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1st Source Bank reissues all debit cards in response to breach

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2008-06-05 09:09:56 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...prevalent. Daily, banks are going through this Evan] Breaches are as prevalent or more prevalent than they have ever been. I agree with Mr. Seitz. Recognizing this fact, what excuses do organizations have for not investing in and properly managing information security programs? I am not saying that 1st Source does not, I am writing in general...
 
Tags: 1st source, bank, 1st source bank, evan 1st source, server, bank server, bank officials, breach, bank employs
 
 
 
 
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Auditing open source software

2007-10-08 16:13:00 by Panayiotis Mavrommatis in Google Online Security Blog
 
...prevalent JDK . In May 2007, I released details on an interesting bug in the ICC profile parser in Sun's JDK. The bug is particularly interesting because it could be exploited by an evil image. Most previous JDK bugs involve a user having to run a whole evil applet. The key parts of code which demonstrate the bug are as follows TagOffset =...
 
Tags: image, malicious image file, libtiff image, values, jpeg image, tiff header values, source, evil tiff file, evil
 
 
 
 
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KimsCrafts e-commerce breach affects 4,500

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2007-12-14 16:08:39 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...prevalent Additional tips (for what they are worth), in regards to transaction data and e-commerce site security Development staff should become intimately familiar with the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP Only store the information that is absolutely necessary to retain. If you can run your e-commerce site effectively without...
 
Tags: kimscrafts, breach, e-commerce, credit file, credit, credit card data, kimscrafts e-commerce site, data, data security firm
 
 
 
 
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Passport Canada web site suffers serious breach

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2007-12-05 11:51:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...prevalent as they are today. We regularly ran our own internal pen testing and security assesments as well as contracted a third-party to do so on a semi-annual basis. It just made good, common, business sense. There was no law requiring us to do it, there was not a VISA CISP requiring us to do it, heck there wasn't a SOX or GLBA either! What...
 
Tags: passport canada, information, personal information, passport application information, application, breach, passport application site, passport canada spokesman, significant security breaches
 
 
 
 
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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
 
...prevalent are various types of red flags
 
Tags: sites, criminal sites, information, enter password information, online con game, e-mail, e-mail messages, security community, term suggests
 
 
 
 
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Speaking of Security Podcast #59

2007-04-23 00:00:00 by Podcast Producers in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...prevalent crimeware threats that are proliferating our inboxes, web browsers, and telephones
 
Tags: prevalent crimeware threats, paul joyal speaks, security division, web browsers, telephones, fraudsters, attacks, listendownload, emc
 
 
 
 
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Password policies. Once again.

2007-09-04 22:14:00 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...prevalent this threat is in your environment will guide you toward choosing an expiration time that works for you. 42 days is a reasonable default; our own corpnet uses 70 days. My experience with most customers shows that password sharing isn't a problem. So for those who do enforce long simple passphrases, I suggest that a reasonable...
 
Tags: account, enable account lockout, password, account lockouts, disable account lockout, 42-day default expiration, default, expiration, password expires
 
 
 
 
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Adware and spyware, knowing the basics

2007-08-01 19:20:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...prevalent all over the World Wide Web. There are however some areas that people who value their privacy will object to. Because of this, people are given the option to refuse the software There is really no way that one can avoid adware and spyware as these programs are packaged with the software that you will be downloading from the...
 
Tags: adware, spyware, software, people download software, avoid adware, avoid, anti-spyware, adware programs, download
 
 
 
 
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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...prevalent worms and rootkits. Since the tools introduction, millions of computers have been cleaned of billions of pieces of malware If you need to quickly scan a computer for malware, try the Windows Live OneCare safety scanner. Its free, and it might be a useful habit for you to develop every so often when you get a call from an FFN. There...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site
 
 
 
 
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Been there, done that and have the T-shirt and scars to prove it

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2008-02-07 16:10:41 by HASH0x8bbda74 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...prevalent. I don't want to rain on anyones parade and I do believe we will see more SaaS, but there are a few things in this article that bear correction and comment. So here are my three biggest lies about SaaS 1.SaaS is the way to sell "security by subscription. That is the title of Mat's article, "Security by subscription". The fact is...
 
Tags: saas, saas model, security, definition subscription, security technologies, subscription, license period, period, start