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Colorado penny stock spammer gets jail time

2008-04-30 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
A federal judge has ordered convicted spammer Eddie Davidson to just under two years in prison for sending out a large volume of spam promoting watches, perfume and penny stocks
 
Tags: spammer eddie davidson, federal judge, penny stocks, spam, volume, perfume, prison, watches
 
 
 
 
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10 Ways To Cheat At Being An IT Security Professional.

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2008-05-18 22:36:01 by Craig Balding in Security Wannabe
...watches your screen. Giggle and pass the keyboard over and say Your turn Be All Knowing, Jedi Warrior! : Say Trust but verify whenever you are asked a question you do not understand. Make it clear in meetings that you trust no-one and verify solely through a Google/Secunia search Impress with a Penetration Test! : Download Metasploit, spend 7...
 
Tags: vulnerability scanners, rfc, attacks, sql injection attacks, rfc shoutout, bash keyboard shortcuts, keyboard, trust no-one, security cool cat
 
 
 
 
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More on Airplane Seat Cameras

2008-06-04 12:05:37 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...watches for all sorts of other terrorist-like activities too, including running in the cabin, someone nervously touching their face or excessive sweating. An innocent nose scratch won't see the F16s scrambled, but a combination of several threat indicators could trigger a red alert This pegs the stupid meter. All it will do is false alarm. No...
 
Tags: cameras, seat, airplane-seat camera system, system, detect, detect terrorists, people, terrorists, saves people
 
 
 
 
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Is security marketing worth the paper it is written on? Who can you believe?

2008-06-18 17:43:21 by HASH0x8472fd0 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...watches a webcast and then gets swamped with calls from salespeople. As a marketing VP I get about 5-6 calls a day. They're so disruptive that I've turned my ring off and batch process the calls once a week I think the quantity and quality of the traditional downloads has declined since the early 2000s, so that real people get even more...
 
Tags: customers, vendors claim customers, security, paper, analyst, report, recent analyst report, analyst reports, vendors
 
 
 
 
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Is security marketing worth the paper it is written on? Who can you believe?

2008-06-18 18:29:01 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...watches a webcast and then gets swamped with calls from salespeople. As a marketing VP I get about 5-6 calls a day. They're so disruptive that I've turned my ring off and batch process the calls once a week I think the quantity and quality of the traditional downloads has declined since the early 2000s, so that real people get even more...
 
Tags: customers, vendors claim customers, security, paper, analyst, report, recent analyst report, analyst reports, vendors
 
 
 
 
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You want the truth, you can't handle the truth!

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2008-07-10 22:35:46 by HASH0x8beb300 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...watches the watchers is the truth. I would like to see a code of conduct among analysts. I would start by dictating that vendors cannot pay analysts. Take the payola out of the equation the way they did to the DJ/Radio business in the late 50s. Next analyst reports have to come with metrics to back up the findings. I want to know how many...
 
Tags: nac, nac stick, richard, bad mouth nac, richard stiennon, importantly richard, nac knock, assume richard, nac solutions
 
 
 
 
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You want the truth, you can't handle the truth!

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2008-07-10 22:50:16 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...watches the watchers is the truth. I would like to see a code of conduct among analysts. I would start by dictating that vendors cannot pay analysts. Take the payola out of the equation the way they did to the DJ/Radio business in the late 50s. Next analyst reports have to come with metrics to back up the findings. I want to know how many...
 
Tags: nac, nac stick, richard, richard stiennon, bad mouth nac, importantly richard, nac knock, assume richard, event richard
 
 
 
 
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Young Canadian Model Murdered in Shanghai.

2008-07-12 14:49:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...watches, perfume, stamps and many other things. Most of these people are legitimately trying to make a sale but you do not know who are the ones that may be trying to pick-pocket you or surround you to rob you or lure you off a busy street where you won't be seen so easily. Walk briskly past them and ignore them. You should shop whee you are...
 
Tags: model, cell phone, people, china, model managment company, week business trip, walk briskly past, hold true, travel
 
 
 
 
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Amber Alerts As Security Theater

2008-08-11 07:59:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...watches cable TV news, especially during the summer, when the drumbeat of abduction stories seems to increase. Last year, 227 alerts were issued nationwide, each galvanizing interest in the local community and flooding police with tips. While the particulars of the state systems differ, the goal is the same: to disperse news of a kidnapping...
 
Tags: alerts, amber alerts, child custody fights, child, abduction, abduction stories, successes, team led, local community