Category: Breach
Everything filed under Breach.
A Wish for Snow in Spring
Sadly, that's not a modern story. It's an adapted quote from chapter 4 (pp. 97-98, paperback) of The Ghost Map , by Steven Johnson , a book on the cholera epidemic of…
Security Hobos
If you haven't viewed/read Wendy Nather's (@451Wendy) insightful Living Below The Security Poverty Line you really need to do that before continuing (we'll still be here when you get…
Once More Into The [PRC Aggregated] Breaches
If you're not on the SecurityMetrics .org mailing list you missed an interaction about the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Chronology of Data Breaches data source started by Lance Spitzner (@lspitzner). You'll need to subscribe to the list…
Breach Reach : Google Insights
We have a burst that – if one is generous – captures interest for about a week. Even more interesting is that it seems said interest was limited to very specific geographic…
Off By One : The Importance Of Fact Checking Breach Reports
I didn't read through the Massachusetts 2011 Report on Data Breach Notifications \[PDF\] until recently, but once I went through the report my brain kept telling me "something is wrong". Not something earth shattering, but more of a…
Businessweek Infographic Illustrates The Pounding We Took In 2011
Evan Applegate put together a great & simple infographic for Businessweek that illustrates the number and size of 2011 data breaches pretty…
Three Resolutions For Web Developers
I'm on a " three things " motif for 2012, as it's really difficult for most folks to focus on more than three core elements well. This is especially true for web developers as they have so much to contend with on a daily basis, whether it…
What Can We Learn From The @lulzsec senate.gov Hack Dump?
What can the @lulzsec senate.gov dump tell us about how the admins maintained their…
Checkboxes Fail To Defend Maine Department of Conservation Against Attacks
I tweeted a quick note about the 2010 Maine Department of Conservation state park pass ordering system breach . The brief AP story indicated that the breach itself was caused by a malware infection on systems at their SasS provider…