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SQL Server - Fact Checking Recent Vulnerability History

2008-03-05 22:53:36 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
...recent changes to expand interoperability will make it easier for researchers to find new vulnerabilities. I don't personally agree with the theory that sharing APIs will cause an influx of new bug discoveries, but it is an interesting read except for one little quote, which asserted that last year SQL Server had "... most vulnerabilities...
 
Tags: server, claim sql server, sql, sql server team, sql vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities, sql server, vulnerability, sql team
 
 
 
 
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Will the recent cyber attacks on Estonia be a wake up call for European and U.S. leaders?

2007-07-02 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
Will the recent cyber attacks on Estonia be a wake up call for European and U.S. leaders? According to a Reuters story on Friday, June 30th, the answer is apparently yes at least on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. What about the U.S
 
Tags: recent cyber attacks, leaders, reuters story, atlantic ocean, estonia, june 30th, call, european, apparently
 
 
 
 
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Information Assurance Education: A Work In Progress

2008-10-08 04:42:06 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
...Recent cyberattacks in Georgia and Estonia exemplify the new threats faced by economies that rely on the Internet. Thus, more people see the need to protect cyberspacewhich translates into improving computer security in all aspects of computer useas crucial for everyone, not merely for those who work with technology. In this column, we...
 
Tags: computer security education, computer security, computer useas crucial, joint participation, protect cyberspacewhich, challenges, foster mutual, threats faced, recent cyberattacks
 
 
 
 
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The Puzzle of Privacy

2008-10-08 04:42:08 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
A number of recent news stories have made me wonder more about privacy. It's not just that the threats to privacy are increasing; rather, the problem is that the countervailing forces are becoming very much stronger. Was Scott McNealy right when he told us that we had no privacy and that we should just "get over it
 
Tags: privacy, recent news stories, scott mcnealy, forces, stronger, threats
 
 
 
 
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Zune Killer App - Windows Media Center

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2007-11-26 21:55:40 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...recently-downgraded (don't get me started, even my wife lost what she considered *basic* features with the "standard" Comcast DVR downgrade) Comcast DVR The event that kicks this story of begins with a Poker game. Just after Microsoft announced the new Zune line-up in October, I won a charity poker event where the prize was a custom Zune 30....
 
Tags: zune, apple tv, apple, tv, tv movies, zune software, zune tv comparison, media center, windows media center
 
 
 
 
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Vulnerabilities in Antivirus Software - Conflict of Interest

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2008-07-24 04:38:07 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...recent study regarding vulnerabilities in antivirus software - " McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products , McAfee issued a statement basically...
 
Tags: vulnerabilities, day vulnerabilities, security vulnerabilities, antivirus software, day vulnerabilities auction, software vulnerabilities, products, runs claims, security products
 
 
 
 
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Oracle misplaces computer containing personal information

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2007-12-13 12:07:05 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...recent Oracle acquisition Number Affected 132 Types of Data Name, home or business address, Social Security number, and certain other earnings or expense information Breach Description Oracle Corporation recently disclosed a breach involving an "unaccounted for" computer to the New Hampshire State Attorney General, that contained sensitive...
 
Tags: personal information, oracle, information, sensitive personal information, assume oracle, oracle corporation recently, breach, hampshire breach notification, oracle public relations
 
 
 
 
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Indianapolis Power and Light customer data exposed for up to four years

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2007-12-06 09:27:41 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...recent security audit at Indianapolis Power and Light (IPL) identified certain files containing sensitive personal information about IPL residential customers was accessible through the company's public web site. Some of the files were exposed for up to four years Reference URL http://www.theindychannel.com/news/14768281/detail.html Report...
 
Tags: ipl residential customers, ipl, residential ipl customers, information, collect personal information, customers, light customers, sensitive personal information, information affects
 
 
 
 
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Factoring News

2007-06-04 13:00:00 by Burt Kaliski in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...recent factorization of the 1039th Mersenne number. I've add just a few comments on his recent blog entry , which I've said is otherwise "faultless" (continuing an earthquake metaphor introduced at the conclusion of his post Mersenne numbers, because of their special form, are especially shaky. They fall much more quickly to factoring methods...
 
Tags: 1039th mersenne, mersenne, recent blog entry, earthquake metaphor, informative explanation, recent factorization, special form, research, post
 
 
 
 
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Phishers, Spammers, and Malware Authors Clearly Consolidating

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