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Japanese Firms Starting Ratings For IT Security
2008-04-08 17:53:00 Well, here is an interesting twist. I can’t say that I’m overly surprised as this type of ranking was inevitable. From the Associated Press: Eighteen Japanese firms said Tuesday they were creating the world’s first ratings agency looking at data security, which they said was a rising concern for companies. The new firm, called IS Rating, will ... More About: Security , Data Security , Information Security , Ratings
RSA Day Two Daily
2008-04-08 16:56:00 Today is the big day. The keynotes will begin momentarily. Among the list of keynotes are Art Coviello from EMC/RSA, John Thompson, CEO of Symantec and Michael Chertoff from DHS. Michael is on at 11:30 am. I have to admit I was really looking forward to being a part of the media scrum for that ... More About: Daily , Conventions
Security Briefing: April 8th
2008-04-08 16:01:00 Sorry for the late news posting this morning. I was tied up in a telecon. I love it when I can “sit in” on a meeting in my boxers with a coffee in hand. The joys of mobile computing. And now, the news… Young workers more likely to break corporate Web apps rules Newfoundland schools tighten security followed ... More About: News , Security , April
Virginia First To Require Internet Safety Lessons
2008-04-08 03:13:00 Very nice. It would appear that common sense is starting to catch on! The Commonwealth of Virginia (one of my my former stomping grounds) has come out as the first US state to mandate internet safety lessons in schools. While I find this to be a bang up idea I just hope that it doesn’t ... More About: Internet , Education , Safety , Child Safety
Thanks To Network World!
2008-04-07 22:18:00 I was checking out my stats for todays readers when I noticed an inordinate spike in traffic from the site Network World . Being the typical curious sort I cruised on over to see what was the hub bub. Well, damn. Jon Brodkin has a piece on “20 useful IT security Web sites” and Liquidmatrix is ...
Encryption Solutions Get Boost from Data Breaches
2008-04-07 19:46:00 I’ve had a rash of phone calls lately from vendors saying “did you hear?” and using that to leverage their product offering. I can’t blame them. I know they have to make a buck. Here is an article over on “Enterprise Security Today” that points to this boost in sales. Data breaches leave organizations vulnerable to ... More About: Encryption , Data Security , Crypto , Solutions
RSA Day One Orientation
2008-04-07 17:06:00 OK, so it’s day one. You’re in San Francisco attending RSA 2008 possibly for the first time. What do you need to do? Well, for starters you should take advantage of the first timers orientation. This might seem overly simplistic but, RSA 2008 is a big show. If you want to get you money’s worth ... More About: Conventions , Orientation
Security Briefing: April 7th
2008-04-07 14:40:00 OK, I’m back in the saddle again. The last several days have served me well for healing up. It’s still a bummer that I can’t be in San Fran for RSA 2008. Ah, well. Next year then. Gives me more time to work on preparing for Sector 2008 And now, the news… HSBC loses 370,000 customer details Wanted: ... More About: News , Security , April
Charlton Heston Has Left The Building
2008-04-06 16:44:00 From CNN: Charlton Heston , who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing “Ben-Hur” and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other figures in movie epics of the ’50s and ’60s, has died. He was 84. The actor died Saturday night at his home in Beverly Hills with his wife Lydia at his side, family spokesman ... More About: Building , Physical Security , Left
Google Sued Over Street View
2008-04-06 16:29:00 Um, huh? A couple in Pennsylvania is suing Google to the tune of $25K+ for “pain and suffering” after their house showed up on Google Street View . The house was purchased for $163,000 according to “The Smoking Gun“. So, this begs the question. Just how ugly is their house that it would cause that much ... More About: Privacy , Sued
Well, Crap
