation

2007-12-03 16:37:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
I remember making a joke not long ago about my kid sister attacking a password database using her Nintendo DS. Looks like the PS3 has an architecture that makes it especially well suited for this type of attack Security researcher Nick Breese used a PS3 to crack supposedly strong eight-character passwords in hours. Typically, previous attempts...
 
Tags: password, character password, key, password database, keyspace, 256-bit aes key, 40-bit keyspace, passwords, encryption
 
 
 
 
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New York Times Magazine on Electronic Voting Machines

2008-01-07 08:46:15 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Can You Count On These Machines
 
Tags: machines, count
 
 
 
 
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Spaf on Academic Security Research (... Silliness)

2007-12-20 13:07:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Spaf also laments academic security research. He says : "As I write this , Im sitting in a review of some university research in cybersecurity. [...] What strikes me about these efforts representative of efforts by hundreds of people over decades, and the expenditure of perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars is that the vast majority of these...
 
Tags: security, worthwhile security, efforts representative, efforts, security economics, people, rigorous academic approach, academic research, dirt pile
 
 
 
 
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Again, On Criticality of Logs

2007-12-07 08:32:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
I just wanted to highlight two pieces that, again, speak (No, scream! In fact, S-C-R-EA-M!) about the important of logs. Yes, my readers don't need additional motivation to take logs seriously, but these are just too cool to pass First is the interview with some convicted attacker , who said: 'Moore said it would have been easy for IT and...
 
Tags: logs, reliable logs, collect logs, decent logs, security, tjx, security managers, tjx months, log data
 
 
 
 
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On Vacation

2007-12-27 10:15:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Just a note: I won't be blogging until Jan 3rd since I am on vacation catching some snow. Response to blog comments will also be somewhat sluggish So, see you in 2008! Happy New Year About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: vacation, jan 3rd, blog comments, org, response, snow, note, happy, chuvakin
 
 
 
 
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Wisconsin state agency mailing exposes data on 260,000

2008-01-09 00:00:00 by HASH0x8470124 in Network World on Security
 
Appalled" officials at the Wisconsin State Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) are asking Electronic Data Systems to explain why it allowed Social Security numbers to be printed on the address labels of information brochures recently sent to more than 260,000 recipients of state health care services
 
Tags: health, health care services, information brochures recently, electronic data systems, family services, wisconsin, social security, address labels, department
 
 
 
 
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Hiding Crib Notes on a Bottle Label

2008-01-15 14:15:16 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
How to cheat on a test by replacing a soft-drink-bottle label with a replica that includes your crib notes. Certainly more clever than hiding a small piece of paper inside your pen
 
Tags: crib notes, paper inside, label, piece, test, clever, cheat, includes, replica
 
 
 
 
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Turning on cruise control

2008-01-18 07:26:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs