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Epsilon Security Breach Victim List

David Stycos — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:54:58 +0100

Epsilon Data Management is a legit email marketing service provider that was hacked back around March 24th.

The attacker made off with their database of thousands of email addresses of target customers. That feat is more alarming given that Epsilon has some very big clients, many of whom you would at least heard of, if you are not already doing business with them.

As of now, it only appears the email addresses were compromised, not any passwords or other PIV. If true, it may...

FBI Installs Backdoor in OpenBSD Security Software

David Stycos — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:27:56 +0100

Recently, the security world was rocked by allegations the FBI had software developers install "back doors" into a suite of software designed to encrypt and secure network communications.

An email was posted by Theo de Raadt, one of the founding developers of the OpenBSD operating system, stating that back in 2000-2001, co-workers were approached by the FBI to deliberately implant defects into the IPSEC VPN security software in order to make it easier for the agency to eavesdrop on ot...

ZDS Gets The Center for Simulation Excellence Off To A Good Start

David Stycos — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:35:20 +0100

Zocalo Data Systems has just completed an installation for the Center For Simulation Excellence in Muskegon, MI.

The CSE trains doctors, nurses and EMTs how to deal with casualties in a variety of situations. Each of its nine simulation rooms presents students with different situations and environments, such as an ambulance, nursery, ICU or outdoors. The Center uses state-of-the-art simulation mannequins for the patients. These mannequins have very lifelike qualities. They breathe...

Malicious Insider Threats Greater than Most IT Executives Think

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:05:37 +0100

In an article published last month by Computer Economics (link here) more than half of midsize and large organizations and over 35% of small organizations experienced unauthorized disclosure of confidential information at least once in the 2009-10 timeframe. This disclosure was due to malicious insiders accessing unauthorized company information (as opposed to users who did so with no ill intent).

Not only was there a high percentage of these incidents, but among CIOs that...

First Annual Netwars Challenge in Lansing

Wed, 05 May 2010 20:04:22 +0100

The Lansing chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) is hosting its first Netwars workshop the afternoon of May 22nd on the campus of Michigan State. Sessions will show how to work with the Metasploit penetration testing framework as well as network penetration exercises.

See event details and register here.

Cell Phone Exploit Discovered, Can Locate Any Phone

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:24:50 +0100

Security researchers Don Bailey and Nick DePetrillo presented a paper on a cell phone exploit at the SOURCE conference in Boston this April that exposes serious fundamental weaknesses in the architecture of mobile phones. Bailey and DePetrillo have found ways to discover information that most cell users assume is private and known only to the cell provider.

DePetrillo said. "If you go through entire number ranges and blocks, you'll get numbers for celebrities, executives, anyone. You can then ...

Local Security Expert to discuss Cryptographic Applications in Data Security - April 7th

David Stycos — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:16:10 +0100

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact :

David Stycos
1610 Tim...

Grand Rapids Security Expert to discuss Cryptographic Applications in Data Security - April 16th

David Stycos — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:08:07 +0100

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact :

David Stycos
1610 Timberlane Ln. NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
Phone : 888-321-9337
http://www.zocalodata.com
dstycos@zocalodata.com

Local Security Expert to discuss Cryptographic Applications in Data Security

David Stycos of Zocalo Data Systems will be speaking at the Grand Rapids chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) on April 16th, 2010 at the Steelcase HQ begin...

AT&T claims fastest 3G and most reliable voice for Rhode Island

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:35:37 +0100

AT&T claims fastest 3G and most reliable voice for Rhode Island : http://ow.ly/1qKus

Virtual Computer Ships NxTop 2.0

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:30:38 +0100

Virtual Computer Ships NxTop 2.0 :http://ow.ly/1qKsp

Egypt to ban Skype VoIP to PSTN on mobile phones?

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:28:06 +0100

Egypt to ban Skype VoIP to PSTN on mobile phones? : http://ow.ly/1qKri

Gmail vulnerable to snooping: SSL certificates often faked

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:25:23 +0100

Gmail vulnerable to snooping: SSL certificates often faked : http://ow.ly/1qKqn

Pwn2Own MacBook attack: Charlie Miller hacks Safari again

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:23:09 +0100

Pwn2Own MacBook attack: Charlie Miller hacks Safari again : http://ow.ly/1qKp9

Pwn2Own hack topples Firefox on Windows

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:21:49 +0100

Pwn2Own hack topples Firefox on Windows :http://ow.ly/1qKon

Google tosses ball back into China's court

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:19:40 +0100

Google tosses ball back into China's court :http://ow.ly/1qKnh

Is 25 years in prison too much, not enough, or just right for the TJX hacker?

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:18:22 +0100

Is 25 years in prison too much, not enough, or just right for the TJX hacker? : http://ow.ly/1qKlm

Pwn2Own 2010: iPhone hacked, SMS database hijacked

David Stycos — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:50:39 +0100

Pwn2Own 2010: iPhone hacked, SMS database hijacked : http://ow.ly/1qKiG

Hacker exploits IE8 on Windows 7 to win Pwn2Own

David Stycos — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:42:57 +0100

Hacker exploits IE8 on Windows 7 to win Pwn2Own : http://ow.ly/1qK1W

WhiteHat Security reveals top 10 Web hacking techniques

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:36:10 +0100

WhiteHat Security reveals top 10 Web hacking techniques : http://ow.ly/1nkyX

Cell Phone As A Survival Tool With Silent Bodyguard From LiveSecure.org

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:35:00 +0100

Cell Phone As A Survival Tool With Silent Bodyguard From LiveSecure.org : http://ow.ly/1nkwZ