2008-04-03 04:44:00 I managed to get selected as an official blogger for RSA. I was really looking forward to attending RSA 2008 next week. But, due to circumstances, I will not be able to go. I’m set to have a medical thing tomorrow that will apparently preclude me from flying for several days. I still plan to ... More About: Conventions , Crap
E-discovery Adds Twist To Litigation
2008-04-02 22:15:00 Here is a topic that seems to be heating up in the press lately. E-discovery is fast becoming an attention grabbing headline. From GCN: New rules for electronic data discovery during litigation, combined with the massive amount of electronic data now available in federal databases, will require closer communication between the legal and information technology departments ... More About: Discovery , Forensics , Twist , Litigation
Security Briefing: April 1st
2008-04-01 16:48:00 Hey great…April Fools. Yeah, you got me. Well, no. No one did. But, that’s neither here nor there. And now, the news… Storm Worms exploit April Fools Teenager admits to million-PC botnet scam European Union, NATO to tackle cybercrime Military awards contract for next-generation tactical radio system Apple’s Security Patch Process Gets Worse While Microsoft’s Gets Better Stolen laptop reveals security gap Internet ... More About: News
Today?s Spies Find Secrets In Plain Sight
2008-04-01 16:35:00 From USA Today : For 40 years, U.S. presidents have begun each day with a top-secret, personal briefing on security threats and global affairs obtained largely from covert spy missions, clandestine satellite surveillance and other highly classified intelligence sources. Now, however, the President’s Daily Brief and other crucial intelligence reports often rely less on secrets from risky espionage ... More About: Search , Plain , Find , Secrets
IBM Hit With Temporary Contract Ban
2008-04-01 15:24:00 Oops. From Yahoo Finance: IBM Corp. has been temporarily banned from new federal contracts as prosecutors examine interactions between employees of the company and the Environmental Protection Agency. The suspension went into effect last Thursday “while the agency reviews concerns raised about potential activities involving an EPA procurement,” the agency said Monday in an e-mailed statement. Under ... More About: Contract
CCC Publishes German Minister?s Fingerprint
2008-04-01 14:52:00 Love the Gummi Bears. But, in this case it was a little more sophisticated. From Wired: To demonstrate why using fingerprints to secure passports is a bad idea, the German hacker group Chaos Computer Club has published what it says is the fingerprint of Wolfgang Schauble, Germany’s interior minister. According to CCC, the print of Schauble’s index finger ... More About: Minister , Biometrics
Security Briefing: March 31st
2008-03-31 15:55:00 Monday is the cruelest morning. And now, the news… CIA enlists Google’s help for spy work RCMP computer security breached, documents reveal PGP publishes encryption APIs Poisoned websites staying contaminated longer Staff forced to bypass security controls Lost by the government: 600 laptops, 400 phones ? and a car Experts warn of card-swipers’ perils Savvis unveils managed security services Black Hat: new operating systems ... More About: News , Security , March
Hackers Grab Info Sent To Irish Jobs Agency
2008-03-31 15:40:00 This morning brings word of another data breach. This time the victim was the Irish employment site Jobs .ie. From Ireland.com: Jobs.ie would not say how many of its clients had been affected, but said it had now fixed the security breach. The clients whose information was taken are at risk from identity fraud and “phishing”, where ... More About: Crime , Agency , Phishing , Info
CanSecWest: Countering Misinformation
2008-03-31 15:11:00 Here is a piece on the recent CanSecWest conference. This piece by Thom Holwerda is a response to an article that showed up on “Roughly Drafted“. From OS News: As you surely know by now, the CanSecWest conference was the stage for a contest, PWN to OWN. Three laptops were set up; laptops running Windows Vista, Ubuntu ... More About: Conventions , Conferences
New Version Of Oracle Password Cracker ?woraauthbf?
