Re: [funsec] Clinton's Office Says Her Passport Files Also Breached

2008-03-22 Thread Dennis Henderson
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 5:05 PM, John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "haven't even bothered to notice your name", or what I've been saying > either, wherein lies the entire absurdity of this thread. > > My post meant to convey two things and two things alone: > > One, th

Re: [funsec] Clinton's Office Says Her Passport Files Also Breached

2008-03-22 Thread John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP
"haven't even bothered to notice your name", or what I've been saying either, wherein lies the entire absurdity of this thread. My post meant to convey two things and two things alone: One, the absurdity of political candidates falling all over themselves trying to get to a microphone to get on T

[funsec] Redmond issued a warning about targeted attacks using MS Jet vulnerability

2008-03-22 Thread Juha-Matti Laurio
Microsoft Security Advisory (950627) Vulnerability in Microsoft Jet Database Engine (Jet) Could Allow Remote Code Execution Published: March 21, 2008 "Microsoft is investigating new public reports of very limited, targeted attacks using a vulnerability in the Microsoft Jet Database Engine that c

Re: [funsec] Finnish Foreign Minister Receives Death Threats After SMS Scandal

2008-03-22 Thread Juha-Matti Laurio
New related articles available: Security Police investigating Kanerva death threats http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Security+Police+investigating+Kanerva+death+threats/1135234921096 "The Finnish Security Police (SUPO) are investigating death threats made against Minister for Foreign Affairs Ilk

Re: [funsec] Abusrdity Theater: White House Says It TossedComputerHard Drives

2008-03-22 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -- "Larry Seltzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>if you believe they did it without backing up the data on the drives, then I have a nice bridge, in Brooklyn, to sell to you. > >All of the data? As far as e-mail goes it appears they had a crappy pl

Re: [funsec] Cyber Vigilantes Track Extremist Web Sites, Intelligence Experts Balk at Effort

2008-03-22 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 09:52:22AM -0400, Richard M. Smith wrote: > Just last month alone, Warner was instrumental in helping shut down three > Web sites hosted by a Tampa Internet service provider (ISP) that contained > text, images and video related to attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and > Afghani

Re: [funsec] Cyber Vigilantes Track Extremist Web Sites, Intelligence Experts Balk at Effort

2008-03-22 Thread Paperghost
“It is very unlikely they will find something of significance in the Internet that the government doesn’t already know," Radu said. "They are redundant at best.” If there's nothing of note on the websites being shutdown due to the Government already knowing the information on there, then I don'

[funsec] Cyber Vigilantes Track Extremist Web Sites, Intelligence Experts Balk at Effort

2008-03-22 Thread Richard M. Smith
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,340613,00.html MIAMI, Fla. - While the debate grows on how to tackle global jihadism on the Internet, some security experts warn that "cyber vigilantes" - people who track and help shut down terror-related Web sites - are compromising government investigations w

Re: [funsec] Clinton's Office Says Her Passport Files Also Breached

2008-03-22 Thread Rich Kulawiec
[ I elided your remarks 'cause this is rather long as it is. Hopefully I've managed to respond to all of them. ] I actually toned down my initial response. No, you may not see it. ;-) Don't take this personally. I have no idea who you are. I don't really care. I'm reacting to what you've sai

Re: [funsec] Abusrdity Theater: White House Says It TossedComputerHard Drives

2008-03-22 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:57:16 EDT, Larry Seltzer said: > All of the data? As far as e-mail goes it appears they had a crappy plan > to back it up (burning PSTs to CD-ROM), but I'm sure all official data > was stored on servers. I wouldn't waste a backup on the remaining > garbage on a hard disk. R

Re: [funsec] Abusrdity Theater: White House Says It TossedComputerHard Drives

2008-03-22 Thread Larry Seltzer
>>if you believe they did it without backing up the data on the drives, then I have a nice bridge, in Brooklyn, to sell to you. All of the data? As far as e-mail goes it appears they had a crappy plan to back it up (burning PSTs to CD-ROM), but I'm sure all official data was stored on servers. I

[funsec] R: Abusrdity Theater: White House Says It Tossed ComputerHard Drives

2008-03-22 Thread Remo Cornali
> Why do you find it so hard to believe they physically > destroyed hard drives? It's not hard at all to believe they destroyed obsolete drives. But if you believe they did it without backing up the data on the drives, then I have a nice bridge, in Brooklyn, to sell to you. Ciao! Remo

Re: [funsec] Abusrdity Theater: White House Says It Tossed ComputerHard Drives

2008-03-22 Thread Larry Seltzer
Why do you find it so hard to believe they physically destroyed hard drives? It makes perfect sense. At "the end of their lifecycle and retired" they are not likely useful for another task. In the last couple of years I've thrown out a couple of old, small drives, and before I toss them I take a h