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The reason behind the "We're sorry..." message

2007-07-09 11:54:00 by Niels Provos in Google Online Security Blog
 
...reason behind it might be. Instead of search results, Google displays the "We're sorry" message when we detect anomalous queries from your network. As a regular user, it is possible to answer a CAPTCHA - a reverse Turing test meant to establish that we are talking to a human user - and to continue searching. However, automated processes such...
 
Tags: web servers, vulnerable web servers, message, google, worms, google displays, worms pdf, queries, detect anomalous queries
 
 
 
 
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People find some reason to believe.

2007-02-08 00:00:00 by Uriel Maimon in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...Reason to believe and it got me thinking about the RSA Consumer groups latest consumer confidence survey . In case you havent read it (shame on you for not hanging on every word that RSA publicizes. Yes you. The one in the back. Dont think I dont see you.), here are the highlights 91% of respondents answered that they feel banks should use...
 
Tags: rsa consumer, rsa, consumer confidence survey, stronger authentication, static user, basic, shame, online, highlights
 
 
 
 
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The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists

2008-10-07 05:48:53 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...reasons. This is the "strategic" model of terrorism, and it's basically an economic model. It posits that people resort to terrorism when they believe -- rightly or wrongly -- that terrorism is worth it; that is, when they believe the political gains of terrorism minus the political costs are greater than if they engaged in some other, more...
 
Tags: ineffective, highly ineffective terrorists, terrorists, people join, people join hamas, people join al-qaida, terrorist organizations, organizations, al-qaida
 
 
 
 
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Employee fraud hits Baptist Health in Arkansas

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2008-07-11 00:00:20 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...reason for coming to Baptist Health Breach Description LITTLE ROCK (AP) - A North Little Rock woman has been arrested for using financial information from patients at Baptist Health to illegally obtain Wal-Mart gift cards for her own use. The hospital has notified about 1,800 patrons of the ID theft Reference URL Associated Press via WXVT...
 
Tags: confidential personal information, personal information, baptist health system, health system, fraud, victims personal information, employee fraud, baptist health, employee
 
 
 
 
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What Does SHA1 is Broken Mean?

2007-12-12 07:35:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...reason for the difference is that between the 23 people, there are 253 unique combinations. In one way functions, this is the difference between finding what we call a pre-image value versus a collision The reason we say the strength of SHA1 is 2 80 , is because we are talking about finding collisions (any two values for x with the same...
 
Tags: sha1, choose sha1, sha1 protects, hash data, data, sha1 drops, hash function, hash, function
 
 
 
 
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Mashup of the Titans

2008-06-25 17:29:25 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...reason: design and implementation errors that result in unwanted access paths will not be noticed during normal use (since normal use usually does not include attempts to exercise improper access paths). As a result, techniques such as line-by-line inspection of software and physical examination of hardware that implements protection...
 
Tags: protection mechanisms, protection mechanisms correctly, information security, information, implements protection mechanisms, information travels, information security people, protection, potential information path
 
 
 
 
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Some Massachusetts seniors are at risk

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2007-12-04 16:17:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...reason to believe" that any Prescription Advantage members' data has been misused, the letter adds Comfyllama] Here, the letter states that there is no reason to believe that any data was misused?! A little confusing and contradictory. If confidentiality cannot be assured, assume it has been lost Members who have questions about the breach...
 
Tags: breach, computer security breach, breach description, prescription advantage, security breach, prescription advantage program, data-breach laws, lone identity thief, thief
 
 
 
 
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The top 10 spam characteristics (#6-10)

2006-09-27 06:01:03 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...reason to add text outside HTML tags, so the mere presence of illegal HTML can be treated as suspicious 9. Message body contains small font size : In order to circumvent Bayesian filters and filters that block messages with only images, spammers enter normal text at the bottom of the message in order to appear legitimate. Some spammers...
 
Tags: spam, spam characteristics, spam characteristic, todays spam mails, mails, email address, complete email address, detect spam, spam messages include
 
 
 
 
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Your Brain on Fear

2008-01-09 06:10:54 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...reasoning faculties. The amygdala sprouts a profusion of connections to higher brain regions -- neurons that carry one-way traffic from amygdala to neocortex. Few connections run from the cortex to the amygdala, however. That allows the amygdala to override the products of the logical, thoughtful cortex, but not vice versa. So although it is...
 
Tags: fear, brain, amygdala, amygdala hobbles, fear circuitry, amygdala sprouts, brain regions, overrule reason, cortex
 
 
 
 
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Orthogonal Blogging at the SOA Horse Races

2008-01-20 06:30:30 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...reason I admire Japanese business so much. They are not impressed with handwaving hyperbole. They just want to see results. In other words, Prove it, dont just say it. The devil is in the details, as they say. The Japanese are highly skillful at cutting through the smoke-and-mirrors. I think this is one reason the Japanese are among the...
 
Tags: real, real-world, real business solutions, soa, soa horse, real business, software, software companies, customers