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Verizon mixes up two subscribers private info, wont fix!

2008-01-26 14:09:17 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
To put it bluntly, Verizon has shown that they dont care - at all - about protecting their users private, confidential information. Two random subscribers can see each others private details - address, phone numbers, credit card details, account info, etc. After multiple service requests, Verizon continues to ignore it. Identity theft anyone
 
Tags: verizon, credit card details, details, multiple service requests, verizon continues, random subscribers, identity theft, account info, confidential information
 
 
 
 
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Free Wi-Fi for AT&T Laptop Mobile Broadband Subscribers

2008-05-20 09:32:57 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...subscribers, but not to smartphone users, including iPhones: This is a logical move, vastly overdue, because it's a better experience for a laptop user to have access in a Wi-Fi hotspot, while simultaneously removing load from AT&T's 3G network. This was predicted many years ago--as early as 2001 by EarthLink, Boingo Wireless, and Helio...
 
Tags: wi-fi, free wi-fi service, free wi-fi, att, wi-fi hotspot, internal att memo, mobile broadband subscribers, att extends, laptop users
 
 
 
 
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Crypto-Gram Tenth Anniversary Issue

2008-05-15 11:13:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...subscribers at $150 or so would sustain itself very nicely. I don't remember why I decided not to -- did someone convince me, or did I figure it out myself -- but it was easily the smartest decision I made about this newsletter. If I'd charged money for the thing, no one would have read it. Since I didn't, lots of people subscribed There were...
 
Tags: crypto-gram, crypto-gram entries, blog online, blog, security products, snake-oil security products, blog entries, crypto-gram format, format
 
 
 
 
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Can Moodys solve your third party assessment problem?

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2008-05-28 12:36:33 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
...subscribers, it can make the assessment process a lot more efficient. The service provider will not have to go through multiple assessments and the subscribers will share the cost, and therefore have a much lower price point Many CISOs I talk to are sick of performing third party risk assessments; it takes up valuable time, is expensive, and...
 
Tags: service provider environment, service, ratings service, vir service, service providers, service provider, assessment, service provider stays, moodys
 
 
 
 
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76Service - Cybercrime as a Service Going Mainstream

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2008-08-13 08:08:43 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Subscribers could log in with their assigned user name and password any time during the 30-day project. Theyd be met with a screen that told them which of their bots was currently active, and a side bar of management options. For example, they could pull down the latest dropsdata deposits that the Gozi-infected machines they subscribed to...
 
Tags: 76service, service, malware, malware kit, cybercrime, malware botnet, botnet, mysterious 76service server, web service
 
 
 
 
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EarthLink Shutters New Orleans, Staunches Own Losses

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2008-04-25 15:52:07 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...subscribers to join and quit. While revenue dropped from $290m to $235m year over year in Q1, operating costs and expenses were cut from $321m to $198m, with the most noticeable drop in sales and marketing ($99m to $31m) and operations and customer support ($60m to $39m). They recorded $58m in earnings versus a year ago's $22m loss Employees...
 
Tags: earthlink, slightly lower churn, slightly, lower, loss, increasingly poor access, earnings, drop, noticeable drop
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: iPass Flies; Riverside (Calif.) Approaches

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2008-05-13 10:15:22 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...subscribers broadband access. The press release sidesteps cost, but an iPass spokesperson clarified for me that while pricing hasn't yet been set, iPass expects to charge no additional fees for access to Gogo on top of its fixed monthly Wi-Fi service plan charges. Given that Aircell has spoken about fees of about $10 to $12 for cross-country...
 
Tags: ipass, free, ipass expects, premium ad-free service, network, service, trial network, ipass announces, riverside network
 
 
 
 
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From the Eye of a Legal Storm, Murdoch's Satellite-TV Hacker Tells All

2008-05-30 15:00:00 by Kim Zetter in Wired Security
 
...subscribers. Dish Network earned $2.8 billion from nearly 14 million subscribers. Although satellite piracy has greatly diminished from its peak seven to 10 years ago when the events detailed in the civil lawsuit took place, the two companies lost millions in potential revenue, and spent millions more to replace insecure smart cards used in...
 
Tags: smart cards piled, cards, nds cards, access cards, sample directv cards, directv cards, smart cards, nds smart cards, nds
 
 
 
 
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T-Mobile Sues Starbucks over Premature Free Wi-Fi

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2008-06-06 19:18:56 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...subscribers, as defined in a bilateral roaming agreement the two firms signed, T-Mobile states the agreement doesn't allow other parties to roam for free. (That's most likely why we haven't seen AT&T's roaming partners, like Boingo and iPass, appear in the login menu, too Representatives of Starbucks immediately available on a Friday night. A...
 
Tags: free wi-fi, free, t-mobile, wi-fi, starbucks, t-mobile filed, t-mobile continues, provide free, subscribers
 
 
 
 
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Lompoc's Comeback

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2008-07-15 10:57:35 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News