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Two years ago today, Blue Box podcast #1 was launched

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2007-10-27 14:32:48 by HASH0x84724b8 in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
...ago today - October 24, 2005 - when we launched this show with Blue Box Podcast #1 (I remember because 10/24 is just a great number for a geek!). It's been a long, strange trip since then... we've learned a lot... about podcasting, about building a community... and, of course, about VoIP security. We've put out 69 main shows and 21 special...
 
Tags: blue box podcast, blue box, hotel wifi, hotel, voip security, poor connectivity, skype, connectivity, strange trip
 
 
 
 
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Williamson County Schools learns of breach reported nine months ago

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2008-07-13 00:12:01 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...ago A principal who had been contacted by a parent brought this to our attention on June 26th The information given to us indicated that our assessment specialist, Chris Nugent, was involved. This was the first we had heard of this situation We began our investigation immediately asking Mr. Nugent to gather all data that could possibly be...
 
Tags: school, school students, schools, williamson county schools, williamson county, county, breach, school authorities, school district
 
 
 
 
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Security Matters: Lesson From the DNS Bug: Patching Isn't Enough

2008-07-23 19:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...ago have leaked. Hackers are racing to produce exploit code, and network operators who haven't already patched the hole are scrambling to catch up. The whole mess is a good illustration of the problems with researching and disclosing flaws like this The details of the vulnerability aren't important, but basically it's a form of DNS cache...
 
Tags: security, security engineer, security engineer brings, security holes, smart design choice, design, security engineers, kaminsky, dan kaminsky
 
 
 
 
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The DNS Vulnerability

2008-07-29 06:01:52 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...ago have leaked. Hackers are racing to produce exploit code, and network operators who haven't already patched the hole are scrambling to catch up. The whole mess is a good illustration of the problems with researching and disclosing flaws like this The details of the vulnerability aren't important, but basically it's a form of DNS cache...
 
Tags: vulnerability, kaminsky, dan kaminsky, details, critical internet vulnerability, bank account details, discover kaminsky, patch, release details
 
 
 
 
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Technology Tales from Thailand: KBank Fraud Management

2008-08-20 07:16:51 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...ago and not myUS-based VISA debit dard. Why MyUS-based VISA debit card was cloned sometime on or before August 8th. I am really careful with this card, so Iwas surprised the magnetic strip was cloned at a POS merchant. The fraudster made 7 fraudulent transactions beginning on August 8thfor a total of around $2500 USD, mostly on August 11th,...
 
Tags: visa debit card, debit card, card, visa card, kbank, kbank card, transaction, transaction notification services, fraudulent transaction
 
 
 
 
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MBTA Hacking Injunction Lifted

2008-08-20 05:49:55 by Chris Eng in Zero in a bit
 
...ago. That presentation never got out either, did it? All that taxpayer money the MBTA spent on ridiculous lawsuits and restraining orders could have been put toward fixing the security flaws. What a concept
 
Tags: mbta, students, students publicly, defcon presentation, defcon, mbta hackers, presentation, mit students, judge
 
 
 
 
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DIY Botnet Kit Promising Eternal Updates

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2008-08-20 03:53:16 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...ago, when greedy cybercriminals were still charging hundreds of thousands of dollars for their sophisticated banker malwares. Today, most of them leaked in such a surprising, and definitely not anticipated on behalf of the malware coders way , that not only they stopped offering support and abandoned their releases, but what used to be...
 
Tags: professional, professional kits, kit, professional botnet command, quality assurance, populist underground release, control kit, quality, robin hood approach
 
 
 
 
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A Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol

2008-08-20 07:48:56 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...ago. During the last twenty years many vulnerabilities have been identified in the TCP/IP stacks of a number of systems. Some were flaws in protocol implementations which affect only a reduced number of systems. Others were flaws in the protocols themselves affecting virtually every existing implementation. Even in the last couple of years...
 
Tags: internet, assessment, security assessment, security, security flaws, flaws, internet technology, internet operations community, protocols
 
 
 
 
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A new VC on the block

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2008-02-27 10:02:34 by HASH0x8b4e6e0 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...ago my partners and I at TriStar Web received a letter in the mail telling us about a new company that was going to do a "roll up" in the web hosting industry. They had come across our company and wanted to know if we were interested in selling. I will spare you all a long but funny story, but about 45 days later we closed on the sale of our...
 
Tags: brad, months ago brad, brad feld, friend brad, yesterday brad publicly, business, silicon valley business, 3rd company, company
 
 
 
 
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A new VC on the block

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2008-02-27 10:52:12 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years