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HP has acknowledged a vulnerability in HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools (LTT), which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.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 ap read more »
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DHS's Greg Garcia in the hot seatInterview In September 2006, the US Secretary of Homeland Security appointed Greg Garcia assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications. With oversight for the National Cyber Security Division, the Office of Emergency Communications and the National Communications System, he is the federal government's point man for securing the nation's internet and telecommunications' systems against attacks from terrorists or countries that may target the US.… read more »
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:38:47 -0500 (CDT)http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9110485By Brian FonsecaJuly 22, 2008 ComputerworldBristol-Myers Squibb Co. officials last week confirmed that a nonencrypted backup tape containing the personal data of current and former employees and their dependents was stolen on June 4 from a delivery truck carrying the device.Bristol-Myers spokeswoman Laura Hortas said the New York read more »
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:44:16 -0500 (CDT)http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=WorldSectionPage&id=b5876aa2-dab4-4050-8c3d-a88ce51d5401By Pramit Pal ChaudhuriHindustan TimesNew DelhiSeptember 13, 2008Hackers prevented Al Qaeda from releasing a videotape to mark the seventh anniversary of 9/11. Al Qaeda has traditionally issued a video or audiotape by either Osama bin Laden or Ayman al Zawahiri, the terror network’s two leaders, read more »
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800,000 virtual walletsA former IT executive for a Canadian marketing firm has been accused of taking a computer backup tape containing personal information of 3.2 million customers that could net as much as $10m on the black market, according to court records.… read more »
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