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Security Consultant Hacks: Size Matters

2007-12-20 05:16:07 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
...prone to push product on you. Can still run into resource issues if something big comes. Also are prone to the bait-and-switch where they pitch the rockstar and the new kid shows up to do the actual work Large Shops : Have hundreds if not thousands of consultants and a bill rate to match. Incredible appetite for large and lengthy engagements....
 
Tags: security consultant, security consultant hacks, security, web application security, security consultants, consultants, grumpy security guy, medium shops, employ
 
 
 
 
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Simple SNMP scans yield network data

2008-03-05 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473a30 in Network World on Security
 
System administrators have long been wary of the security implications of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), but a recent experiment by "ethical hacking" group GNUCitizen has shown that many SNMP-enabled devices are left unguarded and may be prone to giving away sensitive information
 
Tags: snmp, recent experiment, sensitive information, security implications, system administrators, shown, prone, ethical, devices
 
 
 
 
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Quality and Assurance in Malware Attacks

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2008-04-02 11:49:20 by HASH0x8b57b3c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...prone to improve even before they've launched the campaign When malware authors start embracing the OODA loop concept -- Observation, Orientation, Decision, Action -- things can get really ugly. Why haven't they done this yet? They Keep it Simple, and it seems to work just fine in terms of the ROI out of their actions. One thing's for sure -...
 
Tags: malware authors start, malware authors, malware, authors, services, malware services, start, malware product, malware campaign
 
 
 
 
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Is Risk Management a People Problem?

2008-03-10 15:45:47 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...prone to do here at RMI, Ive been thinking hard about security, risk and how organizations can become more effective. Weve been thinking very hard about metrics and measurement and governance and compliance and assurance and so on and so forth. And one thing hit me funny today within that context, its the mention of the axiom Security is a...
 
Tags: risk management, risk, people, risk management issue, impacts people, security, security technology, risk tolerance, people lessons
 
 
 
 
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Network IPS Systems - still worth buying?

2008-03-19 06:00:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...prone to false positives, difficult to monitor, and adds too much latency to network traffic. The question of latency can certainly be a problem for an organisation reliant on transaction speed - take share trading for instance. Within my own industry a few false positives and the odd extra millisecond on a transaction will not make a whole...
 
Tags: ips, ips systems, network ips, ips device, reliably block attacks, block, attacks, false positives, transaction speed
 
 
 
 
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Risk Preferences in Chimpanzees and Bonobos

2008-04-17 06:20:51 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...prone behaviour in the context of gains and show how ecological pressures can sculpt economic decision making The basic argument is that in the natural environment of the chimpanzee, if you don't take risks you don't get any of the high-value rewards (e.g., monkey meat). Bonobos "rely more heavily than chimpanzees on terrestrial herbaceous...
 
Tags: risk preferences, risk, relative risk preferences, risk-prone behaviour, approach, people approach risk, people, losses, risk larger losses
 
 
 
 
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MySpace Hosting MySpace Phishing Profiles

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2008-05-05 02:29:00 by HASH0x8adc538 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...prone to sky rocket Related posts Phishing Metamorphosis in 2007 - Trends and Developments Web Site Defacement Groups Going Phishing Phishing Tactics Evolving Phishing Emails Generating Botnet Scaling Phishers, Spammers, and Malware Authors Clearly Consolidating Phishing Pages for Every Bank are a Commodity RBN's Phishing Activities Inside a...
 
Tags: myspace, phishers, phishers shift, myspace phishers, authentic myspace, scale myspace, profile, natural profile, fake profile
 
 
 
 
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Harvesting YouTube Usernames for Spamming

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2008-05-07 03:21:17 by HASH0x8afedf0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...prone to be abused in principle, and it's malicious parties in general I'm refering to in this case
 
Tags: database, user names database, malware campaigns, malware, names, direct applicability, potential receipts, low degree, malicious parties
 
 
 
 
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Custom DDoS Attacks Within Popular Malware Diversifying

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2008-05-12 04:42:01 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...prone to extend its lifecycle , and enjoy unique functionalities added on behalf of third-party contributors to the open source project The ongoing development of the tool showcases several important key points, namely, how a market share leader's products in a certain region, Korea in this case, often receive the attention of malware...
 
Tags: malware, ddos attacks, attacks, diy malware, ddos attacks simply, favorite malware tools, malware authors, source malware, malware tool