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Google Text Ad Subversion

2007-12-20 16:02:12 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...peoples machines to get them to click on other peoples ads. It wasnt clear what those ads were, exactly, but there you have it. I see this kind of thing as a clear path for future monetization - similar to how bad guys are adding extra form fields into forms via malware to gain more information about your identity. Very clever, and easy to...
 
Tags: ads, googles ads, peoples ads, peoples machines, googles text ads, extra form fields, basic purpose, bad guys, future monetization
 
 
 
 
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Facebook Privacy Issues

2008-01-07 02:05:44 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...peoples x-mas presents, because it was displayed on their friends Facebook profile Its clear that this is just another way to monetize their users, and not a use feature that consumers typically feel comfortable with. Of course, if you arent buying anything bad, you have nothing to worry about. But even still, do you really feel comfortable...
 
Tags: facebook, privacy, friends facebook profile, peoples privacy, friends, people, privacy issue, silicon insider article, article
 
 
 
 
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SDL Training

2008-05-29 15:22:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...peoples attention especially as it relates to security and privacy. From time to time, I would see people reading their mail in class, and I would point to them and ask them a question. That did not endear me to the audience as much as the peaches, but embarrassment is always fresh and in season. J One student wrote of one of my classes, the...
 
Tags: real behavior change, behavior, sdl, change peoples behavior, security, security guy, security defects, defects, security class
 
 
 
 
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Oldham Primary Care Trust NHS loses two data sticks

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2008-01-11 17:15:40 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...peoples names, addresses and dates of birth I'm not sure if this means that copies of assessments AND names, addresses and dates of birth OR just names, addresses and dates of birth Breach Description The Oldham Primary Care Trust NHS has issued a press release announcing the loss of two "data sticks" containing personal information...
 
Tags: information, information lost, personal information, financial information, medical information, information security, data, freephone information line, data sticks
 
 
 
 
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The psychology of risk perception

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2007-02-24 10:04:37 by Perry Carpenter in Security Renaissance
...peoples perception of risk. The following chart, from his article, speaks volumes Conventional Wisdom About People and Risk Perception This chart just scratches the surface of the overall content in his article. I encourage you to check it out We see examples of this in our lives and in the media everyday. One of the things that we have to...
 
Tags: risk perception, risk, bruce, article, bruce schneier kick, examine risk, ultimately gain trust, peoples irrational fears, speaks volumes
 
 
 
 
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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
 
...peoples websites; which is unlikely to be especially effective , and may even provide an oracle by which the people who seek illegal material can locate new websites to visit Our new paper, The Impact of Incentives on Notice and Take-Down , examines a number of different types of wicked Internet content and discusses how effective people are...
 
Tags: image, image websites, websites, child sexual, child, image newsgroups, sites, illegal sites, fake escrow sites
 
 
 
 
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DRM Scorecard Makes Me Wonder: The Media Industry and the TSA, Sadistic or Incompetent?

2007-08-02 08:19:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...peoples PC without their knowledge We banned water and baby food We sue the people who love our products the most We detain babies Wedamn you! Stop playing the baby card, thats not fair
 
Tags: media industry, industry, media industry views, illogical behavior impedes, drm, behavior, drm scorecard, secret, secret internal referendum
 
 
 
 
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Threat Modeling Self Checks and Rules of Thumb

2007-10-22 21:04:01 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...peoples work. So we ask them to tell a story. Were not asking for Shakespeare here, were asking them to explain how their software will be used, and to make sure that their diagram supports that story, and that it relates to their actual software We also give them rules of thumb (lots of rules of thumb) about things we often see wrong in...
 
Tags: thumb, threat, rules, people threat, data, people, data sinks, thumb encourage flow, actual software
 
 
 
 
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Fear Is Unhealthy

2008-01-17 07:35:09 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...peoples fears of terrorism over the next several years and found that the most fearful people were three to five times more likely than the rest to receive diagnoses of new cardiovascular ailments After controlling for various factors (age, obesity, smoking, other ailments and stressful life events), the researchers found that the people who...
 
Tags: people terrorists kill, terrorists, terrorism, actual terrorism, kill, people, fear, million people, fearful people
 
 
 
 
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IP Addresses Are Considered Personally Identifiable Information in the EU

2008-01-22 15:39:31 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...peoples IP addresses to third parties. Also, things like Gmodules which often pull in content from other domains would be a big no no without some changes. Same with Google cache, translation services, etc etc Theres dozens of issues out there, but youll notice that this particular issue would wreak havoc on Googles business model if its ever...
 
Tags: information, addresses, identifiable information, people, content, googles business model, party, log analysis software, actual protection