ID Analytics has released a report that suggests ID theft from credit cards needs to be re-evaluated in terms of actual risk to consumers. Reuters picked up the report in today’s news and suggests that the report shows “where thieves access social security numbers and other sensitive information on consumers they have deliberately targeted — … Continue reading ID breach risk debated→
RawStory posted an “exclusive interview” yesterday. There are some harsh allegations that altogether appear to be a stern warning to stay away from Diebold systems until an independent and open validation is available: Previous revelations from the whistleblower have included evidence that Diebold’s upper management and top government officials knew of backdoor software in Diebold’s … Continue reading Diebold insider issues warnings→
Yet another development in the Sony DRM saga. Looks like Sony might have moved rather slowly after they were first alerted to a serious risk to consumer safety. BusinessWeek has a fascinating update called “Sony BMG’s Costly Silence”: Sony BMG is in a catfight with a well-known computer-security outfit that became aware of the software … Continue reading Sony versus F-Secure→
Responded to an odd incident tonight. An admin noticed UDP ports 517 and 518 were reported as open on a linux system, but they knew of no services that were supposed to be attached to them: # nmap xx.xx.xx.xx -sU -p 500-520 Starting nmap 3.81 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2005-11-28 23:20 PST Interesting ports on … Continue reading Actiontec UDP ports 517 and 518→