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New Paper "Five basic mistakes of security policy"

2008-02-29 09:14:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...basic mistakes of security policy." The actual mistakes are Not having a policy Not updating the security policy Not tracking compliance with the security policy Having a "tech only" policy Having a policy that is large and unwieldy Indeed, the stuff is pretty basic, but that is exactly the intention About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: policy, security policy, basic mistakes, pretty basic, actual mistakes, paper, compliance, org, tech
 
 
 
 
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DivShare Online Storage Breached, Basic Members Data Accessed By Hacker

2008-06-18 00:49:15 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
DivShare, an online service for storing and sharing video, photos, music and documents, has had a security breach. The company announced on its blog tonight that a malicious user had accessed its database, which included user e-mail addresses and other basic profile information. DivShare is an online file-sharing service with more than half a...
 
Tags: online, divshare, online service, basic profile information, service, user e-mail addresses, security breach, blog tonight, malicious user
 
 
 
 
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Basic Flaws Allow Phishing And Spamming Vulnerabilities In iPhone

2008-07-23 22:34:27 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Security researcher Aviv Raff has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could allow malicious phishing and spamming attacks on your iPhone. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhones Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which allow attackers to conduct phishing attacks. iPhone Mail and Safari...
 
Tags: iphone, basic design flaws, safari applications, iphone mail, safari, attacks, iphones mail, firmware, pair
 
 
 
 
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Many computer users lack basic security precautions, survey says

2008-10-02 04:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Although businesses and government agencies are getting better at cybersecurity, many U.S. computer users still fail to take basic precautions to protect against cyberattacks, a survey says
 
Tags: computer users, basic precautions, government agencies, survey, fail, businesses, cyberattacks, protect, cybersecurity
 
 
 
 
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Survey: Many computer users lack basic security precautions

2008-10-02 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
Cybersecurity efforts in the U.S. government and many businesses are improving, but many individual computer users still don't take basic precautions against cyberattacks, cybersecurity experts said Thursday
 
Tags: individual computer users, basic precautions, cybersecurity experts, cybersecurity efforts, government, businesses, cyberattacks, thursday
 
 
 
 
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Yet Another Web Malware Exploitation Kit in the Wild

The Article has images
2008-12-02 06:24:43 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
 
...basic marketing practices like branding, it is becoming increasingly harder, if not pointless to keep track of all XYZ-Packs currently in circulation. How come? Due to their open source nature allowing modifications, claiming copyright over the modified and re-branded kit, the source code of core web malware exploitation kits continue...
 
Tags: kit, malware exploitation kit, nuclear malware kit, zeus crimeware kit, malware, exclusive kit, nuclear grabber kit, apophis kit, ddos malware kit
 
 
 
 
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Anti-Debugging Series - Part I

2008-12-02 20:56:25 by Tyler Shields in Zero in a bit
 
...basic API based techniques. Many times when a debugger is attached to a process, exceptions are trapped and handled by the debugger without regard to passing the exception back to the application for continued execution. Occasionally these exceptions can even crash or terminate a process when run under a debugger and be handled gracefully...
 
Tags: process execution breaks, execution, process, methods query process, hardware breakpoint, hardware, process information, target process, methods
 
 
 
 
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Prediction for 2008: Service providers avoid straightforward DTV answers

2008-01-04 21:12:01 by Liudvikas Bukys in Liudvikas Bukys
 
...basic cable, and have questions about the impending February 17 2009 shutdown of analog over-the-air TV channels My prediction for 2008 is that confusion will reign because part of the answer is provided by cable, satellite, or telephone service companies, and their incentive is to maintain confusion because thats an effective up-sell...
 
Tags: ota, digital ota customer, analog, analog customers, analog ota reception, analog cable customers, analog cable systems, analog channels, cheap basic analog
 
 
 
 
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AT&T Extends Free Wi-Fi to Cheapest DSL Plans

2008-09-16 13:30:32 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...Basic. The Basic pool covers most of the 17,000 U.S. hotspots, excluding some hotels and premium locations AT&T now says that any "FastConnect" subscription, even its DSL Lite offering of 768 Kbps down/128 Kbps up, qualifies for Wi-Fi Basic. The new statement reads: "AT&T Wi-Fi Basic service is FREE and already included if you subscribe to...
 
Tags: free, free wi-fi, free wi-fi basic, att, att customers, att u-versesm, wi-fi basic, speed internet, faster