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Vendors aren't changing focus, you were just blissfully unaware

2008-05-08 08:09:41 by HASH0x8902444 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...unaware that the vendors you were dealing with had a full court press going on. Instead you went to a nice dinner, a ball game and got some t-shirts and other swag and thought you were making it happen for them. In the meantime your boss was getting tickets to the game too (I bet even better tickets) and nicer schwag than you were! As you...
 
Tags: sales teams, emc sales teams, business, business stakeholder, people, sales people, sales, vendors, michael
 
 
 
 
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Introducing Google's online security efforts

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2007-05-21 09:43:00 by A Googler in Google Online Security Blog
...unaware that their web servers have been compromised To get a better understanding about the geographic distribution of sites engaging in drive-by downloads, we analyzed the location of compromised web sites and the location of malware distribution hosts. At the moment, the majority of malware activity seems to happen in China, the U.S.,...
 
Tags: activity, malware activity, web servers, servers, malware, anti- malware effort, malware distribution servers, sites, web sites
 
 
 
 
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Five stolen Florida Department of Children and Families laptops

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2008-01-04 10:12:20 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...unaware of any identity-theft crimes resulting from the computer thefts. But she acknowledged that an identity-theft victim may not have considered the DCF theft as the source of their trouble Victim Reaction They could get information on anybody who works in this place. They could get our Social Security numbers," said Tracey Batchelor, a...
 
Tags: agency, law enforcement agency, law, confidential information, information, confidential personal information, law enforcement led, laptops, sensitive personal information
 
 
 
 
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Missing memory stick turns up five months later

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2008-01-23 16:44:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...unaware that any patient data had been mislaid. We are launching an immediate internal investigation to try to ascertain how this information could have come into the public domain Evan] Well for starters, somebody copied the data to a thumb drive and took it out of the office We would like to reassure all our customers that Specsavers...
 
Tags: information security, information, information security assessments, memory stick, security, specsaver diabetic patients, patients, computer memory stick, manchester patients
 
 
 
 
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Why is there a need for a download adware spyware removal?

2007-08-01 19:27:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...unaware of its existence that is not until it messes up a seemingly functional system. There is nothing right at all with collecting information about users without their consent and that wrong thing is what spyware is all about. It is an invasion of privacy in the first place and a totally destructive tool next but then again it is...
 
Tags: adware, adware spyware removal, spyware, programs, programs essential, bogus programs, office duties, office, system
 
 
 
 
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Virtual Eyes

2007-08-01 19:25:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...unaware that your computer activities are being tracked. It is obviously an infringement to one's right to privacy and its processes utilize your computer's system causing a slow down in your computer's performance. Like all types of espionage, the installation of spyware into your system is tricky Free spyware and adware programs often come...
 
Tags: spyware, anti-spyware downloads, spyware business, anti-spyware programs, spyware attacks, free spyware, internet, internet users pause, internet access
 
 
 
 
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Embedding Malicious IFRAMEs Through Stolen FTP Accounts

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2008-03-03 10:14:01 by HASH0x8b0b9bc in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...unaware of other outlets for the tool would pay the high-profit margins offered by the seller FTP accounting data can be imported, and once verified, a statistical output for the automated process of logging in and embedding the IFRAME is provided IFRAMEs are automatically embedded within .php; .html; .asp; .htm extensions embedding iframes...
 
Tags: ftp accounts, ftp, iframes, malicious iframes, web service, service, ftp account credentials, demand service, data
 
 
 
 
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Our End Users: The Weakest Link

2008-03-12 11:00:18 by Allan Pomerantz in BlogInfoSec.com
 
...unaware of them, the company may not enforce them, or there is no technical control to stop them. As Ronald Regan said, Trust but Verify Unfortunately, the performance of most companies is not encouraging in this area. Despite the fact that employee awareness is the crucial element here so that all system users understand the companys...
 
Tags: users, policies, non-existent policies, companys security policies, policies exist, companys security, system users, users represent, security policies
 
 
 
 
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A breach that hits home with 2008 presidential candidates

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2008-03-22 13:16:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...unaware of the involvement of any Stanley or subcontractor employees in the unauthorized searches of Senator John McCains or Senator Hillary Clintons passport files From the "Statement from The Analysis Corporation Late this morning, representatives of the Department of State informed The Analysis Corporation (TAC) for the first time that...
 
Tags: stanley subcontractor employees, subcontractor employees, subcontractor, confidential information, information, information security, stanley, personal information, employees