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Fort Lewis soldiers exposed by laptop theft

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2008-07-11 13:44:02 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...removable hard drive on the seat of his Dodge truck, parked unlocked in front of his house overnight July 3 Evan] Storing personal information on removable devices such as laptops, external hard drives and flash drives without encryption, strike one. Moving the mobile device outside of a controlled area is strike two. Leaving the mobile...
 
Tags: fort lewis soldiers, soldiers, fort lewis, information, personal information, lacey police officials, officials, army, army standards
 
 
 
 
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Missing University of Akron portable hard drive

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2008-01-14 11:33:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...removable media. Confidential information must be protected better than this. The uncertainty in "may have" been discarded or destroyed is troubling. Organizations that possess confidential information need to be certain Confidential information has a life-cycle and must be protected throughout. From creation to destruction. Confidential...
 
Tags: akron, portable, portable hard drive, hard drive, secure data destruction, data, akron beacon journal, university, akron permits
 
 
 
 
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Are your digital devices Certified Pre-0wned?

2008-03-17 16:11:45 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
...removable device into it, it would create two files Autorun.inf and autorun.exe. The exe would place itself in the recyclerrecycler folder and the .inf would place itself on the root of the removable drive as a hidden file. At first I thought this virus came in on one of our employees pen drive but after further investigation I discovered...
 
Tags: devices, malware, low volume malware, drive, tech devices, usb drive, previously unknown malware, digital picture frame, inexpensive digital devices
 
 
 
 
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HACKED BY THE RBN!

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2008-04-01 15:52:09 by HASH0x8b24a94 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...removable media once you've executed the files above as well, as we'd really like to deepen our relationship by storing them, and having them automatically execute themselves the next time you plug-in your removable media Sharing is what drives our business. Just like the way we've shared and trusted with by providing you with direct links...
 
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Stolen Hong Kong Child Assessment Service flash drive

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2008-04-29 22:05:03 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...removable electronic storage device ( USB flash drive ) containing patients information Reference URL Media Newswire Monsters & Critics Health & Community News Report Credit Hong Kong Department of Health Response From the online sources cited above Hong Kong - Medical data on almost 700 Hong Kong children and teenagers with social and...
 
Tags: personal data sums, personal data, hong kong, sensitive personal data, data, lost data, hong kong department, flash drive, information
 
 
 
 
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Quick Tool Update: GFI EndPointScan

2007-04-30 11:11:02 by Editor in Endpoint Security: Translating Policy Into Reality
 
GIF just released a new tool that's targeted at keeping control of removable media & all forms of storage devices (fixed & temporary
 
Tags: removable media, tool, storage devices, fixed, forms, temporary, gif, control
 
 
 
 
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Oldham Primary Care Trust NHS loses two data sticks

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2008-01-11 17:15:40 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...removable media is used across the PCT Has recalled all data sticks and pen drives which contain personal data Nearly completed recalling all data sticks and pen drives in order to reissue encrypted devices to staff alongside a new procedure for their use Has reminded all staff formally of existing policies and procedures Is urgently...
 
Tags: information, information lost, personal information, financial information, medical information, information security, data, freephone information line, data sticks
 
 
 
 
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Stolen personal laptop may have Memorial University student info

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2008-02-05 14:57:10 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...removable media devices Evan] "and/or" encryption?! No, no, no. Information security policy must be cut-and-dry whenever possible. Remove the "/or" and you may have something If you are not sure how to set a password for your laptop or other storage device, consult an IT support person who can assist you. As well, ask about data encryption...
 
Tags: secure personal information, personal information, sensitive personal information, university, information, information access, memorial, professor, memorial professor
 
 
 
 
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Throw away your digital picture frames

2008-02-19 03:36:49 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...removable USB storage device, jumping from various well-concealed hiding places on your PC whenever such a device is inserted. Picture frames are implicated because the virus apparently originated in the factory where the frames were built (in turn sold by Best Buy, Sam's Club, Target, and Costco, but now discontinued). Amazingly, according...
 
Tags: frames, picture frames, trojan, generic trojan, digital photo frames, trojan horse, virus apparently, malware, windows
 
 
 
 
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Stolen NHS flash drive contained adolescent information

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2008-03-06 11:23:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...removable media? Or, if possible prohibit their use altogether with respect to confidential information Telford police spokeswoman Denise Wakefield said the theft of the Flybook laptop happened on February 27 at 4.50pm Anyone with information about the theft is asked to call police on 08457 444888 Commentary I get tourqued when I read...
 
Tags: information, personal information, medical information, information security, conf