2008-03-31 15:03:00 Thanks to Pete Finnigan’s site we learn that there is a new version of the Oracle password cracker “woraauthbf” available. From PF’s blog: The Oracle password cracker woraauthbf written by Laszlo Toth has been updated and released as a new version 0.21R2 (The R2) is the new part, so even if you are running version 0.21 ... More About: Tools , Data Security , Password , Version
Thief Scoops Georgia DHR Employee Details
2008-03-28 17:36:00 Well, we get word (thx Chris) that the Georgia state department of human resources suffered a data theft last week. Apparently an external hard drive with the personal information of former and current employees stored on it was stolen “by an unauthorized person”. They did not release the number of affect but, just to put ... More About: Data Security , Physical Security , Employee , Details
Security Briefing: March 28th
2008-03-28 13:41:00 The week has come to an end. I have a pretty good rant brewing after an email I received yesterday. But, I’ll save that for another day. Beer me. And now, the news… Going solo: How to be a security consultant The top 10 security land mines Blackhat Europe Briefings Day 1 US state outlaws RFID data theft Man sentenced for theft ... More About: News , Security , March
Hacker Gets 3 Years For 911 Hoax
2008-03-28 13:27:00 What a dumbass. From the Associated Press: A computer hacker was sentenced to three years in prison for placing a phony 911 call that led a SWAT team to storm a family home at gunpoint. It marked the first prosecution in Orange County for a prank known as “swatting” that involves sending SWAT teams on wild goose chases, ... More About: Hacker , Idiot , Years , Dumbass , Hoax
Two Minutes To MacBook
2008-03-28 13:17:00 Well, CanSecWest (which I missed yet again) has hit the press with the hacking contest that saw the Mac Book Air hacked in…2 minutes. The winner received 10K for his troubles. Now that is one helluva hourly rate. From security.itworld .com: Miller, best known as one of the researchers who first hacked Apple’s iPhone last year, didn’t ... More About: Conventions , Hacker , Macbook
Hacker Torpedos Windows Server 2008 Security Design
2008-03-27 18:57:00 I can’t say that I’m overly surprised. I had loaded up a copy of 2008 that I received at Black Hat last year into a virtual machine. I poked around in it for a couple minutes and shut it down. I just didn’t have the stomach to deal with it at the time. Well, it ... More About: Security , Windows , Design , Vulnerability , Hacker
Security Briefing: March 27th
2008-03-27 14:43:00 Why is it that four day weeks can sometimes seem much lonnnnnnger than a regular week? Is that greener grass I see over there? And now, the news… Stolen credit card portal uncovered Spyware authors offer financial rewards to botnet operators Google to push privacy initiatives in U.S. Hacker filched Broward students’ info What spooks Microsoft’s chief security advisor Euro 2008 ... More About: News , Security , March
Cisco IOS Multiple Vulnerabilities
2008-03-27 13:44:00 Out today are multiple vulnerabilities from Cisco . There are patches available from Cisco to tackle data manipulation and denial of service issues in their IOS. From Secunia: Description: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Cisco IOS, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information, manipulate certain data, or to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). 1) ... More About: Vulnerabilities , Patches , Vulnerability
DHS ?Cyber Security Czar?, No Experience Required
2008-03-27 13:38:00 Here is a story from last week (March 19) that I missed but, thanks to Bruce Schneier, I’m now standing here scratching my head. It turns out that the Bush administration will tap Rod A. Beckstrom “to head a new inter-agency group charged with coordinating the federal government’s efforts to protect its computer networks from ... More About: Security , Experience , Cyber
10 Finger Prints Are Better Than 2, So Says The DHS
2008-03-26 21:27:00 The DHS now wants all 10 digits for foreign arrivals. Two fingerprints are apparently not sufficient anymore. Not too long until the probings begin I guess. From the NY Times: ?This felt like, What else do you want from me?? Mr. Docx continued. ?Pretty soon it?ll be a full naked body scan, with my irises and ... More About: Physical Security , Biometrics , Finger , Prints
Security Briefing: March 26th
More articles from this author:2008-03-26 13:49:00 Wednesday and the week is all down hill from here. And now, the news… IRS Issues Dirty Dozen List of Scams NSA’s Domestic Spying Microsoft updates Office Jet attack advisory Report: 9 of 10 Sites Are Sitting Ducks Hackers seize on Excel vulnerability Man accused of breaking spyware laws to promote bogus security software Computer crimes rising, say police Third Brigade Can Help ... More About: News , Security , March 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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