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Jun 7th, 11:35am
True life tale of Corporate Identity Theft - It could happen to you!
Identity theft is a sore subject to those it has happened to. For most of us, we either fear it; or we think it will not happen to us. This is an all too true recount of a local business owner who discovered that her company website had been hacked. A day by day timeline based on a blog authored by Linda W. Fitzgerald is included here, told as the events materialized.
Days One & Two: I used to think that the phrase "cold sweat" was just an expression. But I was wrong, as I discovered yesterday when I sat at my desk, reading an email that a media buyer had forwarded to me. It was supposedly from someone who wanted to purchase advertising on her company's...
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Days One & Two: I used to think that the phrase "cold sweat" was just an expression. But I was wrong, as I discovered yesterday when I sat at my desk, reading an email that a media buyer had forwarded to me. It was supposedly from someone who wanted to purchase advertising on her company's...
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May 27th, 8:42am
And you thought Facebook was bad!
So I came into work this morning and shortly after I had settled in at my desk, my coworker starts calling for me in a panicked voice.
I went to his desk, and apparently a friend of his had alerted him to some of his personal information on a website. Not just any personal information either. Information about his neighbourhood, people in his house, income, age, birthday, interests, you name it. Of course, being me, I went and looked myself up.
What I found just about made my heart skip a beat. The website in question, www.spokeo.com, spiders social networking sites, blogs, and any other repository of public information and aggregates it. This is just plain scary people!
Spokeo is a search engine...
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I went to his desk, and apparently a friend of his had alerted him to some of his personal information on a website. Not just any personal information either. Information about his neighbourhood, people in his house, income, age, birthday, interests, you name it. Of course, being me, I went and looked myself up.
What I found just about made my heart skip a beat. The website in question, www.spokeo.com, spiders social networking sites, blogs, and any other repository of public information and aggregates it. This is just plain scary people!
Spokeo is a search engine...
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May 17th, 11:27am
Facebooks Privacy Policy - Reasons to be afraid
Got a Rand McNally Handy? Because that's what you are going to need if you want to adjust your privacy settings!
You may or may not have read my rant on Google Buzz, but as a webmaster for a security company - I take security and privacy issues reasonably seriously. For that very reason, I am about to vent a bit about Facebook.
Now, anyone who knows me, knows my detest for Google and Facebook - yet I still use them. Some might call me a conformist. Some might even call me a hypocrite. I do not like to think of myself this way, I just use it as a method of staying connected to friends and family; on the other hand - as a webmaster, it would be silly for me not to exploit the features...
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You may or may not have read my rant on Google Buzz, but as a webmaster for a security company - I take security and privacy issues reasonably seriously. For that very reason, I am about to vent a bit about Facebook.
Now, anyone who knows me, knows my detest for Google and Facebook - yet I still use them. Some might call me a conformist. Some might even call me a hypocrite. I do not like to think of myself this way, I just use it as a method of staying connected to friends and family; on the other hand - as a webmaster, it would be silly for me not to exploit the features...
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Mar 9th, 4:53pm
Security Trends - RSA 2010
ANX sent four delegates (including our CEO) to the RSA conference this year with learning in mind; learning more about what our competition is up to, learning more about potential business partners, and learning more about emerging trends in security. Here are some of my takeaways from the conference:
Attendance
According to Tom Heiser (of RSA) attendance was up 20% this year. After a disappointing 2009 this is refreshing news and hopefully the sign of a recovering economy.
Themes
Cloud Security: The Cloud Security Alliance put on a sold out show to kick off the conference on Monday. Unfortunately I did not arrive in San Francisco until Monday afternoon but I heard they had to turn many away due to...
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Attendance
According to Tom Heiser (of RSA) attendance was up 20% this year. After a disappointing 2009 this is refreshing news and hopefully the sign of a recovering economy.
Themes
Cloud Security: The Cloud Security Alliance put on a sold out show to kick off the conference on Monday. Unfortunately I did not arrive in San Francisco until Monday afternoon but I heard they had to turn many away due to...
Read more
Mar 3rd, 7:28pm
RSA Discussion with Richi Jennings about Targeted Attacks
Targeted attacks are one of the hot topics at RSA this week. A targeted threat is a class of malware destined for one specific organization or industry. The primary objective is to capture sensitive user information. The January attack on Google gmail, termed Operation Aurora, is the most recent highly visible targeted attack.
During the show, I caught up with Richi Jennings who is an independent technology and security consultant and we discussed targeted attacks. Check out the highlights from our conversation in the video blog below:
You can read Richi's blog at http://richi.co.uk/blog/
During the show, I caught up with Richi Jennings who is an independent technology and security consultant and we discussed targeted attacks. Check out the highlights from our conversation in the video blog below:
You can read Richi's blog at http://richi.co.uk/blog/
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