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Laptop stolen from NHLBI contained personal health information

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2008-03-24 22:13:49 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...sophistication, the NHLBI recognizes that such information should not have been stored in an unencrypted form on a laptop computer Evan] This is comical. Really, "considerable computer sophistication"? Not NIH officials made no public comment about the theft and did not send letters notifying the affected patients of the breach until last...
 
Tags: information, nhlbi, financial information, medical information, laptop computers, nhlbi laptop computers, confidential information, government laptop computer, government
 
 
 
 
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Thwarting a large-scale phishing attack

2007-06-11 11:35:00 by Niels Provos in Google Online Security Blog
 
...sophistication of the phishing pages, some of which were hosted on botnets and were near perfect duplications of MySpace's login page, meant that we needed to switch tactics to combat this new threat In late March, we reached out to MySpace to see what we could do to help. We provided lists of the top phishing sites and our anti-phishing...
 
Tags: myspace, myspace profiles, real myspace content, myspace account, attack, dummy myspace account, phishers move, phishers, lower-value sites
 
 
 
 
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Stolen Wendy's laptop affects 1,092 employees

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2008-01-03 14:08:27 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...sophistication is required for someone to gain access to the data on the laptop (circumvent the employee log-in) if someone wanted to, and there is little (or no) security in the fact that the information wasn't labeled "identitythiefopenme.xls The information included the name, email address, social security number, employee identification...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, information, information security, confidential information, information security policies, wendy, breach description, breach
 
 
 
 
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When Will the Media Industry Embrace the BORA Principle?

2007-03-22 10:06:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...sophistication of scams long before e-commerce was a reality Faced with a bleak economic picture, the credit card industry became paralyzed by fear as they imagined credit card numbers floating unprotected through cyber space. For 6 years their agenda was to spread fear in the hopes consumers (and brick and mortar retailers) wouldnt embrace...
 
Tags: credit card, credit, credit card industry, credit card fraud, industry, media industry, cut fraud, fraud, credit cards
 
 
 
 
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Common Criteria and answering the question 'Is it Safe'

2007-12-20 16:57:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...sophistication of and level of resources available to an attacker. Defining attacker can cover a spectrum that ranges from a well intentioned but misguided employee to people we commonly think of as hackers to employees of a hostile intelligence service 3) Level of confidence/assurance that is sought by people responsible for protecting the...
 
Tags: criteria, fails, common criteria fails, common criteria, common criteria arguably, common, arguably, arguably deficient, security
 
 
 
 
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OmniAmerican Bank targeted by cyber criminals

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2008-01-28 11:26:35 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...sophistication of it -- going in, modifying PINs, issuing cards -- this is not a kid out there," he said. "This appears to be something set up. Time was involved in executing it Whoever they are, he said, "they're elite, more elegant, and it's difficult for banks and many enterprises to keep pace with their activities Banks are under a...
 
Tags: omniamerican bank, bank, omniamerican bank systems, omniamerican, internal, internal bank systems, debit cards, cards, bank employees
 
 
 
 
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Hacking Medical Devices

2008-03-12 10:39:59 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...sophistication, and the ability to place electronic equipment close to the patient. Our goal in performing this study is to improve the security, privacy, safety, and effectiveness of future IMDs For all our experiments our antenna, radio hardware, and PC were near the ICD. Our experiments were conducted in a computer laboratory and utilized...
 
Tags: devices, security, malicious security attack, cardiac, security risks, dangerous cardiac events, risks, icd incapable, icd
 
 
 
 
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A Guide to Evaluating E-mail Security Solutions

2008-03-13 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
...sophistication, versatility and effectiveness of e-mail security solutions have been paired with improved ease-of- use, providing a transparent, simply managed barrier against spam, phishing and other inbound e-mail-based attacks as well as outbound compliance
 
Tags: e-mail security solutions, security, e-mail protections, outbound compliance, source, attacks, ensure, barrier, safety
 
 
 
 
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Analyst: Money will fuel mobile spying programs

2008-03-28 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b7c404 in Network World on Security
 
Spying programs for mobile phones are likely to grow in sophistication and stealth as the business around selling the tools grows, according to a mobile analyst at the Black Hat conference on Friday
 
Tags: black hat conference, mobile phones, tools grows, programs, mobile analyst, friday, stealth, business, sophistication
 
 
 
 
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Blended Attacks and The Tiger Team

2008-01-08 03:07:00 by Erik T. Heidt in Art of Information Security
 
...sophistication, but