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ARCO gas pumps targeted by fraudsters

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2007-12-27 13:58:30 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...thwart criminal activity, and any time their pumps are compromised, ARCO officials work with law enforcement agencies, Spitler said. But identity theft is a global issue, he said Evan] This isn't identity theft, this is credit card fraud Victim Response From El Monte resident Douglas Trujillo, a victim of $1,100 I do online banking and I...
 
Tags: arco gas pumps, pumps, gas pumps, arco, gas stations, arco gas stations, card, debit card identification, creditdebit card data
 
 
 
 
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Security is not all about Security Updates

2007-12-17 12:58:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...thwart the defender's defenses. Which means you can never hope for zero security vulnerabilities. We have seen many of these forward-looking defenses in action in Windows Vista, IIS6, SQL Server 2005 and Office 2007 Look carefully at the list of products I just mentioned, they are all products that had a full release after the implementation...
 
Tags: security, end-user security documentation, security response, fix security bugs, response, security fix, implementation vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities, security feature development
 
 
 
 
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DHS Warns of Female Suicide Bombers

2008-02-13 12:35:56 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...thwart security and draw attention to their causes, a new FBI-Department of Homeland Security assessment concludes Photo caption: Female suicide bombers can use devices to make them appear pregnant, a security assessment says Second paragraph: The assessment said the agencies "have no specific, credible intelligence indicating that terrorist...
 
Tags: suicide bombers, female suicide bombers, terrorists increasingly favor, terrorist organizations intend, assessment, security assessment, thwart security, credible intelligence, photo caption
 
 
 
 
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Rise in Gmail spam indicates more solved CAPTCHAs

2008-03-10 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b38594 in Network World on Security
 
Spam originating from Google's Gmail domain doubled last month, indicating that spammers are still defeating the CAPTCHA, the distorted text used as a security test to thwart mass registration of e-mail accounts and other Web site abuse
 
Tags: thwart mass registration, e-mail accounts, web site, spam, security test, gmail domain, google, month, captcha
 
 
 
 
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Researchers: Microsoft's CAPTCHAs easy to solve

2008-04-15 00:00:00 by HASH0x847301c in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft's system to thwart automatic registrations of e-mail accounts leads to "a false sense of security," according to two researchers who have developed a low-cost way to break the security mechanism
 
Tags: security mechanism, e-mail accounts leads, security, thwart automatic registrations, researchers, false sense, microsoft, system, low-cost
 
 
 
 
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Comparing Cybersecurity to Early 1800s Security on the High Seas

2008-04-16 14:27:30 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...thwart cyber criminals, protecting U.S. technological sovereignty, and balancing any defensive actions to avoid violating U.S. citizens' constitutional rights. Clearly articulated policy and consistent actions will assure a stable and predictable environment where electronic commerce can thrive, continuing to drive U.S. economic growth and...
 
Tags: seas, policy, cybersecurity policy, cyber seas, consistent policy, seas piracy, sporadic policy statements, actions, piracy
 
 
 
 
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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
 
...thwart their P2 hack NDS considered it a great opportunity for Tarnovsky to maintain his pirate identity, but DirecTV insisted on some controls. Under "Operation Johnny Walker," as they dubbed it, Tarnovsky gave Ereiser a program to create pirate NDS cards, but encrypted it so no one could copy it. The program worked only with a dongle...
 
Tags: smart cards piled, cards, nds cards, access cards, sample directv cards, directv cards, smart cards, nds smart cards, nds
 
 
 
 
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Epilogue on CEP Maturity

2008-06-04 09:24:50 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...thwart that growth with a claim that the products are not mature when they actually are in a lot of ways is quite revealing. The fact that such a level of debate about CEPs maturity is taking place, and the fact that[... someone ...]is concerned that the debate might stifle growth, is itself indicative of an immature market segment in my...
 
Tags: maturity, post, complex event, original post, immature market segment, immature, agent logic, stifle growth, ceps maturity
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft trumpets security additions in upcoming IE8

2008-07-02 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Microsoft plans to release a second beta of its Internet Explorer 8 browser next month with new built-in security features designed to fend off cross-site scripting attacks and thwart malware
 
Tags: built-in security features, thwart malware, internet explorer, microsoft plans, attacks, cross-site, month, browser, beta
 
 
 
 
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What do High School Killers and Terrorists Have in Common?

2008-07-20 20:37:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog