Monthly Archives: January 2008

Security Review: Mandylion Password Manager

Posted on January 31, 2008 by mstie74

Summary Password complexity and policy enforcement in today’s enterprise has forced users to take unsecure measures to ensure recollection of the many passwords they use.  Users may put passwords in text files on their computer, re-use old passwords frequently, or write … Continue reading →

Posted in Security Reviews | 3 Comments

UWnews hacked?

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Kris Plunkett

I stumbled upon this and wanted to share: First go here ->  http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=34207 Now go here  -> http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/ Any thoughts?  Just a basic site defacing?

Posted in Miscellaneous | 1 Comment

Perfect Security: Delusional and Misdirected

Posted on January 28, 2008 by jimg

I hesitate to post commentary about this article, but feel that is important to deconstruct claims by those believing they have all the answers. Especially when they are posting in high-profile blog sites. InfoWorld’s Security adviser Roger A. Grimes has … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events | 1 Comment

Here are RFID Debit Cards, whether you wanted them or not.

Posted on January 27, 2008 by davidjsh

In the world of banking, attention has turned to the prospect of using RFID technology for contactless transactions via bank cards.  While this in of itself is a security concern, John Leyden brought to light in his article (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/27/paywave/) that … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events | 7 Comments

Logic Bomb Fails to Cripple Medco’s Systems

Posted on January 27, 2008 by kurifodo

In a recent article on Computerworld, it was reported that a former system administrator of Medco planted a logic bomb which was intended to cripple the company’s network. Medco deals with prescribing drugs and various other heath services. Due to … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Ethics, Policy | 2 Comments

Pillaged MySpace Photos Show Up in BitTorrent Download

Posted on January 27, 2008 by felixctc

More than half of the million images that are private photos of MySpace users was stolen and uploaded onto BitTorrent. This is a huge privacy breach to MySpace users. The hacker, “DMaul”, said that he learned the security hole from … Continue reading →

Posted in Availability, Current Events, Privacy | 5 Comments

Alledged Skype Surveillance by German Police

Posted on January 26, 2008 by iddav

Documents posted today on WikiLeaks suggest that German police in Bavaria may have used a trojan for intercepting Skype calls as part of their surveillance of suspects. One document is an offer from DigiTask, a German company, to rent Skype … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Privacy | 4 Comments

DoS attacks and International Tension

Posted on January 25, 2008 by joyleung

Last May during a protested movement of a World War II soviet statue, Estonian governmental and political sites were flooded in a series of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. These attacks consisted of hammering the sites servers with requests till … Continue reading →

Posted in Availability, Current Events | 2 Comments

$7.1 billion loss at major European Bank due to fraud

Posted on January 24, 2008 by chrislim

I haven’t been able to thoroughly analyze this situation, but it seemed like something particularly germane to this blog (so I decided to post it with brief commentary). Basically, the French bank Société Générale (SocGen) recently revealed that single rogue … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events | 3 Comments