“DLP-ing” In The Dark

1.0Palo Alto Networks Bloghttps://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blogPalo Alto Networkshttps://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/palo-alto-networks-staff/“DLP-ing” In The Darkrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="BSdokKgjwQ"><a href="https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2008/12/dlpinginthedark/">“DLP-ing” In The Dark</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2008/12/dlpinginthedark/embed/#?secret=BSdokKgjwQ" width="600" height="338" title="““DLP-ing” In The Dark” — Palo Alto Networks Blog" data-secret="BSdokKgjwQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Looking for data leaks in email, IM and web traffic is easy, but that does not even begin to solve the problem. These are just few applications among the hundreds of application that are capable of file transfer – peer-to-peer applications, skype, online backup services and gmail to name a few. There are many examples of organizations losing data through peer-to-peer networks, such as Walter Reed and the Tokyo Police department.