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Contest: Cory Doctorow's Cipher Wheel Rings

2008-09-05 12:01:09 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...rings. Cory and I are holding an open contest for the cleverest application I don't think we can invent any encryption algorithms that will survive computer analysis -- there's just not enough entropy in the system -- but we can come up with some clever pencil-and-paper ciphers that will serve them well if they're ever stuck back in time. And...
 
Tags: wheel, letter, two-letter key, middle wheel, dot, cory doctorow, cory, rings, top wheel
 
 
 
 
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SCSU web server becomes spam server and exposes personal information

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2008-05-02 11:12:47 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...rings, Southern Connecticut State University is notifying 11,000 current and former students that their Social Security numbers may have been compromised Reference URL SCSU Alert PCWorld NBC Channel 30 News Chronicle of Higher Education Report Credit Southern Connecticut State University Response From the online sources cited above From...
 
Tags: personal information, information, evan personal information, web server, personal information storage, university, university system, personal, university immediately
 
 
 
 
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If it aint broke, dont fix it really applies here.

2008-03-29 16:47:01 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...rings true. Take the time to read it clipped from www.trentmueller.com Think Twice Before Upgrading Your Software Before you fall victim to the upgrade trap, just remember the current version of software you have will always continue to work fine as it is, just as intended. Dont fall into the upgrade trap- its another marketing device...
 
Tags: upgrade trap-, upgrade trap, trent muellers blog, software, rings true, current version, device aimed, insignificant change, trentmueller
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft rings alarm on Windows rights bug

2008-04-18 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Microsoft is warning users of an "elevation of privilege" flaw in most versions of Windows, but did not say whether it would release a patch for the problem, or when it would do so if it does come up with a fix
 
Tags: windows, microsoft, fix, elevation, release, users, flaw, versions, privilege
 
 
 
 
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After Web defacement, university warns of data breach

2008-04-25 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
First its Web site was taken over by scamsters hawking wedding rings and "performance" drugs; now administrators at Southern Connecticut State University find they may have an 11,000-record data breach on their hands
 
Tags: 000-record data breach, university, web site, southern connecticut, hands, scamsters, rings, administrators, drugs
 
 
 
 
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After Web defacement, university warns of data breach

2008-04-24 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Two weeks after discovering that its Web site had been used by hackers to flog fancy wedding rings, Southern Connecticut State University is notifying 11,000 current and former students that their Social Security numbers may have been compromised
 
Tags: university, flog fancy, social security, web site, southern connecticut, rings, current, students, weeks
 
 
 
 
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Straight Talking Warren Buffett

2008-08-25 12:45:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...rings true for my industry. At our training courses, we focus on Ethics at the beginning of the course and it runs throughout the training. Nobody is saying that we are not human and we do not make mistakes - we all do, but covering up the truth to further your own selfish goals is a practice that would probably even disgust the animal...
 
Tags: buffett, edwards, john edwards, people, successful business people, sterile political correctness, hard, unsuccessful presidential bid, ordinary hard
 
 
 
 
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Authorities Shut Down One of the Biggest Spam Rings

2008-10-15 20:10:28 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
An international spam network was ordered to shut down, stopping what the authorities say was one of the most prolific spam gangs on the Internet
 
Tags: international spam network, prolific spam gangs, authorities, internet
 
 
 
 
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FBI Announces They Operated and Closed the Dark Market Site

2008-10-15 11:00:31 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...rings strange to me in these reports of the Feds having operated a forum and marketplace site for hackers, Dark Market. The article in Wired claims the Feds were tracking hackers movements and acquiring intelligence so they could perform a sting operation and catch the criminals. Then they closed the site and publicly announced their...
 
Tags: site, market, dark market, fbi, marketplace site, hackers movements, hackers, hapless dinner guests, agatha christie scenario
 
 
 
 
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Authorities Shut Down One of the Biggest Spam Rings

2008-10-15 20:10:28 by Editor in Digg / Security