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5,000 Health Net employees affected by stolen laptop

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2008-01-05 19:04:59 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 1/4/08 Organization Health Net Contractor/Consultant/Branch Unnamed Victims Connecticut Health Net employees and health-care providers Number Affected About 5,000 employees and "an undisclosed number of health-care providers outside the Northeast Types of Data Names and Social Security numbers...
 
Tags: employees, health net employees, health net, company vendor, vendor, health net vendor, information, personal information, laptop
 
 
 
 
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5 Lessons on Public Disclosure From Elliot Spitzer

2008-03-12 17:26:54 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
Regardless of what you think about now former governor Spitzer and what he did, we can learn a lot from how he handled the public disclosure of his err vulnerability Here are 5 lessons you can use if you ever find yourself involved in a public disclosure of a vulnerability on your web site or a disclosure of a massive breach 1. Understand that...
 
Tags: public disclosure, disclosure, response, pretty quick response, cross site, fight cross site, time, law enforcement, incident response team
 
 
 
 
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Top 5: Why Customers Consider NAC

2008-05-31 22:10:33 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
On a daily (and nightly) basis I have the wonderful experience of talking to, chatting about, presenting on or asking questions of customers about NAC At each of these opportunities, I like to ask Why are you considering NAC Heres my Top 5 of Why Customers Consider NAC (or think they want NAC). This is not based on any other organizations...
 
Tags: nac, solution, 3rd party solution, nac solution, bat nac carries, nac center, vendors nac solutions, offer, offer guest access
 
 
 
 
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Oracle to Buy BEA Systems for $8.5 Billion

2008-01-16 14:00:30 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
After three months of wrangling over prices, Oracle Corp. will acquire BEA Systems in a $8.5 billion deal This means that Oracle will now have an event processing platform, the Oracle WebLogic Event Server to compliment their product line Reference: Oracle Strikes Deal to Buy BEA Systems for $8.5 Billion (Wall Street Journal By JOHN FLOWERS...
 
Tags: bea systems, oracle, bea, acquire bea systems, oracle strikes deal, bea chairman, bea share, share, eyed bea
 
 
 
 
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DWR 2.0.5 Fixes XSS Vulnerability

2008-06-30 03:04:21 by Chris Eng in Zero in a bit
 
DWR 2.0.5 addresses an XSS vulnerability that is likely to be exploitable in most 2.0.4 installations. If your web application uses DWRs Ajax implementation, download and install this update now As an aside, Ive been a fan of DWR for a while now, not only because of its ease of integration but also because it was the first Ajax framework to...
 
Tags: vulnerability, xss vulnerability, code, dwr, tiny code change, attack surface post, dwrs ajax implementation, ajax framework, saturday night
 
 
 
 
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When is 4 out of 5 stars is not 4 out of 5 stars or do I have a car for you!

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2008-07-21 23:47:46 by HASH0x8b76ffc in StillSecure, After All These Years
After my used car salesman of NAC series I was going to give Ray and the gang a break. But the depths they sink to just never cease to amaze me! Today I received a Google alert on NAC with a link to a press release announcing the NAC used car sales guys continuing to deliver best in class security management solutions, yada, yada, yada. The...
 
Tags: car, master car salesman, car salesman, car sales guys, nac device, star, star grade, nac, products
 
 
 
 
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When is 4 out of 5 stars not 4 out of 5 stars or do I have a car for you!

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2008-07-21 22:55:10 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
After my ??? used car salesman of NAC ??? series I was going to give Ray and the gang a break. But the depths they sink to just never cease to amaze me! Today I received a Google alert on NAC with a link to a press release announcing the NAC used car sales guys continuing to deliver best in class security management solutions, yada, yada, yada....
 
Tags: car, master car salesman, car salesman, car sales guys, star, star grade, nac device, review, nac
 
 
 
 
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Apple Patches Serious Security Flaws In QuickTime 7.5.5

2008-09-10 03:26:22 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Apple released a major update to its iTunes and QuickTime software products, fixing at least 11 documented security vulnerabilities that could lead to Mac and PC takeover attacks. QuickTime 7.5.5, which should be considered an extremely critical update, according to Apple, address nine different vulnerabilities that could cause some serious...
 
Tags: quicktime, quicktime software products, apple, vulnerabilities, security vulnerabilities, extremely critical, takeover attacks, mac, damage
 
 
 
 
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Apple MacOSX 10.5.5 Patch Covers 34 Security Vulnerabilities

2008-09-16 11:19:02 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Apple has released another update to address security vulnerabilities affecting Mac OS X users, warning that some issues could lead to arbitrary code execution attacks. The update, available for Tiger and Leopard, addresses a total of 34 documented vulnerabilities, some in third-party components like ClamAV, BIND, OpenSSH and Ruby. Built into...
 
Tags: security, vulnerabilities, address security vulnerabilities, apple, third-party components, issues, lead, users, clamav
 
 
 
 
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