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Facebook's "Secret Crush" malicious widget tricks users

2008-01-03 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Facebook "Secret Crush" malicious widget tricks users into downloading adware, according to Fortinet IT Audit Checklists Advertisement Prepare for your next internal IT audit. Checklists cover security, risk management, PCI, and more
 
Tags: secret crush, audit, checklists cover security, audit checklists, risk management, facebook, advertisement, pci, fortinet
 
 
 
 
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Facebook 'Secret Crush' not our fault, Zango CEO says

2008-01-09 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
The Facebook 'Secret Crush' widget which has tricked millions of Facebook users into downloading spyware was not our idea, Zango CEO Keith Smith says
 
Tags: facebook, secret crush, facebook users, millions, spyware, idea, widget
 
 
 
 
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The Nukes of October: Richard Nixon's Secret Plan to Bring Peace to Vietnam

2008-03-04 05:00:00 by Jeremi Suri in Wired Security
 
Newly released secret documents reveal Giant Lance, a Nixon-Kissinger plan to win the Vietnam War by bluffing the Soviet Union with nuclear bombers aimed for Moscow
 
Tags: nuclear bombers aimed, vietnam war, nixon-kissinger plan, soviet union, moscow, win, newly
 
 
 
 
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Declassified NSA Document Reveals the Secret History of TEMPEST

2008-04-30 04:00:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
The secret history of how the nation's spies discovered that their ace equipment was leaking data into the ether has never been told before. But now a declassified NSA document tells how a Bell Telephone engineer stumbled onto a problem that vexes the agency to this day
 
Tags: secret history, nsa document tells, bell telephone engineer, ace equipment, nation, vexes, ether, data, spies
 
 
 
 
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Internet Archive challenges FBI's secret records demand

2008-05-07 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has withdrawn a secret demand that the Internet Archive, an online library, provide the agency with a user's personal information after the Web site challenged the records request in court
 
Tags: internet archive, records, secret demand, personal information, web site, federal bureau, online library, withdrawn, court
 
 
 
 
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Leaked report details secret ad software trials in UK

2008-06-06 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b44608 in Network World on Security
 
A leaked internal report detailing the secret test of a targeted advertising system by British operator BT in 2006 could fuel further complaints that the test violated data protection regulations
 
Tags: test, secret test, data protection regulations, british operator, internal report, fuel, system, complaints
 
 
 
 
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Secret Hedgehog project

2008-05-29 09:01:38 by Slavik in Musings on Database Security
 
Just wanted to share with you a secret Hedgehog project Ive been working on for almost two years. You can see a picture below
 
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Security Matters: Lesson From the DNS Bug: Patching Isn't Enough

2008-07-23 19:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...secret. Others who knew the general idea were too smart not to speculate on the details. I'm kind of amazed the details remained secret for this long; undoubtedly it had leaked into the underground community before the public leak two days ago. So now everyone who back-burnered the problem is rushing to patch, while the hacker community is...
 
Tags: security, security engineer, security engineer brings, security holes, smart design choice, design, security engineers, kaminsky, dan kaminsky
 
 
 
 
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S.F. Admin Coughs Up Passcodes to Mayor

2008-07-23 14:30:00 by David Kravets in Wired Security
 
San Francisco regains control of its network after the city admin who hijacked the system nine days ago turns over the stolen passwords to Mayor Gavin Newsom in a secret jailhouse meeting
 
Tags: mayor gavin newsom, days ago, city admin, secret jailhouse, passwords, network, system