Archive for ‘March 17th, 2008’

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Mar17

Great Discussions at Security Catalyst Forums

by Michael Farnum on March 17th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Posted In: Security

If you are reading this post, then chances are that you have some interest in information security.  If so, then you will also have an interest in the Security Catalyst forums.  This is a treasure trove of information security discussions and the like.  One of the interesting questions posted yesterday was also linked by Michael […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar17

Sweetbay says 4 mil. + credit card numbers stolen

by Michael Farnum on March 17th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Posted In: Security

Looks like this Sweetbay supermarket credit card issue is starting to pop up all over the wire.  From the article: They say they are aware of about 1,800 cases of fraud related to the data intrusion and about 4.2 million unique account numbers were exposed. Wow.  Here’s a Sweetbay Google news search.  All the stories […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar17

Trend Micro Website Was hosting Malware

by Michael Farnum on March 17th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Posted In: Security

This is the kinda crap that makes people not want to trust the Internet at all.  Really, if you can’t trust an anti-malware company’s website, who can you trust? It’s really about being skeptical about the content you visit… That comes from Craig Schmugar, a threat researcher for McAfee Avert Labs.  I understand the sentiment.  […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar17

Chinese Conspiracy Theories Awake!

by Michael Farnum on March 17th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Posted In: Security

Found this compilation story of a lot of the infected computer products coming from China and Taiwan.   I have not done any confirmation of the details, but I believe all of these have been openly published in the media. This kinda stuff makes you want to break out the conspiracy theories big time.  But on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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