Cryptography researchers collected millions of X.509 public key certificates that are publicly available over the web and found what they say is a shockingly high frequency of duplicate RSA-moduli keys. “We performed a sanity check of public keys collected on the web,” the researchers state in their paper, published today…
NY Public Service Commission Acknowledges Security Breach
Almost two million customers’ personal information was exposed. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Addressing cops’ confusion over ‘the public duty doctrine’
Author: Sgt. Steve “Pappy” Papenfuhs Co-authored with Eric P. Daigle The so-called public duty doctrine provides that “absent a special relationship between the governmental entity and the injured individual, the governmental entity will not be liable for injury to an individual… the governmental entity owes a duty to the public…
International President: COSO framework available for public exposure
Body: As the representative for ISACA on the COSO Advisory Council, I have been impressed with the amount of research, thought, insight and care that has transpired leading up to the recent availability of the public exposure draft of the updated Internal Control—Integrated Framework. Developed by the Committee of Sponsoring…
DHS, FBI Find ‘No Evidence’ of Public Water Utility Hack
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI on Wednesday shot down reports that a cyber attack took down a pump an an Illinois public water utility. View full post on homeland cyber – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
ProtectMyID: #Truesday: It is unsafe to make online purchases at a coffee shop or a public hot spot. T or F?
ProtectMyID: #Truesday: It is unsafe to make online purchases at a coffee shop or a public hot spot. T or F? View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
Steam goes public on data breach – but will it delay the launch of Skyrim?
Steam, the online empire of computer game behemoth Valve Corporation, has issued details of the hack it suffered last weekend. If you’re a Steam user, find out what you should be doing next… View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
ProtectMyID: Consider the risks of making your full name and full birthdate public online. #identitytheft #cybersecurity
ProtectMyID: Consider the risks of making your full name and full birthdate public online. #identitytheft #cybersecurity View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security Gregory Evans | LinkedIn Interview With Gregory Evans Gregory Evans Security Expert Gregory Evans on Cyber Crime
CIA spies monitoring Twitter to keep tabs on world public opinion
Twitter and Facebook are enabling the Central Intelligence Agency to get reliable real-time assessments of public sentiment during rapidly changing events around the world. According to the Associated Press, the CIA is monitoring up to 5 million tweets a day, poring over Facebook, blog posts and watching other social networks…
ProtectMyID: Don’t say your #SSN loudly when in a public place. #101tips #idtheft
ProtectMyID: Don’t say your #SSN loudly when in a public place. #101tips #idtheft View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans