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- HSBC loses data on 370,000 customers; violates security standards
- HSBC loses data on 370,000 customers; violates security standardsHSBC Has A Lot To LearnCripes, what a pack of idiots!Some folks really should loose their jobs over this one not to mention maybe some civil action along with the company being held totally responcible and held accountable. Also I would recommend...
- Tags: ICO, security, HSBC, security standard
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- HSBC loses data on 370,000 customers; violates security standards
- HSBC, the UK's largest bank, lost an unencrypted data disc containing the names and insurance information of 370,000 customers. HSBC sent the disc via unregistered postal mail because its usual method of secure electronic data transmission "wasn't working." by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Bank, Security, Disc, Security Standard, HSBC, Financial Services, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- PCI security standard endangers wireless LANs
- With wireless penetration tools like KARMA and the new FreeRADIUS-WPE, users who are using urban legend security and enterprise wireless LANs are more vulnerable than ever. One of the biggest threats facing wireless LAN users is SSID probing which is forced by the reckless usage of SSID broadcast suppression....
- Tags: Security, LAN, SSID, PCI, WLAN, Security Standard, PCI Security Standard, Wi-Fi, Wireless, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Apple Mac OS X Server PPC (dmg)
- Mac OS X Server is a UNIX-based operating system designed for superior performance and reliability. This robust foundation provides everything you'd expect of a UNIX-based operating system like preemptive multitasking, symmetric multiprocessing, as well as support for networking and security standards like IPv6, IPSec, SSL and SSH2. Mac OS X...
- Tags: Mac OS X Server, Server, Apple Inc., Security Standard, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Security, Software
- Software downloads 2007-11-13
- PCI DSS and HIPAA: The Security Standards Share Common Ground
- One of the greatest challenges that the electronic transactions industry faces today is the issue of security requirements under various rules and regulations. For most people in the industry, the issue is focused on the specifics of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS, but the issue may...
- Tags: Security Requirement, Industry, Security Standard, CSRSI, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, PCI, Regulations, Security, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-08-01
- Using the PCI Data Security Standard
- Visa and MasterCard issued revised security standards applying to all "Components" of a network for companies engaging in financial transactions. These security standards are necessary for all companies needing practical solution to assess and clarify application process against attack and loss. Those engaging in financial transactions need to have well...
- Tags: Financial Transaction, Security Standard, Rapid7, PCI, Security, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-01-01
- PARANOIA Security Standard for Wireless Networks
- Current wireless security is flawed. There is a distinct lack of authentication and encryption. Currently the Wired Equivalent Privacy protocol can be broken with common programs available via the Internet. Furthermore, many system administrators do not know how to properly protect their wireless networks. This paper offers a technical solution,...
- Tags: Network, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Security Standard, Paranoia, Wireless Network, Wireless Security, Current Wireless Security, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security
- White papers 2006-04-24
- SOA Security in a Federated Web Services Environment - Security Standards for Information Assurance
- The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the web services security-related specifications and standards with a focus on federated business architectures where data must be shared securely with other trading partners and collaboratively updated or functionally pipelined to meet the collective business objectives of a consortia...
- Tags: Security, Web, Partnership, SOA, Security Standard, Business Structures, Finance
- White papers 2006-03-27
- Feds lay down draft rules on system security
- Feds lay down draft rules on system securityNot a minute TOO soon....What took them so long and why didn't they use the ones that army uses? Just a curious: what security standards were they relying on BEFORE? None or the de-facto ones from the s/w giant ;-)?-mthe armyI hope you...
- Tags: security standard, security
- Discussion threads 2005-07-18
- Wi-Fi group backs brawnier security standard
- Wi-Fi group backs brawnier security standardworst thing about XP wireless isI have to leave my wireless aceess point set to BROADCAST that it is out there, give me Win2k anyday
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi Group, security standard, wireless, Wi-Fi, security
- Discussion threads 2004-09-09
- Citrix MetaFrame XP Security Standards and Deployment Scenarios
- Citrix products offer the security specialist a wide range of features for securing a Citrix MetaFrame XP system. When deploying Citrix MetaFrame XP Server for Windows with Feature Release 3 within U.S. federal government environments, security standards are an important consideration. This white paper addresses common issues related to such...
- Tags: Citrix MetaFrame, Citrix Systems Inc., Security Standard, Security
- White papers 2003-05-07
- Curbstone Shaves Development Time, Achieves Security Standards Earlier in Providing Credit-Card Processing Software
- Two Georgia-based companies - CFXWorks, Inc., and Curbstone Corporation - were in a successful supplier/reseller relationship when Curbstone, in late 2004, began development of new software that would expand its niche in the credit-card market. CFXWorks, a specialist developer of encryption software, had already been supplying the encryption layer that...
- Tags: Security Standard, IBM Corp., Tools & Techniques, Application Servers, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Security, Databases, Management, Software, Data Management
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- Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Disks (SSDs) and Linux
- Is 20th-century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking for...
- Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- 21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XP
- Last October, roughly one year after the release to manufacturing of Windows Vista, I did a comparison of how well Windows Vista was living up to its promise of being more secure than its predecessor, Windows XP. My data source was the Microsoft Security Bulletin Search page, where I tallied...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing
- On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Britain moves against illegal file sharing
- CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...
- Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default
- Google has added a new "Browser Connection" feature to GMail to allow users to force e-mail sessions to always use the more secure "https:" protocol but, strangely, this is not turned on by default. In the Settings tab, at the very bottom, GMail users can now select...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, HTTP, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability
- The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...
- Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Offshore outsourcers likely to beef up security following Bangalore blasts
- A series of bombs have exploded in Bangalore and companies that have technology operations in India are likely to need increased security precautions following what appears to be a terrorist attack. According to various reports from Reuters and Rediff.com, nine bomb blasts have rattled Bangalore, which hosts...
- Tags: India, Bangalore, Rediff.com India Ltd., Sacchin Uppal, Outsourcing, Business Security, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Heap-based buffer overflow reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer
- Update 07/25/2008: Aaron Portnoy of TippingPoint's security research group was kind enough to point out that I'm actually not affected by this, since I've installed the newest version of RealPlayer. From Aaron's email: Notice the Secunia advisory states it affects RealPlayer 10.5... the latest is 11.x, which now uses...
- Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., Buffer-overflow, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Secunia Research, Vendor, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
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