Security Management News & Analysis

Afternoon Security Brief: Remote Viewing, The Dip Chip Tests Toxicity, NCCD Web Site Goes Live, and More

By Carlton Purvis — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:57:57 -0400

►Security engineers from Gotham Digital Science say they were able to get remote access to surveillance cameras and view “exceptionally interesting and explicit footage” because many network set-ups are connected to the Internet and cameras still use factory default passwords for remote viewing. The vulnerability can be found in three of the top makers of standalone CCTV systems. Seventy percent of systems tested by Gotham Digital Science still had default passwords.

ACTA Referred to EU High Court

By John Wagley — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:33:18 -0400

A Clear View of Liability

By D. Anthony Nichter, CPP — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:18:04 -0400

Two female shoppers chatted as they walked toward their car in the parking lot of a big-box chain store. Suddenly, they heard rushed footsteps and a disheveled young man grabbed one of the women. Without warning, he pulled a knife and plunged it twice into her neck. She fell to the ground, bleeding profusely, and the assailant ran away across the parking lot.

Morning Security Brief: Identity Thief Arrested at Newark, European Cyber Security, Amnesty Hack, and More

by Ann Longmore-Etheridge — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:53:54 -0400

House Passes Appropriations Bill, Blocks Certain Programs

By Teresa Anderson — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:12:31 -0400

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an appropriations bill (H.R. 5326) that provides funding for several agencies including the Department of Justice, the Commerce Department, several science agencies, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

The bill allocates $367 million in funding for the EEOC, but blocks implementation and enforcement of several key programs, including those that deal with age discrimination and the use of arrest and conviction records in preemployment screening.

Morning Security Brief: TSA Breaches, Stop and Frisk, Cybersecurity Information Sharing, and More

By Carlton Purvis — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:49:40 -0400

►TSA managers aren’t reporting nearly half of security breaches to headquarters, according to an inspector general’s report scheduled for release on Monday. “But much of the fault may lie with the Transportation Security Administration headquarters itself, which has a poor system for reporting and monitoring breaches,” reports the Star-Ledger, a New Jersey newspaper that obtained an advance copy of the report.

FBI Publishes Tips to Recognize the Company Mole

By Carlton Purvis — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:12:27 -0400

Joe Muto’s dispatches from inside Fox News lasted for less than 72 hours before the “Fox Mole” was caught and suspended indefinitely (with pay).

April 10, Muto began writing anonymously for Gawker as the Fox Mole. By the next day, he was discovered by Fox--but not before writing a couple critical columns and leaking behind-the-scenes videos “stolen” from the archives.

Morning Security Brief: China Suspected in Pipeline Attacks, Toddler on No-Fly List, The Market for Drones, and More

By Carlton Purvis — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:59:16 -0400

►The same group that hacked RSA may be the same ones behind ongoing attacks on natural gas pipeline companies, according to investigators. Two independent analyses have found that the digital signatures left by hackers in the RSA attacks are identical to some of the ones in the pipeline attacks.

2011 Internet Crime Report Released

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:50:29 -0400

Internet users were scammed out of more than $485 million in 2011, according to the latest data released by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) on Thursday.

Morning Security Brief: Russia Foils Terrorist Attack, Cruise Line Biothreat Scare, Cybersecurity Goes Offensive, and More

By Carlton Purvis — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:37:50 -0400

Transitioning Technologies For Use By First Responders

Sherry Harowitz — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:13:09 -0400

Myspace Settles with FTC Over Shady 'Pre-Acquisition Advertising Practices'

By Carlton Purvis — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:21:35 -0400

Myspace has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that it misled users about how their personal information was being used.

“The settlement, part of the FTC's ongoing efforts make sure companies live up to the privacy promises they make to consumers, bars Myspace from future privacy misrepresentations, requires it to implement a comprehensive privacy program, and calls for regular, independent privacy assessments for the next 20 years,” according to an FTC press release.

IP Video Market Info Reviews the Security Management Digital Edition

Staff — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:18:59 -0400

Morning Security Brief: Background Checks, TSA Finds Guns Parts in a Kid's Toys, National Security Spending, and More

By Carlton Purvis — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:36:37 -0400

►At Six Flags Over Georgia, the preemployment screening of a job applicant led to an unusual arrest. Tateasa Adams disclosed that she missed a court date in 2010 for expired tags because her fiancé was undergoing a heart transplant. During a background check, Six Flags discovered a warrant resulting from the missed court date and pretended to offer her the job.