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House committee issues report and finds fault with TSA web site

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2008-01-15 09:35:53 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 1/13/08 Organization U.S. Government Contractor/Consultant/Branch Transportation Security Administration (TSA Desyne Web Services Victims Certain people that used the TSA traveler redress website between October 6, 2006 and February 13, 2007 Number Affected thousands Types of Data Name, Social...
 
Tags: tsa, website, website contract, traveler redress website, tsa moved quickly, security breach, information security breach, security vulnerabilities, multiple security vulnerabilities
 
 
 
 
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Passport Canada web site suffers serious breach

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2007-12-05 11:51:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 12/4/07 Organization Government of Canada Contractor/Consultant/Branch Passport Canada As mandated by the Canadian Passport Order, Passport Canada is responsible for issuing, revoking, withholding, recovering, and providing instructions on the use of Canadian passports Victims Certain persons...
 
Tags: passport canada, information, personal information, passport application information, application, breach, passport application site, passport canada spokesman, significant security breaches
 
 
 
 
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Monetizing Web Site Defacements

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2008-06-13 11:54:20 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
What used to be a harmless web site defacements back in the old school days, is today's ongoing monetization of defaced web sites, a logical development given the consolidation between different underground parties, evidence of which can be seen in the majority of incidents I've been analyzing recently The Africa Middle Market Fund ' site is...
 
Tags: site, web site defacements, site helps webmasters, web site defacement, web sites, sites, traffic exchange, traffic, traffic suppliers
 
 
 
 
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Anti-Malware Vendor's Site Serving Malware

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2008-02-12 20:31:18 by HASH0x8b333c4 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
Even though AvSoft Technologies isn't really enjoying a large market share, making the impact of this malware coming out of their site even bigger, the irony is perhaps what truly matters in the situation. Some press coverage - Hackers Turn Antivirus Site Into Virus Spreader ; Antivirus company's Web site downloads ... a virus ; Hackers seed...
 
Tags: site, virut virus, virus, indian anti-virus site, malware, web site downloads, antivirus site, hackers, hackers seed malware
 
 
 
 
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Web Site: Security and Trust

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2007-01-18 07:10:00 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
Many of us have this notion that a web site that is accessible securely through https can be trusted. This is not true. Not all the sites that use https can be trusted. Nothing can stop fraudsters from setting up a https web site. Though https offers security it does not offer trust. Trust is a choice that the user has to make consciously. Here...
 
Tags: web site, https, https web site, trust, offer trust, web site belongs, https url, https offers security, ensure
 
 
 
 
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Irish jobs site compromised and personal information accessed

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2008-03-31 10:13:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 3/27/08 Organization Jobs.ie Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Job seekers and applicants Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Information contained on CVs (or resumes) often times including names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, job histories and other personal information...
 
Tags: jobs, information, personal information, job-seekers site jobs, site, identity, identity theft, breach description, breach
 
 
 
 
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Another Site Hiding Pirate Movies Behind a Zango Installer Prompt

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2008-08-15 07:44:39 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
A few days ago, I wrote about a site asking you to install Zango before you could view the site content (which happens to be pirated movies ). Well, another site has come to light doing a similar thing - I'm starting to wonder how many of these are actually out there. It's also served to highlight what I feel is a particularly confusing popup...
 
Tags: site, zango, site content, zango installer box, click, movies, individual, cancel, install zango
 
 
 
 
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SQL injections compromise Balmar e-commerce site

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2008-06-23 22:07:43 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 6/3/08 Organization Balmar Incorporated Arts Education Partnership ("AEP Contractor/Consultant/Branch Unnamed hosting provider Victims Online customers Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Names, addresses, telephone numbers, emails, and credit card information Breach Description Balmar...
 
Tags: information, personal information, sensitive information, balmar, sensitive customer information, breach description, breach, balmar e-commerce site, security breach
 
 
 
 
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Right Wing Israeli Hackers Deface Hamas's Site

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2008-06-26 15:36:44 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
Compared to historical hacktivism tensions between different nations, Israeli and Palestinian hacktivists seem to be most sensitive to "virtual fire exchange" like this one, and consequently, just like in real-life, always look and find for an excuse to engage in a conflict. Israeli hackers penetrate Hamas website Israeli hackers boasted...
 
Tags: site, israeli, israeli hackers, anti-jewish sites, al-qassam site, sites, web site defacement, hacktivism tensions, historical hacktivism tensions