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Giving SQL Injection the Respect it Deserves

2008-05-15 18:45:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...operators and the users who visited the affected Web sites. In this post, I want to focus on what the first set of users, the Web site operators, can do to protect themselves The fact that the malicious payload was so generic shows that the science of SQL injection has not taken a back seat to research in other vulnerability types, such as...
 
Tags: sql, sql injection bug, sql injection requirements, sql injection attack, sql server, sql execute-only permission, malicious sql payload, sql injection, sql injection vulnerability
 
 
 
 
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Latest 802.11 Standard Boosts Wi-Fi Power in New Band

2008-06-25 14:01:44 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...operators to obtain inexpensive licenses, and register the base stations they use by location. If interference arises among base stations, operators are required to work out the problems themselves. I wrote extensively about this band and its rules on 9-May-2008 in profiling Azulstar , formerly a metro-scale Wi-Fi firm, but now a big...
 
Tags: band, power, wi-fi, ghz band, ghz, equipment, wimax equipment, metro-scale wi-fi firm, power output
 
 
 
 
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Iowa DNR loses personal information on 7,000

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2007-12-19 14:22:00 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...operators association They don't have to hack to get the information - they are handing it out on flash drives." - Scott Smith Commentary Breaches like this irk me. An employee working for an IT contractor for some reason thought it would be OK to copy confidential data onto a thumb drive. Thumb drives are inherently an information security...
 
Tags: iowa dnr, iowa, iowa dnr decides, iowa dnr lost, iowa department, dnr, computer flash drive, drive, information
 
 
 
 
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Phish and Foul

2007-07-20 00:00:00 by Ari Juels in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...operators of the criminal sites use it to break into victims' accounts. (As the term suggests, most "phishing" e-mail goes wide of the mark, arriving as spam unconnected with the recipient's bank. A phishing expedition, though, can be profitable with only a few successes.) The remedies offered by the security community are numerous. Most...
 
Tags: sites, criminal sites, information, enter password information, online con game, e-mail, e-mail messages, security community, term suggests
 
 
 
 
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House committee issues report and finds fault with TSA web site

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2008-01-15 09:35:53 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...operators of SSL-protected websites obtain third-party certifications to assure users that an outside party has approved the web sites security measures. Instead of the proper third-party certification, the site had only an expired certification that Desyne itself had generated Chris Soghoian's Comments the appearance of the site was so poor...
 
Tags: tsa, website, website contract, traveler redress website, tsa moved quickly, security breach, information security breach, security vulnerabilities, multiple security vulnerabilities
 
 
 
 
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Mobile malware: The threat exists

2008-02-11 16:28:27 by Editor in ElectricNews.net - SECURITY
 
Mobile operators are being warned to take security more seriously as the rise of the mobile internet and richer data services creates new security challenges and raises the spectre of mobile malware
 
Tags: mobile malware, richer data services, security, security challenges, mobile operators, mobile internet, raises, spectre
 
 
 
 
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Surveillance Best Practices

2008-03-13 09:09:10 by Jen Albornoz Mulligan in Security & Risk Management
 
...operators on the obligation to protect the privacy of individuals Periodically evaluate the need for video surveillance
 
Tags: video surveillance, privacy, privacy impact assessment, reason, business reason, business, images, individuals access, privacy commissioner
 
 
 
 
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Empirical Exploitation of Live Virtual Machine Migration

2008-03-24 18:38:45 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
As virtualization continues to become increasingly popular in enterprise and organizational networks, operators and administrators are turning to live migration of virtual machines for the purpose of
 
Tags: live migration, increasingly popular, organizational networks, virtualization continues, virtual machines, enterprise, purpose, administrators, operators
 
 
 
 
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Reading this may save your ID from being stolen

2008-04-04 16:00:45 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...operators, he bought only from big name retailers with secure websites
 
Tags: internet shopper, personal data, secure websites, fly-by-night operators, simon bunce, retailers, bbc, guy, hordes
 
 
 
 
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iPass Launches Individual US, Global Plan for Hotspots, US Plan for 3G

2008-03-31 05:00:00 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...operators iPass requires the purchase of a $125 PC Card EVDO modem (includes shipping and handling), and a 1-year commitment with a $100 early cancellation penalty. The company will consider adding other form factors, like ExpressCard, as demand warrants For enterprise users, iPass aggregates dial-up, Ethernet (mostly US hotel), Wi-Fi...
 
Tags: global wi-fi, wi-fi, wi-fi operator, plain wi-fi, global wi-fi plan, ipass, cell service, service, wi-fi locations