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$160 Billion Robotic Army Network Passes First Big Test. Kinda.

2008-04-30 04:00:00 by David Axe in Wired Security
 
...Combat Systems program, co-managed by Boeing and consultants SAIC, aims to equip roughly a third of the Army with 14 new vehicle types that are connected constantly to a vast communications net The theory behind the FCS is that dispersed, intelligent robotic systems plugged into a universal communications network can help small numbers of...
 
Tags: fcs network devices, fcs, network, fcs network hardware, test, radios, network radios, army, fcs coffers
 
 
 
 
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Thwarting a large-scale phishing attack

2007-06-11 11:35:00 by Niels Provos in Google Online Security Blog
 
...combating phishing, a social engineering attack where criminals attempt to lure unsuspecting web surfers into logging into a fake website that looks like a real website, such as eBay, E-gold or an online bank. Following a successful attack, phishers can steal money out of the victims' accounts or take their identities. To protect our users...
 
Tags: myspace, myspace profiles, real myspace content, myspace account, attack, dummy myspace account, phishers move, phishers, lower-value sites
 
 
 
 
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On the Security of E-Passports

2007-12-03 15:30:21 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
The global introduction of electronic passports is a large coordinated attempt to increase passport security. Issuing countries can use the technology to combat passport forgery and look-alike fraud
 
Tags: combat passport forgery, increase passport security, global introduction, electronic passports, look-alike fraud, attempt, technology, countries
 
 
 
 
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Russia's FSB vs Cybercrime

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2007-12-20 15:44:16 by HASH0x89b8758 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...combat cyber crime in 2007. Among other information, it was announced that it had been established who was the author of the notorious Pinch Trojan - two Russian virus writers called Ermishkin and Farkhutdinov. The investigation will soon be completed and taken to court. The arrest of the Pinch authors is on a level with the arrests of other...
 
Tags: pinch, pinch authors, diy malware pinch, authors, malware authors, malware, notorious pinch trojan, source malware, pinch-ing
 
 
 
 
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Evil Silos

2008-01-24 15:42:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...combat, the siloed approach. For example, selling the tool for $5000 to each of the many separate teams within the organization IMHO must be made illegal :-) as it builds walls, not bridges; digs holes and overall "silo-izes" your operation Technorati tags: logging , log management About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: network ids logs, logs, relevant logs, download logs, ugly logs, router logs, log management platform, log management, evil
 
 
 
 
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EBays PayPal uses e-mail authentication to combat fraud

2008-02-04 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
E-commerce giant eBay and its Paypal subsidiary are the most-spoofed brands by fraudster today, according to research firm Gartner. Mike Vergara, senior director of accounts protection at PayPal, discusses what the e-commerce giant is doing to protect its customers, including the new e-mail signing and checking effort to make sure customers...
 
Tags: paypal, e-commerce giant ebay, e-commerce giant, research firm gartner, paypal subsidiary, mike vergara, senior director, e-mail, customers
 
 
 
 
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U.K. government denounces 'holocaust' e-mail as hoax

2008-02-05 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b366b8 in Network World on Security
 
The U.K. government is taking unprecedented steps to combat an e-mail that has been widely distributed online Protecting the Enterprise Network Through Web Security Advertisement New focus is being placed on securing Web-based threats
 
Tags: government, enterprise network, web security, e-mail, advertisement, steps, widely, focus, threats
 
 
 
 
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Videos of some of my presentations

2008-02-05 18:14:38 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...combat social engineering IT Forum: TechEd Europe, November 2006 Windows Vista firewall and IPsec enhancements IT Forum: TechEd Europe, November 2006 All of my videos on TechNet Spotlight There are older videos, too, including a four-part security basics series with Jesper Johansson
 
Tags: videos, forum, data center, data, windows vista firewall, june, europe, november, combat social
 
 
 
 
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Why the Need to Remove Adware and Spyware

2007-08-01 19:18:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...combat the onslaught of spyware and adware on your computers Basically a spyware program infects the computer through whatever files a user downloads from the internet. Adware and spyware attaches themselves on these files and can rapidly spread throughout the computer's operating system. The sypware will commonly records information like IP...
 
Tags: spyware, spyware programs, spyware infects, regular spyware, spyware program infects, software crashes, software, anti-virus software, anti-spyware software
 
 
 
 
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