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FaxBox: the latest in password scams

2008-01-07 18:09:34 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...oops, I mean social networking--sites, I've enrolled my email addresses in their opt-out mechanisms (I simply don't care about LinkedIn, Plaxo, Facebook, MySpace, and so on). But this one seemed suspicious. I don't know anyone named Ratul, and everyone who wants to ask me questions certainly knows my email address. It raised my bullshit...
 
Tags: email, question itfanboxapps, email address, question, fanbox, junk email folder, faxbox, ratul, named ratul
 
 
 
 
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Swedish Army Loses Classified Information on Memory Stick

2008-01-09 13:46:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Oops : The daily newspaper, Aftonbladet, turned the stick over to the Armed Forces on Thursday. The paper's editorial office obtained the memory stick from an individual who discovered it in a public computer center in Stockholm An employee of the Armed Forces has reported that the misplaced USB memory stick belongs to him. The employee...
 
Tags: stick, memory stick, public computer center, computer, public computer, information, armed forces, swedish army, stick belongs
 
 
 
 
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C, I .... Hey!!! Where is my 'A'???

2008-02-03 15:28:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...oops I also disagree with taking it too far to "security against availability" (even those it happens sometimes, especially in the form of "security vs performance" or "security vs usability"); security is definitely not the opposite to availability Information / IT risk management definitely covers all of C-I-A risks; thus, a security team...
 
Tags: security, security folks, security team, discussion, initial discussion, c-i-a, c-i-a risks, cesg gchq tomorrow, colleague michael farnum
 
 
 
 
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Data Theft "Russian-Style"

2008-03-24 13:43:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...oops! - it is your customer database with names, passport numbers, addresses, etc. Fun About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: street, typical street vendor, data theft, fun observation, fun, cso summit, major org, org, database
 
 
 
 
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State Department Loses Hundreds of Laptops

2008-05-06 12:21:07 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Oops : As many as 400 of the unaccounted for laptops belong to the departments Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program, according to officials familiar with the findings Bet you anything those laptops weren't encrypted
 
Tags: laptops, laptops belong, officials familiar, bet, oops, findings
 
 
 
 
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6,200 people notified of ETSU stolen computer

The Article has images
2008-06-09 14:45:27 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Oops, this is not true. In most cases, these files ARE easily accessed there is a small possibility that the information could be compromised Evan] Based on my last comment, this one should be corrected Those who received the letter are asked to notify one of the three major credit bureaus and place a fraud alert on their files University...
 
Tags: computer, etsu, information, personal information, client computer poses, client computer, confidential information, desktop computer, theft
 
 
 
 
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T-Mobile, AT&T, Starbucks Make Nice about Wi-Fi

2008-06-11 10:07:54 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...oops, our bad, and they're figuring out the dollars and cents. Sometimes companies move too rapidly. T-Mobile is a quasi-jilted suitor, although they get something out of AT&T transition, too, so they're not likely to cut any slack Reuters confirms that AT&T confirms the statement. I separately confirmed with T-Mobile that the statement is...
 
Tags: starbucks, starbucks reads, t-mobile, starbucks rewards customers, wi-fi, starbucks locations nationwide, att, att confirms, t-mobile filed
 
 
 
 
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Top Secret Al Qaeda Documents Left on London Train

2008-06-13 06:47:12 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Oops . At least they were found and returned. Keith Vaz MP, chairman of the powerful Home Affairs select committee told the BBC: "Such confidential documents should be locked away...they should not be read on trains You think
 
Tags: keith vaz, confidential documents, trains, bbc, oops, chairman
 
 
 
 
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iPhone vs. ITs Standard Answer, No

2008-06-16 10:48:16 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...Oops, that wasnt supposed to slip out But hasnt that historically been ITs official position? Were the Department of No. Whatever it is, were against it Cell phones? Wi-Fi? BlackBerries? Web sites? LANs? Laptops? Spreadsheets? PCs? Departmental minis? Not one of those technologies was secure enough, reliable enough and enterprise-ready enough...
 
Tags: iphone, support microsoft exchange, business users, users, security guys, article link, official position, safe, security outfits
 
 
 
 
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Laptop with Trusted Traveler Identities Stolen

2008-08-05 12:09:35 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Oops . A laptop with the names of 33,000 people enrolled in the Clear program -- the most popular airport "trusted traveller" program -- has been stolen at SFO. The TSA is unhappy Stealing databases of personal information is never good, but this doesn't make a bit of difference to airport security. I've already written about the Clear program:...
 
Tags: airport security, security, program, 100-a-year program, actual airplane passenger, security line, laptop, popular airport, personal information