Archive for: November, 2012
Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 20/11/2012 | 1705 views
There is no such thing as a truly secure password. There are only more secure or less secure passwords. Passwords are currently the most convenient and effective way to control access to your accounts.
Most people aren’t aware of the numerous common techniques for cracking passwords:
Dictionary attacks: There are free online tools...
Tags: Security
Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 20/11/2012 | 1074 views
A recent story about a teen romance gone wrong, had reportedly started on Xbox. Now their parents and police say the four Iowa teens have run away from their homes. Two teenage girls from Shellsburg and two teenage boys from Atlantic went missing in what police think may have been a plotted escape.
One of the boy’s mothers said, “I don...
Tags: Security
Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 15/11/2012 | 1416 views
In my line of work I get emails such as this one: “Hi Robert, I’m not sure if you saw what had happened on my Facebook page last night, but someone stole my cell phone while I was at a concert, and posted all of my naked pictures off of my phone and posted them to my wall. They were up there for hours.”
Apparently if you are unde...
Tags: Security, Risk & regulation
Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 15/11/2012 | 1739 views
Ever seek out information online and end up somewhere you never meant to go? I’m not talking about some website that didn’t have what you were looking for, I’m talking about a website that you REALLY didn’t want to go to or would never go to. This is the dark side of the Net.
Think of it like this: when you drive, you might...
Tags: Security, Risk & regulation
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