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Ever get the feeling youre being had?

2008-05-22 14:50:08 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...profits are being made? Because they can. Simple as that clipped from www.philly.com Specter and Co. grill big-oil execs on record gas prices, companies profit With the consumers suffering so drastically, not only at the pump but big issues on heating oil for the elderly - especially in a state like mine, Pennsylvania - dont you think...
 
Tags: total profits, profits, oil, grill big-oil execs, record gas prices, prices, record profits, oil companies, computer security
 
 
 
 
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Breach at UCSF gets leadership response

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2008-05-31 10:34:08 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...profits and profits alike, need information security leadership that comes from the uppermost echelons in order to be effective Past Breaches University of California May, 2008 - Health care practices and UCSF patient records exposed April, 2008 - University of California Irvine students are hit with mysterious breach
 
Tags: information security, information, information security leadership, ucsf, breach, system, system security, ucsf patient records, security
 
 
 
 
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Hedge Funds Semantics

2006-08-25 01:48:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...profits. A lot of hedge funds have come and gone and the survival rate is not encouraging. So why are they called "hedge" funds in the first place When we hear the word "hedge" we usually think of protection and safety. In finance, a hedge, usually in the form of derivatives, is used to protect an investment from loss. But it also limits the...
 
Tags: hedge, hedge funds, hedge funds act, funds, conventional funds, assets result, assets, risky investments, conventional assets
 
 
 
 
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When Will the Media Industry Embrace the BORA Principle?

2007-03-22 10:06:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...profits. I know for a fact the same thing can be accomplished in the media industry because Ive studied it. All it will take is a trivial leap of faith Eric Marvets
 
Tags: credit card, credit, credit card industry, credit card fraud, industry, media industry, cut fraud, fraud, credit cards
 
 
 
 
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Court bars company from online sale of phone records

2008-01-28 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A U.S. court in Wyoming has ordered a Web-based information broker to stop selling telephone records without owners' consent and to turn over nearly US$200,000 in profits from the operation, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Monday
 
Tags: federal trade commission, court, telephone records, information broker, stop, profits, monday, us200, owners
 
 
 
 
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Five-year-old wanders into bank branch after-hours

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2008-02-06 10:24:03 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...profits of about 11bn in 2006, said there was no danger to bank customers Evan] Not so. There WAS a danger to bank customers. It may not exist in this instance anymore, but the danger was there She said: "Basically, what happened was there was a malfunction with the door catch. Once the door was pushed open it would have alerted the police...
 
Tags: bank, customers, bank customers, bank after-hours, branch, door malfunction, bank doors, malfunction, breach description
 
 
 
 
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Localizing Cybercrime - Cultural Diversity on Demand

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2008-02-21 17:06:11 by HASH0x8b1e62c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...profits. Cybercrooks have become extremely deft at learning the nuances of the local regions and creating malware specific to each country. They're not just skilled at computer programming they're skilled at psychology and linguistics, too With all due respect, but I would have agreed with this simple logic only if I wasn't aware of...
 
Tags: future, future malware trend, trend, malware, malware authors, demand, russian malware, services, demand translation services
 
 
 
 
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How IT is helping retailers fight theft

2008-03-11 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b88900 in Network World on Security
 
It's difficult to be a customer-focused retailer these days if you're too busy worrying that your employees are stealing merchandise and money from right under your nose-and contributing to the $40 billion shrink problem that has slammed hard into U.S. retailers' profits in 2007
 
Tags: retailers, nose-and, employees, profits, billion, money, days, merchandise, retailer
 
 
 
 
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Money for nothin, code for free - if you don't own the copyright you could be in Dire Straits

2008-03-19 01:45:00 by HASH0x8aede64 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...profits So lets have a look. First off, if you don't know Untangle has a UTM that is aimed squarely at the "S" in the SMB market. It is open sourced and free and is made up of modules based on open source security tools. I get the upsell of extensions or premium features for some modules and premium modules, that is a no brainer. I don't...
 
Tags: software untangle, software, core software, source security software, commercial, commercial product, source, source code, larger commercial customers
 
 
 
 
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Outsourcing Passports

2008-04-02 06:08:16 by schneier in Schneier on Security