A “security” consultant wrote a script that collected profile listings in Facebooks’ public profile directory according to the article “The Facebook Data Torrent Debacle: Q&A“ appearing on Yahoo News yesterday. Of course, this is all public information that is available to anybody who looks. The difference in my opinion is a “security” consultant compiling such [...]
The White House just recently published a summary of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative. While there hasn’t been any time to debate this or even digest the implications of the 12 initiatives, I had some initial thoughts that I wanted to put down. Certainly, this may change as (or if) more details are provided. Initiative [...]
Is this an omen of things to come? Apptis Inc., a military information technology provider, repaid $1.3 million of a $5.4 million Pentagon contract after investigators said the company provided inadequate computer security and a subcontractors system was hacked from an Internet address in China. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/25/contractor-returns-money-to-pentagon/print/ Will implementation contractors be on the hook for failing [...]
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