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Vulnerability Bazaar

2008-01-07 09:15:52 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
The commoditization of bugs is a long-standing tradition in the software industry. It started when companies began offering a cash incentive for each critical bug a developer squashed. This practice of attaching intrinsic monetary value to bugs is the spiritual predecessor of the "pure" vulnerability markets that this article discusses
 
Tags: vulnerability markets, bugs, software industry, critical bug, intrinsic monetary, spiritual predecessor, cash incentive, article discusses, pure
 
 
 
 
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Norbert Weiner Award

2008-01-26 14:11:17 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...tradition to recognize outstanding contributions for social responsibility in computing technology. The organization wanted to cite people who recognize the importance of a science-educated public, who take a broader view of the social issues of computing. We aimed to share concerns that lead to action in arenas of the power, promise, and...
 
Tags: norbert weiner award, computer technology, technology, social responsibility, share concerns, cite people, cpsr, social issues, broader view
 
 
 
 
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Ethics of Autonomous Military Robots

2008-01-28 07:12:35 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...tradition subscribes to, the result will have been a humanitarian effort, even while staring directly at the face of war
 
Tags: ethical, ethical constraint set, ethical robotic warfighter, ethics, ethical boundaries, international protocols, war tradition subscribes, war, international
 
 
 
 
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Why Risk Management is Like Eating Lettuce

2008-01-30 12:26:03 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
On Sundays its a British tradition to wake up with a hangover, get a copy of the Sunday Times and watch the morning politics shows on the beeb. This Sunday past was traditional for me. Data breaches and privacy are hot political topics in the UK after the national fiasco overseen by Alistair Darling. I
 
Tags: hot political topics, sunday times, british tradition, sunday past, data breaches, national fiasco, politics, hangover, copy
 
 
 
 
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Terrorist Baseball Cards

2007-12-16 23:44:00 by NGO Security in NGO Security
 
Collecting baseball cards used to be a popular pastime of boys growing up in the United States. And in keeping with that tradition, the U.S. Department of Defense has issued a collection of Terrorist Recognition Cards . Click on a region to see who's who (complete with stats) and who's wanted
 
Tags: baseball cards, terrorist recognition cards, popular pastime, department, defense, stats, region, collection, tradition
 
 
 
 
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Creating and Entrapping Terrorists

2008-03-05 06:25:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...traditionally used cooperating sources against organized crime or drug dealers, where a pattern of crime is well established before the investigation begins. Now, in new-age terror cases, the JTTFs simply want to establish that suspects are predisposed to be terrorists -- even if they are completely unable or ill-equipped to act on that...
 
Tags: terrorist, modern terrorist, hossain, terrorist conspiracies, deal hossain claims, yassin aref, aref, terrorist plot, stop federal agents
 
 
 
 
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Anton Security Tip of the Day #14: More accesslog Fun: What Are You Not GETting?

2008-03-12 13:35:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...tradition of posting a tip of the week (mentioned here , here ; SANS jumped in as well ), I decided to follow along and join the initiative. One of the bloggers called it "pay it forward " to the community So, Anton Security Tip of the Day #14: More access log Fun: What Are You Not GETting In this tip, we will look at some bizarre artifacts...
 
Tags: web server, server, web, web browsers, security, web discussion board, anton security tip, fun, modern apache
 
 
 
 
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E-discovery Is an Information Lifecycle Management Problem, Not a Security Problem

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2008-03-23 18:16:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...tradition. In the "old days," internal investigations primarily meant imaging hard drives, reviewing content for disgusting images or incriminating documents, and producing them for management. Only the security team had the necessary expertise for this exercise. Today, the age of thinner clients, centralized storage, remote outsourced...
 
Tags: information, information security, information security magazine, security, information security article, e-discovery, article, security circles, true
 
 
 
 
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Anton Security Tip of the Day #15: Fear and Loathing in Event 560 (and 562 and 567)

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2008-05-08 13:37:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
...tradition" of posting a security tip of the week (mentioned here , here ; SANS jumped in as well ), I decided to follow along and join the initiative. One of the bloggers called it "pay it forward " to the community So, Anton Security Tip of the Day #15: Fear and Loathing in Event 567 This tip digs into a seemingly simple, but really VERY...
 
Tags: text file, 0testbedsimple text file, audit file access, file access, simple text file, event, access, file, anton security tip
 
 
 
 
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Way to go Dennis!