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Fix for weeks-old Excel flaw likely on Tuesday

2008-02-11 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b40038 in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft's security updates Tuesday will probably include a fix for a vulnerability in Excel that has been exploited by attackers for several weeks, a researcher said today. But he told users not to expect a fix for another bug that the company acknowledged more than two months ago
 
Tags: fix, months ago, tuesday, excel, weeks, attackers, include, users, bug
 
 
 
 
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How I Got Here: The JJ Story

2008-03-21 03:11:28 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...weeks to wish me a happy birthday. My 3/6 birth date could evidently be found on Plaxo, Facebook and a variety of my other online Black Holes . I was surprised and elated to receive many e-cards and even some real ones via mail. I even received a bottle of California wine from one of my favourite product managers And, because I was delivering...
 
Tags: past weeks, weeks, security bloggers network, security, online black holes, favourite product managers, past, conference, conference attendees
 
 
 
 
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Surveillance and the use of social psychology

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2007-03-13 23:30:47 by Perry Carpenter in Security Renaissance
...weeks this spring, they alternately taped two posters over the coffee station. During one week, it was a picture of flowers; during the other, it was a pair of staring eyes. Then they sat back to watch what would happen A remarkable pattern emerged. During the weeks when the eyes poster stared down at the coffee station, coffee and tea...
 
Tags: coffee, honor coffee station, psychology, coffee station, psychology experiment, social psychology simultaneously, eyes poster, eyes, weeks
 
 
 
 
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Thousands of Canadian Chrysler Financial customers at risk

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2008-04-30 22:04:34 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...weeks or longer to tell customers the tape had been lost or possibly destroyed Chrysler Financial acknowledged it did not inform customers for five weeks or longer about a "destroyed or lost" tape because of an internal search and investigation, noting it didn't want to alarm customers until it exhausted a search with United Parcel Service...
 
Tags: chrysler, chrysler financial spokeswoman, chrysler financial, lost tape, tape, chrysler financial claims, data tape, customers, tape drive
 
 
 
 
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Tourists, Not Terrorists

2008-05-08 07:32:42 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...weeks ago by local law enforcement Turns out they were tourists , not terrorists: Turns out the men, both citizens of a European Union nation, were captivated by the car-carrying capacity of local ferries Where these gentlemen live, they don't have vehicle ferries. They were fascinated that a ferry could hold that many cars and wanted to show...
 
Tags: ferry, ferry bathroom, ferry employee, ferry employees, law enforcement, ferries, local law enforcement, seattle field office, weeks ago
 
 
 
 
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UPDATES GALORE! or, THE PRONOUN WE MEANS YOU AND ME!

2008-08-13 15:24:17 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...weeks Today, allow me to update you on FAIR and the movement towards a formal, open standard. Theres a couple of cool things going on in our little risk-world First, The Open Group Security Forum continues to move towards a formal adoption of FAIR WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE - YOU GOT A STANDARDS BODY IN YOUR POCKET OR SOMETHING Our meeting in...
 
Tags: risk, risk assessment methodologies, security forum, forum, magic-fairy risk, risk standards, fair, risk-world, fair similarly helps
 
 
 
 
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XBOX 360 Dies Again

2007-08-26 21:57:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...weeks for them to fix it and send it back I thought about it for a minute, and decided I rather buy a new one rather than sit around and wait on them for two months. First though, I looked around online for a fix and saw that quite a few people were having the same problem. Everyone had an opinion on what the problem was and what to do about...
 
Tags: fan shroud, fan, rear fan, replacement talismoon fan, days ago, fix, days, xbox, gpu
 
 
 
 
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Thieves steal four Diocese of Providence computers

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2008-02-04 08:48:02 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...weeks Evan] Another good security practice, but every few weeks might be a little too often. If we make people change their passwords too often we increase the chances that they will write them down Additionally, personal information of students, teachers, parents and others associated with the Catholic Schools Office are prohibited from...
 
Tags: diocese, providence, computers, roman catholic diocese, catholic school employees, employees, providence police department, police, catholic schools office
 
 
 
 
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What should done about employees stealing in the workplace?

2008-02-21 05:25:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...weeks, we had compiled enough information on the manager to show that he was involved in a company on the side with members of his family that were known to the employer upon viewing the video. Just on one transaction alone, we discovered that the employee had managed to steal a $45,000.00 dollar contract that should have been handled by his...
 
Tags: business owner, local business owner, owner, truck, company truck, company, investigation company, investigator video taped, investigator
 
 
 
 
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Great Service from Network World

2008-03-28 03:36:23 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...weeks edition in the mail for me- special delivery And Im greatly thankful, since this weeks cover is sporting the 10Gig Shootout , which highlights the HP ProCurve 3500 stackables. Although, I have to note, on the print cover, the photos arent next to the vendor descriptions. Just in case you were wondering, the ProCurve switch came in a...