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205 University of Wisconsin employees exposed

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2008-01-21 14:44:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...shop Number Affected 205 Types of Data University identification numbers*, email addresses and telephone numbers 205 of the persons affected had university identification number based on their Social Security numbers Breach Description Personal information belonging to University of Wisconsin at Madison faculty and staff members who made...
 
Tags: information, personal information, information security vulnerabilities, social, include social security, security, identifiable information serves, information security personnel, computer shop
 
 
 
 
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Security Consultant Hacks: Size Matters

2007-12-20 05:16:07 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
...shops are less than 30 consultants, medium 31-200, large 201 Small shops: Sometimes known as boutique firms or lifestyle firms (since the people that run them take jobs when they want and only when they want) can be excellent resources within their specialities. Typically these are 1-5 person shops that are fairly niche focused, maybe they...
 
Tags: security consultant, security consultant hacks, security, web application security, security consultants, consultants, grumpy security guy, medium shops, employ
 
 
 
 
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Union Mortgage loan applicant information found in dumpster

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2008-02-29 14:14:23 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...shop in Cleveland, Ohio. The documents were allegedly discarded by employees of Union Mortgage Services of Cleveland, Inc., which has closed down after failing to pay taxes or failure to file tax returns Reference URL WKYC-TV News Report Credit WKYC-TV News, by way of Attrition.org Response From the online source cited above Thousands of...
 
Tags: information, collect personal information, personal information, union mortgage, loan, loan companies continue, loan companies, union mortgage services, background information
 
 
 
 
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Software and Security Separateness - You're Doing It Wrong

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2008-05-30 08:55:19 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
...shop and said - the developers sit over there. Hundreds or even thousands of them. The security people sit over there on the opposite side of the coffee shop. They are separate groups, with separate agendas, they rarely collaborate, there is no center. And he got it Software development is its own culture discipline - processes, scripts,...
 
Tags: software, software-, software security, software security architectures, security, architectures, security properties, centers, strong centers
 
 
 
 
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Security fears stymie online sales

2007-12-28 13:15:45 by Editor in ElectricNews.net - SECURITY
 
One in five UK surfers are "too scared" to shop online, according to a new survey
 
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Netscape Closes Shop

2007-12-30 20:17:11 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
Yup, its true. I wish it werent, but it is. Netscape has finally decided to discontinue development . AOL has decided that as of Feb 1st 2008 they will discontinue releasing any further revisions, including security updates for the Netscape browser. Honestly, this doesnt come as a huge surprise to me given how things have been going for the last...
 
Tags: netscape, netscape theme, netscape browser, browser, defunct browser, reach netscape, original netscape design, original browser wars, download mozillas firefox
 
 
 
 
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Protect your data: everything else is just plumbing

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2007-07-02 20:46:32 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
...shop and take residence on some forsaken island in the middle of the ocean. Its your data that gives you your competitive edge, your data that constitutes a large part of your business, and your data that is most attractive to attackers Why, then, is there still so much emphasis on protecting all the plumbing that moves the data around, but...
 
Tags: data security, comrms data security, data, security, confidential information, information, information security, temporary data, data vanishes
 
 
 
 
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Geeks.com customer credit card data compromised

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2008-01-07 21:34:58 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...shop owners a false sense of security? I do know that the "Hacker Safe" badge certainly and obviously does not guarantee that your order or personal information is safe. Nothing will The Computerworld story has some good commentary on the "Hacker Safe" badge I am a disappointed that geeks.com stored credit card-valtidation codes, this is...
 
Tags: credit, credit card, card, geeks, credit reports, report credit, breach description, breach, apparent breach
 
 
 
 
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Modeling Urban Panic

2008-01-14 12:09:28 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...shop to the point of bankruptcy, to walk obliviously for miles and miles and miles, endlessly to the point of physical exhaustion and even death; 5) identify, if possible, the tell-tale signs of a peaceful crowd about to metamorphosize into a hellish mob; 6) determine how various urban typologies, such as plazas, parks, major arterial streets...
 
Tags: peaceful crowd, crowd, test hypotheses, test, crowd flees, models urban panic, major arterial streets, torrens, mass evacuation prior
 
 
 
 
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Another Wisconsin mailing exposes Social Security numbers

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2008-01-15 13:32:24 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...shop before, but don't they do test runs before production runs At least the Packers are in the NFC Championship game. Go Pack Past Breaches January, 2008 - Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Family Services mails Social Security numbers December, 2006 - Wisconsin mails tax forms with Social Security numbers printed on them
 
Tags: security, taxpayers, taxpayers social security, social security, wisconsin, credit bureau, credit, breach description, breach