297 Results from 2009, /security
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
Whether you realize it or not one of the biggest threats to your personal security is your computer. And the Obama administration is bringing to light the fact that they believe, and you should too, that one of the biggest security threats to national security is also your computer. The message is “Think before you click. Know who’s on the other s...
06 October 2009 /security /regulation
Computerworld reports the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the Informed P2P User Act, a law that supposedly makes it safer to use peer-to-peer, or P2P, file-sharing software. Yawn. The bill now goes to the House for one more round of approval. If passed, the bill requires developers to explain to users how their files will be made avail...
Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted
According to blog reports, and reported on BBC online, thousands of hotmail account passwords have obtains as part of a phishing scam and posted on a website. One tech blog estimates that as many as 10,000 email accounts have been compromised by publishing their passwords. Most of these accounts belong to people in Europe. Microsoft told BBC News ...
05 October 2009 /security
Wired reports the inspector general of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is investigating a potential data breach affecting 70 million records of U.S. military veterans. The issue involves a defective hard drive the agency sent back to its vendor for repair without first destroying the data. Once the drive was diagnosed and f...
05 October 2009 /security /regulation
A new kind of Trojan horse infiltrates your online bank account, and not only steals your log-in information, but also siphons funds directly out of your account. The virus is known as URLZone, is controlled by servers in the Ukraine, and it determines how much money to steal from a victim’s account depending on the initial balance, all in real t
01 October 2009 /security /regulation
Retired Member
Some of Britain’s biggest banks appear to be leaving their customers’ online accounts vulnerable to fraud because of poor security, according to Which? Computing. Research conducted by the consumer watchdog compares log-in procedures, visible security measures and money transfer procedures of banks including Abbey, First Direct, Halifax, HSBC, Barl...
30 September 2009 /security
In the beginning there were magnetic stripe cards. But as EMV has been rolled out across Europe, many banks, especially in the UK, made the decision to issue static data authentication (SDA) smart cards. SDA cards are much harder for fraudsters to attack and counterfeit than magnetic stripe cards. However, SDA cards have known security weaknesses ...
Social media identity theft, Facebook jacking, mCrime with mobile phone hacking and harassing, cyber bullying, and the list goes on. I did a spot on the Tyra Banks Show over a year ago and they keep re-running the episode. Every time the show airs I get emails from victims of high tech harassment. In the show a family from Washington, found that se...
29 September 2009 /security /regulation
There are hundreds, or maybe even thousands of social media sites worldwide such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and YouTube. Social media networks are quickly becoming the bane of the IT Manager. Twitter phishing and Facebook jacking are growing rapidly. Social media is still in its infancy and its security has been an issue since its inception. ...
28 September 2009 /security /regulation
Sriram Natarajan Risk Dog at Credit Risk Fraud Cards Professional
I don't know who to give credit for this hilarious piece on world economy; but this one landed in my inbox and cracked me up: "It is the month of August, on the shores of the Black Sea. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. Suddenly, a rich tourist com...
27 September 2009 /security /regulation
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