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Scantegrity: End-to-End Voter-Verifiable Optical- Scan Voting

2008-05-22 14:32:01 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
Scantegrity is a security enhancement for optical scan voting systems. It's part of an emerging class of "end-to-end" independent election verification systems that permit each voter to verify that his or her ballot was correctly recorded and counted. On the Scantegrity ballot, each candidate position is paired with a random letter. Election...
 
Tags: scantegrity, scantegrity ballot, ballot, random letter, paper audit records, letter, security enhancement, position, legislative proposals
 
 
 
 
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Pa. county switches from touch-screen to optical scan e-voting machines

2008-03-06 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Election officials in a Pennsylvania county reversed course and selected an optical scan voting machine vendor after its first choice, a touch-screen vendor, said it could not agree to meet future certification standards for the equipment
 
Tags: optical scan, future certification standards, machine vendor, vendor, pennsylvania county, election officials, agree, choice, equipment
 
 
 
 
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Fake Porn Sites Serving Malware

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2008-06-25 12:16:20 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...scan-porn .net /rosalyn/1742941675/1/&id=1219 about-adult .net /emiline/108846601/1/&id=1219 service-porn .com /inde/964842117/1/&id=1219 pleasure-porn .com /elnora/648311952/1/&id=1219 porn-the .net /verge/1734135233/1/&id=1219 porn-pleasure .net /dal/1663381205/1/&id=1219 scan-porn .ne t /gretchen/515268975/1/&id=1219 abc-adult .com...
 
Tags: net, fake porn sites, malware, about-adult, scan-porn, zlob malware variant, name-adult, useporn, porn-the
 
 
 
 
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An Open Letter to Ken Leonard, CEO, ScanAlert

2008-01-25 13:45:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...ScanAlert arrogantly calls Hacker Safe It is our view that this is a marketing position only. Nothing, I repeat, nothing, is truly "hacker safe". You claim that websites are free of vulnerabilities when they are clearly not. This is disingenuous and is at the root of what angers information security professionals. If a site is vulnerable...
 
Tags: hacker safe brand, hacker safe, hacker safe program, site hacker safe, hacker safe credential, site, xss vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities, xss
 
 
 
 
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Hacker Free Site?...Yeah, right.

2008-05-09 19:51:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...scans We use industry-standard software and methodologies to scan, test and identify security vulnerabilities. We first scan for open ports, and for each open port, we identify the service and software for that port, and report any security vulnerabilities Wow, open ports. Let me guess...you're using Nessus The only discussion of web...
 
Tags: mcafee hacker safe, hacker safe, safe, courtesy, xss silliness courtesy, xss, websafe shield, mention xss, security vulnerabilities
 
 
 
 
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Are current vulnerability and compliance testing tools like answering the phone at 3am?

2008-05-19 23:16:18 by HASH0x8af1430 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...scanning solutions offer some coverage in this area. However, in speaking to this potential customer and in thinking about their needs, an inherent problem with this solution is that it is only as good as the devices that are available on the network when the scan takes place In traditional vulnerability scanning, when the scan takes place...
 
Tags: compliance, configuration compliance, compliance status, status, prime time hours, time, network, detect devices, devices
 
 
 
 
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Downloading Free Spyware Adware Removal Programs

2007-08-01 19:25:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...scan for potential problems and get rid of it, product updates will be downloaded automatically and problems incurred will be reported back to Microsoft so a solution can be made to fix the problem 3. Those who feel more comfortable after getting a good review from some of the top PC magazines can also try downloading Spybot Search and...
 
Tags: free, free program courtesy, free program, free spyware, spyware, adware, adware programs, spyware guard, program
 
 
 
 
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Disable Your Computer's Parasites

2007-08-01 19:23:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...scan attachments before you can open them so that your risk against viruses and worms are properly managed However, as an Internet user, you have more to worry about than viruses and worms. Unfortunately, anti virus programs are not designed to detect other types of threats and if you are not careful, you may unwittingly install adware and...
 
Tags: computer, adware, adware continues, internet, internet connection pretty, spyware, anti virus programs, unwittingly install adware, regular computer
 
 
 
 
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Getting your free adware and spyware program

2007-08-01 19:18:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...Scanning and Removal Tools Some spyware programs can log all your keystrokes. This can be very invasive and compromise your way of life. Such programs may be able to get hold of your secret personal information without you knowing it Through a spyware program that records all the letters and number that you punch in your keyboard, email...
 
Tags: spyware, free, software programs, software, spyware programs, adware, programs, malicious programs, spyware program