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DDoS Packets are Two Percent of Net Traffic, Report Says

2008-04-02 18:00:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
Internet flood attack traffic accounts for two percent of the net's traffic, according to a recent study by a security firm. That's more than email, but does it mean the net is at risk
 
Tags: net, traffic, security firm, percent, recent study, email, risk
 
 
 
 
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Survey: 12 percent of consumers 'borrow' free Wi-Fi

2008-04-16 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Although it is illegal in some parts of the world, 12 percent of U.S. and U.K. respondents to an Accenture survey have logged on to someone else's unsecured Wi-Fi connection
 
Tags: percent, wi-fi connection, accenture survey, illegal, respondents, world
 
 
 
 
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Hotels Wi-Fi Mostly Free, Survey Shows

2008-06-23 14:22:34 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...percent of 10,000 hotel properties surveyed have Wi-Fi service, a 35 percent increase over 2004, while only 16 percent of those polled charge for in-room service, down from1 9 percent in 2006 and 22 percent in 2004. Many hotels offer wired connections in the room (sometimes at a fee), and Wi-Fi in lobbies and public spaces (often free). But...
 
Tags: wi-fi, percent, percent increase, wi-fi service, hotels, hospitality industry trade, fewer charge, charge, hotel properties
 
 
 
 
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DIY Fake MSN Client Stealing Passwords

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2008-01-17 10:06:24 by HASH0x8b6b58c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...percent of threats were reported on the AOL Instant Messenger network, 45 percent on MSN Messenger, 20 percent on Yahoo! Instant Messenger and 15 percent on all other IM networks including Jabber-based IM private networks. Attacks on these private networks have more than doubled in share since 2003, rising from seven percent of all IM attacks...
 
Tags: msn, percent, restore msn, malware, data, msn messenger, email, email account, publicly obtainable stats
 
 
 
 
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Skyhook Expands Wi-Fi Positioning to Cell, GPS

2008-06-30 10:25:33 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...percent through "weak fixes Within cities' concrete canyons, "you can only get a true GPS fix about 70 percent of the time outdoor, but you get two satellites all the time," Morgan said. "In the entire footprint, we're able to use this hybrid technology, even though GPS is only available 70 percent of the time." Outside of metro areas, cell...
 
Tags: gps, wi-fi, a-gps, stand-alone gps gear, gps system grab, skyhook, gps-only device, gps chips, gps radios
 
 
 
 
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Hundreds of Thousands of Laptops Lost at U.S. Airports Annually

2008-07-04 08:20:38 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...percent of those laptops are not reclaimed, the survey said. Around 2,000 laptops are recorded lost at the medium-sized airports, and 69 percent are not reclaimed. Travelers seem to lack confidence that they will recover lost laptops. About 77 percent of people surveyed said they had no hope of recovering a lost laptop at the airport, with 16...
 
Tags: laptops, recover lost laptops, lost laptops, lost, laptops lost, commonly lost, airports, lost laptop, percent
 
 
 
 
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How to Sell Security

2008-05-26 05:57:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...percent chance of gaining $1,000. Ask the other group to choose between these two alternatives: a sure loss of $500 and a 50 percent chance of losing $1,000 These two trade-offs are very similar, and traditional economics predicts that the whether you're contemplating a gain or a loss doesn't make a difference: People make trade-offs based on...
 
Tags: security, loss, risky loss, risky larger loss, gain, risky larger gain, security purchase, directly, security directly
 
 
 
 
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Users continue to ignore security policies, while security organizations are overlooking non-technical controls

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2007-12-13 12:37:00 by Ryan Shopp in practical risk management
...percent said they had accessed office e-mail via a public wireless hotspot 52 percent said they had accessed office e-mail via a public computer Eight percent admitted to having lost a mobile device containing corporate information Sixty-three percent admitted to sending corporate documents to their personal e-mail addresses so they could...
 
Tags: non-technical controls, technical controls, security, controls, aka non-technical controls, non-technical, quality, quality security controls, technical
 
 
 
 
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Verizon Business has a new report on data breaches

2008-06-12 20:21:39 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
...percent of all hacking activity leading to data compromise. This follows a trend in recent years of attacks moving up the stack. Far from passé, operating system, platform, and server-level attacks accounted for a sizable portion of breaches. Eighteen percent of hacks exploited a specific known vulnerability while 5 percent exploited unknown...
 
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