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MACWORLD - Web flaw yields free MacWorld VIP pass

2008-01-16 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
For the second year running, security researcher Kurt Grutzmacher has found a way to get a free "Platinum" pass to the MacWorld Conference & Expo, being held in San Francisco this week
 
Tags: macworld conference, pass, free, san francisco, held, week, expo, platinum
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Congress should pass cyber-crime legislation this year -- when will the House of Representatives finally act?

2008-04-23 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...pass legislation that would help empower law enforcement to more effectively investigate and prosecute cyber criminals -- while updating penalties in U.S. criminal code so that the punishment fits the crime. It's stunning to me that the Congress has not yet sent legislation to the President for his signature to address this important issue
 
Tags: legislation, congress, empower law enforcement, pass legislation, prosecute cyber criminals, crime, criminal code, punishment fits, blog post
 
 
 
 
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Airport Fast Pass Lets Redskins Fans Cut Security Line

2008-08-25 17:15:00 by Ryan Singel in Wired Security
 
Redskins fans can now pay $100 a year to get into the football stadium faster and to jump to the front of the security lines at airports around the country. Will fast-pass lanes be coming to retailers or fast-food joints soon
 
Tags: redskins fans, football stadium faster, fast-food joints, security lines, fast-pass lanes, retailers, country, front, jump
 
 
 
 
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John Strand - "Advanced Hacking Techniques and Defenses" (and demos of evilgrade/passing the hash/msfpayload) from Louisville Infosec 2008

2008-10-11 16:08:29 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...passing the hash/msfpayload) from Louisville Infosec 2008 John Strand gave this presentation for the Kentuckiana ISSA at the Louisville Infosec 2008 conference. He gives a fascinating talk about why "security in depth" is dead, and lives again. John then goes on to demo Evilgrade, using msfpayload and obscuring it against signature based...
 
Tags: john strand, john, louisville infosec, msfpayload, demo evilgrade, defenses, samba client, demos, sam hashes
 
 
 
 
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My LA Times Op Ed on Photo ID Checks at Airport

2008-09-01 05:15:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...passenger names against a list of bad guys has negligible security value How to fly, even if you are on the no-fly list: Buy a ticket in some innocent person's name. At home, before your flight, check in online and print out your boarding pass. Then, save that web page as a PDF and use Adobe Acrobat to change the name on the boarding pass to...
 
Tags: list, no-fly list, airport, security, security hole, transportation security administration, photo, ids, matches ids
 
 
 
 
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Borderline Security

2008-01-29 00:00:00 by Dr. Ari Juels in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...Passport card or PASS (People Access Security Service) card, a new travel document, is slated for issue by the federal government in the spring of this year. A poor cousin to the standard passport, it's more compact and less expensive, but valid only at land and sea points of border entry into the United States, not for air travel. The PASS...
 
Tags: passport card, card, pass card, pass, air travel, poor cousin, federal government, standard passport, travel document
 
 
 
 
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Fly through airport security with Clear, but you don't have less security?

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2008-06-04 12:26:56 by HASH0x8b3dfdc in StillSecure, After All These Years
...passport, etc. This past week my Clear card came in the mail and I have been looking forward to using it I thought that with my background check and all, they knew that I was a low risk for terrorist or other type of activity and therefore would not be subject to the same scrutiny and testing that we all endure when we have to fly. Turns out...
 
Tags: security, security line, airport security program, line, security procedures, background check, check, security obligations, background
 
 
 
 
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Slow removal of child sexual abuse image websites

2008-06-11 14:02:32 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...pass the message on to law enforcement in the relevant country, and that clearly leads to considerable delays. Furthermore, the same parochial attitude appears to be taken by similar organisations in other countries The IWF are a member of INHOPE , an association of child sexual abuse image reporting hotline organisations operating in 29...
 
Tags: image, image websites, websites, child sexual, child, image newsgroups, sites, illegal sites, fake escrow sites
 
 
 
 
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Fly through airport security with Clear, but you don't have less security

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2008-06-04 13:26:24 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...passport, etc. This past week my Clear card came in the mail and I have been looking forward to using it I thought that with my background check and all, they knew that I was a low risk for terrorist or other type of activity and therefore would not be subject to the same scrutiny and testing that we all endure when we have to fly. Turns out...
 
Tags: security, security line, airport security program, line, security procedures, background check, check, security obligations, background