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Real ID, Real Problem

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2008-06-17 11:19:42 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
The Real ID program is proving to be a veritable sumo match of epic proportions. The calls are going out to kill it before it grows From the Baltimore Sun No. Nope. No way So exclaimed Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana when asked whether his state would participate in the federal Real ID program Frustration with this misguided,...
 
 
 
 
 
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What Happens When You Mix A Real Infection With A Mass Mail Hoax?

2008-06-23 17:51:03 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
 
Here's a strange one. Snopes has always been a website that helped to combat mass mail hoaxes. However, I've seen a few mails snowballing (with ever increasing CC lists) regarding a page on Snopes that talks about a real infection - namely, the Storm Worm . I'm all for spreading the word on infections going around, but as the emails talk about a...
 
 
 
 
 
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REAL ID continues to have 'real' challenges

2007-06-18 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
I have been meaning to write something about "REAL ID" for a while now, so will attempt to provide an update on what's happening with this initiative and some additional food for thought. What is REAL ID you say? Well, for those of you who haven't managed to hear about this identity card mandate, it started with the 9/11 Commission's...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Pseudo "Real Players"

2008-01-14 18:12:00 by HASH0x86ec1f0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
 
What happened with the recent RealPlayer massive embedded malware attack ? Two of the main hosts are now, and the third one ucmal.com/0.js is strangely loading an iframe to ISC's blog in between the following 61.188.39.218/pingback.txt which was returning the following message during the last couple of hours " You're welcome for being saved from...
 
 
 
 
 
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Ideal Tool to Solve Real Problems ... of the Near Future? - II

2008-08-04 21:30:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
I would like to continue the discussion I started in my previous post called " Ideal Tool to Solve Real Problems ... of the Near Future? " Specifically, upon outlining some problems with logging, I will now forecast what will happen with them in 18-24 months Which problems will be solved and forgotten Which ones will simply go away Which ones...
 
 
 
 
 
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Obama administration to inherit a real mess on Real ID

2008-12-11 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
President-elect Barack Obama will have to decide what to do about the controversial Real ID program, which has been criticized by privacy advocates and state officials alike
 
 
 
 
 
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Obama Will Inherit A Real Mess On Real ID

2008-12-22 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b19df0 in Network World on Security
 
As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office, it's unclear how his administration will proceed on the technology-heavy Real ID program. But what is all too clear is that the three-year-old effort to impose identification-card standards on state governments remains mired in controversy
 
 
 
 
 
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Providing real security to customers

2007-02-17 07:49:58 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
I see two distinctions in the realm of security: security and illusion of security. An example for illusion of security is: you are asked to fill out forms that claim to protect your PII (Personally Identifiable Information), this gives an illusion that your PII is being protected, whether it is actually being protected is a moot point 1. Banks...
 
 
 
 
 
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The real security challenge

2008-03-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x847394c in Network World on Security
 
This recognition of the real security challenge was spectacularly highlighted recently by the incompetence of the U.K. government which managed to lose the contact and bank account details of 25 million recipients of child benefits. These were copied and unencrypted on to two CDs and sent through the internal mail from whence they disappeared
 
 
 
 
 
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Montana Governor: Homeland Security 'Blinks' on Real ID

2008-03-22 04:30:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security