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Dutch RFID Transit Card Hacked

2008-01-21 06:35:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...typo -- has been hacked even before it has been deployed: The first reported attack was designed by two students at the University of Amsterdam, Pieter Siekerman and Maurits van der Schee. They analyzed the single-use ticket and showed its vulnerabilities in a report . They also showed how a used single-use card could be given eternal life by...
 
Tags: dutch, chip, mifare classic chip, mifare chip, dutch parliament recently, circuitry, internal circuitry, secret cryptographic algorithm, statement abut
 
 
 
 
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Trouble in the Neigborhood

2008-04-01 02:01:00 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...typo in the title Yesterday, the emails and group posts were flying around like crazy. Our little neighborhood has a private Yahoo Group for residents to communicate and connect- Ive been overjoyed to have the online venue and it certainly proved useful these past couple of days We live at the end of a cul de sac, with a lovely wooded area...
 
Tags: neighborhood, online neighborhood, space past, past, neighborhood camera system, posts yesterday, yesterday, instances, noted recent instances
 
 
 
 
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When typos attack

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2007-12-04 08:56:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
...typos may not be so innocent According to a recent McAfee study, a new attack vector is called "typo-squatting," which preys upon the folks that make simple typos when browsing. The bad guys register domains that seem like the one you are looking for. Then the fun begins. " These squatter-run sites generate click-through advertising...
 
Tags: nasty web attacks, web, type pretty fast, pretty, web site, email, step, innocent typos, security
 
 
 
 
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London Marathon

2008-04-13 14:02:25 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
Today was the London Marathon. As always some inspiring stories like Blind Daves 7 Marathons in 7 Continents in 7 Days. Yes thats not a typo. One of the funniest stories I heard about this years marathon was the advice given to the Maasai tribe from Tanzania running to raise money for their village. These guys
 
Tags: marathon, london marathon, raise money, blind daves, stories, maasai tribe, days, continents, typo
 
 
 
 
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MySpace Hosting MySpace Phishing Profiles

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2008-05-05 02:29:00 by HASH0x8adc538 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...typosquatting, or sub-domaining to the point where the URL is perfectly mimicking the only property's web application structure. There are however, these exceptions adapting to current security practices in place, and abusing them The large scale myspace phishing attack that I assessed in November, 2007, was particularly interesting to...
 
Tags: myspace, phishers, phishers shift, myspace phishers, authentic myspace, scale myspace, profile, natural profile, fake profile
 
 
 
 
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Laptop stolen from the home of a BearingPoint employee

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2008-06-19 15:38:38 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...typo BearingPoint recognizes this development, and any related inconvenience, might be upsetting We regret this incident has occurred and we apologize for any inconvenience it may cause you As a result of this incident, we have taken immediate steps to review our current policies and procedures to further enhance security for personal data...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, information, bearingpoint, store confidential information, confidential information, laptop, information security, independent contractors
 
 
 
 
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Admins , Good Guys or "I am NOT an Idiot!"

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2008-07-29 15:19:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
...typo in a URL (by - gasp! - a good guy) or due to determined malicious hacking I think a few of my readers have watched one too many "Batman" movies and have acquired the dark side of the "IT hero" mentality." How about getting an "IT employee" mentality? If your boss is an idiot (and Terry's managers definitely seem pretty far gone in that...
 
Tags: terry childs, childs, guys, admins, terry childs story, bad boss, boss, underneath management, management
 
 
 
 
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Beijing Olympics Lottery Phishers Verify Their Victims

2008-08-05 22:49:26 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Websense has recently discovered another rogue Beijing Olympics website, this time for fake ticket lottery. The Web site uses the hostname that is a clear typo-squat to the official Olympic Games Web site at beijing2008.cn. Benefiting from the hype around the purchasing of tickets for the Games, the social engineering tactic behind this scam is to
 
Tags: fake ticket lottery, olympics website, web site, websense, games, hype, time, hostname, rogue
 
 
 
 
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Anton Security Tip of the Day #16: Virtually There - Journey Into VMWare ESX Log Analysis

2008-08-25 12:11:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...typo May 25 07:03:48 esx1 sudo: jhonny : 3 incorrect password attempts ; TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/var/log ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/bash This ESX Linux platform message should also be familiar to Linux/Unix admins: it indicates multiple sudo password failures; look for such messages in the logs BTW, do you need to be reminded to track NOT only...
 
Tags: vmware, vmware esx, analyze vmware logs, analyze, vmware esx logs, esx, security tip, anton security tip, user
 
 
 
 
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