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Is Back-Up A Part of Security?

2008-05-06 20:17:23 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...rare A new university study suggests that hard-drive-killing attacks launched by hackers are actually pretty rare but when they do occur, they can be more costly than most companies think The study, published last quarter by professors at the University of Pepperdine and commissioned by data recovery vendor Deepspar Technologies, looks at the...
 
Tags: data, data unreadable, lost data, data loss incidents, loss, hard drive crashes, drive, fatal drive error, fatal
 
 
 
 
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Inside an FBI Computer Forensics Lab

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2008-05-23 04:00:00 by Kevin Poulsen in Wired Security
...rare look at the inner workings of the San Diego lab this week, and we snapped some photos of the toys inside Left: Darrell Foxworth greets members of the media in the entrance of the San Diego Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory. : Photo: Matt Mallams/Wired.com Jeff Cable, assistant director of RCFL, opens the door in to the lab to start...
 
Tags: lab, fbi, san diego lab, photo, san diego, matt, fbi labs collectively, inside, hard drive
 
 
 
 
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Corporate Spying

2008-01-16 12:21:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...rare glimpse into the company's monitoring operations. Harrison told the gathering Wal-Mart faces a wide range of threats: "A bombing in China, an armed robbery in Brazil, an armed robbery in Las Vegas, another bomb threat, and that was just yesterday," Harrison said To safeguard its employees and operations Wal-Mart has tapped its massive...
 
Tags: agents, intelligence agents, wal-mart, off-duty police officers, officers, wal-mart employee fired, cell-phone calls, phone calls, obtain
 
 
 
 
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Davidson Companies illegal network intrusion exposes clients

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2008-02-01 14:51:54 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...rare. Why go through all the work, when there are more effective means to access the same information A majority of security breaches are the result of simple mistakes, lack of knowledge, laziness, and/or poor common sense OK, I am stepping down from my soap box now. Have a nice weekend FYI, the Davidson login page is down Past Breaches...
 
Tags: davidson, clients, davidson companies president, davidson companies clients, sensitive personal information, davidson login page, personal information, davidson companies, davidson trust
 
 
 
 
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More trustworthy election systems via SDL?

2008-02-04 23:34:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...rare to see a top-to-bottom product review released. In California, there was both white and black box testing done by different teams, and weve studied these reports to see the perceptions of development practices from other vendors and results of a different type of review process Something my colleagues and I find very interesting is that...
 
Tags: machine security concerns, security concerns, election systems, election, security, security researchers, election systems margin, margin, election management system
 
 
 
 
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Why is there a need for a download adware spyware removal?

2007-08-01 19:27:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...rare to find an adware spyware removal that really works
 
Tags: adware, adware spyware removal, spyware, programs, programs essential, bogus programs, office duties, office, system
 
 
 
 
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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...rare and usually involved things like setting up Windows, configuring printers, snarfing from the free wireless network across the streetthe sorts of things that normal people dont do when going about their daily lives (face it, we IT pros arent normal ). So the monthly late-evening phone call usually wasnt a burden. Alas, those days are now...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site
 
 
 
 
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Do Not Call Registry saved from mandatory reset

2008-02-18 10:40:07 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
When the Do Not Call Registry launched in 2003, it had but one major flaw. Thanks to some rare Washington harmony, our DNCR registrations are safe for life (or until you move
 
Tags: call registry, rare washington harmony, dncr registrations, major flaw, safe, move, life
 
 
 
 
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My Review of Tiger Team

2007-12-27 00:27:16 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
...rare auto dealership) and make out with the goods. This is a real wakeup call for everyone and pretty much mirrors what I said in my pen test vs assessment post. Not many organizations can withstand a direct focused attack, either physical or electronic on there resources I hope to see some more of these, they are a blast to watch Related...
 
Tags: tiger team, people, repair people, security stories, pretty, pretty weak defenses, penetration test, physical security, rare auto dealership
 
 
 
 
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Is Technorati relevant anymore?

2008-02-28 22:42:22 by HASH0x8b05bac in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...rare times that it took for ever to search on Technorati I would think it was being overrun with queries. Putting Technorati tags into my articles was elementary and mandatory. I used to check my Technorati rankings everyday and judged my blogs popularity by its "authority". I would eagerly comb the rankings to see who linked to my site. Then...