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The most insecure banking/sales terminal

2008-07-14 13:27:20 by Editor in Security x.0
 
...terminal running Tetris ? Unlikely! Why then is allowing a customer to use any computer on the Internet to connect to the banking system, and transfer much more money than you can take out of a cash machine, a good idea? Why did arguably the most conservative organisations in the world the banks agree to lower their defenses so low that they...
 
Tags: address, address security, security, secure, security features, banks, banks agree, secure software, internet company
 
 
 
 
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Fatal wine waiters

2007-12-20 18:59:04 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...Terminal Servers since servers once again becomes wine waiters, but terminal naturally enough, becomes fatal. The image is clear
 
Tags: windows server, server, windows, unlike windows, professional web site, server components, site, ntp server misuse, compatibility
 
 
 
 
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Trusted path

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2008-04-04 21:18:17 by Editor in Security x.0
...terminal/card processing network. You can watch the BBC Newsnight program covering this This week we ( Cronto ) have also made an announcement about potential vulnerabilities of Chip and PIN based authentication for online banking. Whilst the CAP readers deployed by the UK banks can provide transaction authentication , there is still a weak...
 
Tags: path, security, security protocol, strong security protocols, protocols, user, user terminals, common, attack vectors
 
 
 
 
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Systems programmers help people

2007-02-13 13:49:52 by Liudvikas Bukys in Liudvikas Bukys
 
...terminal, and editing object decks on the keypunch to save money while debugging assembly language programs My dinnermate at the banquet had had no such experience. So in choosing her major and concentration, she had to depend on the laymans descriptions she heard during a college visit. You see, application programmers write programs that...
 
Tags: application programs, programs, system programmers, system, assembly language programs, people, major, computer science major, ibm360 assembly language
 
 
 
 
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Password policies. Once again.

2007-09-04 22:14:00 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...Terminal Server computer we have on the Internet, logged on there, and changed my password
 
Tags: account, enable account lockout, password, account lockouts, disable account lockout, 42-day default expiration, default, expiration, password expires
 
 
 
 
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Financial Ombudsman losing it?

2008-01-23 15:14:58 by Ross Anderson in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...terminal playing Tetris and described relay attacks . Theres much more to come The radio program is not yet available online; Ill put in a link here when it appears. We clearly have them rattled; the ombudsman was patronising and abusive, and made a number of misleading statements. He also said that the independent Hunt review was...
 
Tags: ombudsman, financial ombudsman service, service, submission, submission minuss, customers, bank customers, independent hunt review, fipr submission
 
 
 
 
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And the award for Best Comedy goes to.....the T.S.A.!

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2008-01-24 04:00:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...terminal". Aren't guns considered dangerous Mr. Yingling may have a serious job but he is not afraid to let his silly side shine through. He continued - "the agency has a very high success rate in detecting firearms." One wonders what Mr. Yingling considers "very high It would be very interesting to check the end of year stats. I wonder if...
 
Tags: check, tsa security check, tsa, gun, dangerous, hinkle voluntarily, dangerous weapons, voluntarily, reagan national airport
 
 
 
 
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You never know whose tomorrow it will be

2008-04-07 18:52:27 by HASH0x8ba2a2c in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...terminal illnesses well before their time here should be done I was speaking to a friend/family member the other day about the breakup of his marriage and I told him life is rarely what we think it is going to be. Making lemonade out of lemons seems to be the ultimate and eternal human condition. It also drives home my grandmother's inherent...
 
Tags: tomorrow, bob, grandmother, guy, life, yankee game relevant, season tickets, people, partner
 
 
 
 
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Portable Identity and the BBC

2008-04-29 14:30:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...terminal, mobile phone and the myraid of other Internet enabled devices we're now being sold. Two factor authentication is a must but it needn't be based on clunky tokens. Any other out-of-band method will suffice, for example an SMS message with a one-time password on a mobile phone. Whatever the outcome, it's good to see my licence fee...
 
Tags: portable identity, identity, user-centric digital identity, bbc, mobile phone, future plans, future, openid, openid foundation
 
 
 
 
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Tourists, Not Terrorists

2008-05-08 07:32:42 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...terminal, and it caused them enough concern that they contacted law enforcement about it," she told FOXNews.com The two were photographed by a ferry employee about a month ago, and those photographs were distributed to ferry employees three weeks ago by local law enforcement Turns out they were tourists , not terrorists: Turns out the men,...