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That's Hedy! The Movie Star Invents Spread Spectrum

2008-06-20 11:57:18 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
Regular readers of this site knows that Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil patented the first known description of spread-spectrum communications: Yes, that Hedy Lamarr. Studio 360, a public radio show, looks into Hedy's co-invention
 
Tags: hedy, hedy lamarr, public radio, george antheil, spread-spectrum communications, regular readers, studio, description, site
 
 
 
 
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Thwarting a large-scale phishing attack

2007-06-11 11:35:00 by Niels Provos in Google Online Security Blog
 
...spread bulletin board spam for some advertising revenue. According to this interview with a phisher , phishers also logged in to the email accounts of the profile owners to harvest financial account information. In any case, phishing MySpace became profitable enough (more than phishing more traditional targets) that many of the active...
 
Tags: myspace, myspace profiles, real myspace content, myspace account, attack, dummy myspace account, phishers move, phishers, lower-value sites
 
 
 
 
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Cyber Jihadist Hacking Teams

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2007-12-17 20:03:29 by HASH0x847073c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...spreading propaganda against us Muslims. There is a strong need to join such groups and try to refute them. At the moment, the cyber space is free of their opponents. Try to join and refute them, defend your HOLY TEACHINGS OF ISLAM and bring before everyone, nothing but just the truth One of the most dangerous enemies is those who...
 
Tags: anti-islamic web sites, islamic web sites, web, jihad, electronic jihad program, campaign, electrnic jihad campaign, web sites, cyber jihad
 
 
 
 
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My 2008 Security Predictions!

2008-01-09 15:42:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...spread malware. Even now I shudder from the thought that ANY site I visit might be displaying a malicious banner ad which is either bought or "hacked in" by the attackers. The implications of this are pretty horrifying Major utility/SCADA hack = no (not yet). Everybody predicts this one forever (as Rich mentions ), but I am guessing we would...
 
Tags: security, security predictions, broader information security, information security, smb security, virtual security appliances, security market, security solutions, security software
 
 
 
 
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Benevolent Worms

2008-02-19 06:57:11 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...spreading between computers instead of being downloaded from central servers The research may also help defend against malicious types of worm, the researchers say Software worms spread by self-replicating. After infecting one computer they probe others to find new hosts. Most existing worms randomly probe computers when looking for new hosts...
 
Tags: software worms spread, worms, software, bad software distribution, worm, successful worm, beneficial worms, software distribution mechanism, worm quieter
 
 
 
 
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SDL and Web 2.0

2008-02-28 22:26:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...spread through its victims profile pages. Within less than a day after its release, Samy had spread to over one million MySpace users, forcing MySpace to completely shut down its site while they diagnosed and fixed the vulnerability As a side note, Id like to point out that if the developers of the hypothetical wiki in the earlier example had...
 
Tags: web, site, chriss web site, mashups, web mashups, site cookies, persistent cross-site, cookies, benefit anyones web
 
 
 
 
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Because Hackers Don't Care... (Why Metrics Don't Work)

2008-04-29 13:23:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
...spread through the organisation like wildfire. Essentially the saving grace was that it infected a small part of the network, brought that down and didn't spread from there. Luck. It was also non-destructive other than network downtime. Luck The metrics lied You could say that there was residual risk but it really looks quite small. What is...
 
Tags: antivirus blocks, antivirus, virus writer, virus, network, network downtime, pcs, risk, residual risk
 
 
 
 
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Some IPFW students exposed through malware

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2007-11-29 13:26:49 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...spread sheet on their local hard drive," said Michael Kanning, IPFW Information Technology Division Comfyllama] Are these "practices" put into writing via a policy or procedure, and how often are they communicated and enforced IPFW has sent letters to the individuals whose information might have been accessed If students dont receive a...
 
Tags: purdue university, university, information, personal information, university department, university fort wayne, computer, vulnerable information, students
 
 
 
 
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Off the wire: Blogspot blogs help spread Storm worm attacks

2007-12-28 10:26:22 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
In an attack that showcases what cyber criminals have in store for Web 2.0 next year, the individual or group behind the Storm worm is distributing new versions of the malware with the help of hijacke
 
Tags: storm worm, cyber criminals, store, malware, attack, individual, web, versions, hijacke
 
 
 
 
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Storm Worm adopts counterfeit Christmas cheer

2007-12-27 08:00:00 by Editor in IT Compliance