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Third Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner

2008-05-15 06:24:06 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
On April 7 -- seven days late -- I announced the Third Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest: For this contest, the goal is to create fear. Not just any fear, but a fear that you can alleviate through the sale of your new product idea. There are lots of risks out there, some of them serious, some of them so unlikely that we shouldn't worry about...
 
Tags: health risk, risk, criminal risk, toothpaste immediately, toothpaste, common household risk, toothpaste test strips, annual movie-plot threat, terrorism risk
 
 
 
 
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Third Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest

2008-04-07 15:50:38 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
I can't believe I let April 1 come and go without posting the rules to the Third Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest. Well, better late than never For this contest, the goal is to create fear. Not just any fear, but a fear that you can alleviate through the sale of your new product idea. There are lots of risks out there, some of them serious, some...
 
Tags: movie-plot threat, annual movie-plot threat, criminal risk, risk, common household risk, product idea, product, terrorism risk, entries
 
 
 
 
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Third Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest Semi-Finalists

2008-05-07 14:33:13 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
A month ago I announced the Third Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest: For this contest, the goal is to create fear. Not just any fear, but a fear that you can alleviate through the sale of your new product idea. There are lots of risks out there, some of them serious, some of them so unlikely that we shouldn't worry about them, and some of them...
 
Tags: risk, criminal risk, common household risk, annual movie-plot threat, terrorism risk, product idea, product, fear, toothpaste test strips
 
 
 
 
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SQL injection attack in 'third wave,' says IBM

2008-05-15 00:00:00 by Jon Brodkin in Network World on Security
 
A SQL injection attack that has affected at least a half-million Web sites has entered a "third wave" that's more resistant than previous versions to traditional security measures
 
Tags: sql injection attack, traditional security measures, half-million web sites, previous versions, wave, resistant
 
 
 
 
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One-third of IT admins admit snooping with privileged passwords

2008-06-20 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
One-third of IT administrators surveyed during a recent security conference in London said that they or one of their colleagues have used top-level admin passwords to access confidential information at work
 
Tags: access confidential information, top-level admin passwords, recent security conference, one-third, administrators, london, colleagues
 
 
 
 
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Laptop stolen from R.E. Moulton may affect 19,000

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2008-06-15 22:15:45 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 5/23/08 Organization OneAmerica Contractor/Consultant/Branch R.E. Moulton, Inc Victims Customers Number Affected 19,000 Types of Data names in combination with social security numbers Breach Description A laptop computer containing sensitive personal information belonging to approximately...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, information, information security practices, confidential information, information security, moulton, laptop, information security personnel
 
 
 
 
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Students breach Williamsville Central School District security

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2008-04-15 15:12:32 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 4/12/08 Organization Williamsville Central School District the largest suburban school district in Western New York, Williamsville Central encompasses 40 square miles including portions of the towns of Amherst, Clarence and Cheektowaga Contractor/Consultant/Branch Williamsville North High School...
 
Tags: district, students, school, suburban school district, school students, secure personal information, personal information, school district, information
 
 
 
 
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Malware Serving Exploits Embedded Sites as Usual

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2008-01-09 18:04:58 by HASH0x8957398 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
The combination of the recent RealPlayer exploit and MDAC is a fad, but the very same is getting embraced in the short-term by malicious parties in China that have also started combining the Internet Explorer VML Download and Execute Exploit (MS07-004), thanks to recent localized forum postings on modifying the third exploit. Let's assess...
 
Tags: htm, load uc147, uc147, loads 8v8, 8v8, load 8v8, iframes, recent realplayer exploit, secondary iframes
 
 
 
 
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The National Cyber Exercise

2008-02-06 13:29:21 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
Blogger: Trent Henry It sounds so august: "CYBER STORM" (ok, officially it's just plain ol' "Cyber Storm," but a title like that begs for caps What is it? Or rather, what was it? The "National Cyber Exercise" was a 2006 Homeland Security (and other federal agencies) sponsored simulation of computer and network attacks. Here's the specific detail...
 
Tags: cyber, national cyber exercise, exercise, exercise objective, security, exercise results, international, international government participants, security contact
 
 
 
 
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The National Cyber Exercise