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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 273 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: airport staff compulsory id cards tories comments Discuss  
Smokescreen for a retreat?Airport workers could be the first to be issued with compulsory ID cards, claimed Tory shadow home secretary David Davis today, citing government documents leaked to his party. Smith is due to make a speech on the future of ID cards tomorrow, and Davis suggests that she is likely to announce a postponement until 2012, while making them compulsory for selected groups of victims.… read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 257 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: airport extreme base station afp request denial service comments Discuss  
A vulnerability has been reported in AirPort Extreme Base Station, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assists you in updating your system and applications * Runs through you read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 230 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn gsm researcher stopped heathrow airport uk government officials comments Discuss  
http://blog.thc.org/index.php?/archives/1-GSM-Researcher-stopped-at-Heathrow-Airport-by-UK-government-officials.htmlBy John Doe April 16. 2008I was leaving today from the United Kingdom/Heathrow airport. I am about to speak at the HITB IT security conference about GSM security and the USRP (gnu-radio project).I was searched by the UK government while waiting at the Gate and reading a newspaper. A UK Government employee flipped his badge and said "Let's talk. Come over here".They detained my USRP read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 219 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn pilots missing laptop airport security scare comments Discuss  
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0408/514346.htmlWJLA.comApril 24, 2008 WashingtonA pilot's laptop, filled with top secret security information was reported missing at Dulles Airport and the ripple effects were felt across the country.The Mesa Airlines employee couldn't find the personal laptop he brought with him while co-piloting a United Express flight from Birmingham, Alabama to Dulles International Airport (web|news) .17 airports were forced to make emergency changes to access codes at Dulles, Atlanta read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 190 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn security flaw exposed sydney international airport comments Discuss  
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23755536-5006009,00.htmlBy Janet Fife-YeomansThe Daily TelegraphMay 26, 2008 A MAN was able to walk past customs and immigration counters to farewell a friend at the departure gate in a major security breach at Sydney International Airport.It was was only when he realised his mistake and tried to go back that the security breach was discovered.The Australian Customs Services has launched an investigation into the latest security embarrassment at the count read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 126 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn fraud probe shuts airport kiosks comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:36:51 -0500 (CDT)http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080724.RCREDITCARDS24/TPStory/NationalBy TARA PERKINS AND BRENT JANGWith a report from Jamie KomarnickiJuly 24, 2008WestJet has stopped allowing customers to check in with their credit cards at the self-service kiosks in 28 Canadian airports, as the federal Transport Minister seeks answers in the wake of an investigation into the security of the kiosks.Visa started inves read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 120 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: unencrypted traveler data laptop disappears airport comments Discuss  
Verified Identity theft exposes 33,000 soulsIn one of the more colossal security blunders in a long time, an unencrypted laptop containing sensitive information for 33,000 travelers has been reported stolen from San Francisco International Airport.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 76 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn airport screeners bypassing security comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:39:56 -0500 (CDT)http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=99941&catid=339By Deborah Sherman 9News.com9/17/2008DENVER - A new policy lets airport screeners at Denver International Airport bypass security screening checkpoints that passengers have to go through.The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rolled out the new uniforms and new screening policy at airports nationwide on Sept. 11.The new policy says screeners can read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 50 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: airport baggage screener charged stealing passengers stuff comments Discuss  
Low morals, high eBay ratingA baggage screener for the US Transportation Security Administration has confessed to brazenly stealing a trove of electronics gear from the luggage of passengers he was sworn to protect, federal prosecutors said.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 22 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:01:40 -0600 (CST)http://www.fcw.com/online/news/154329-1.htmlBy Alice LipowiczFCW.comNovember 10, 2008The Homeland Security Department is putting sensitive information at risk by security weaknesses in its computer systems at Los Angeles International Airport, according to a new report from DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner.U.S. Customs and Border Protection and three other DHS agencies that operate at the airport are lax on their in read more »
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