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Writing Down Website Passwords versus Old-School Rules
There is an awful rule of basic password management which actually works counter to good security. Yet it continues to be suggested by even the top security organizations in the world. The rule is...
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Against my better judgment…a Hacktivist cause I like!
Why is it that we only need make the most innocent of unequivocal statements and suddenly things pop up everywhere to prove us wrong? Last week I gave a presentation to a partner of ours. I was...
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The Pitch for Paying Attention to Internet Safety
I’ve been busy this month giving webinars on cybercrime for my day job at Kaspersky. Here’s a link to the latest one. It is called “Top Cybercrime Threats 2012” and it also promised “10 tips to...
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Zombies Attack Montana! (US Emergency Alert System Gets Hacked)
Imagine their surprise: a week ago, while Montana residents were innocently engrossed in the show Teen Cheaters Take Lie Detector Tests, they were abruptly interrupted by a broadcast of the Emergency...
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When Your 401K Gets Hacked
When Bill Foster’s 401K account was emptied and he lost over $40,000 he did what a lot of us might do: he sued the company managing his funds. But the verdict was rendered a few months ago: the...
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Why We Should All Pay for Smartphone Apps
Suppose Josephine and Rick have built the most incredible smartphone application ever. They offer it up to the market for a few dollars, and next thing we know they are millionaires. Their customers...
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Internet Safety While Traveling – Deeper Dive
A “man in the middle” or MIM attack is not particularly difficult to pull off, and it represents one of the biggest cyber security threats we face when we are traveling – or in fact, any time we...
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The Most Important Things to Know About Internet Safety While Traveling
My cousin is on his way to Germany for a week and asked for some advice on being “cyber safe” while there. In other words, how can he stay connected with people and email but not become a victim of...
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Has Target Done Enough?
My favorite analogy in security is the one which describes each internet defense as a slice of swiss cheese: they all have their holes (weaknesses). The idea – if we want the best security – is to...
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Credit Card Fraud: Why the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Fails Consumers
A reporter asked me last week whether I think the PCI Standards have completely failed consumers and been proven useless — because of the recent breaches — and so should “Rest in Peace.” For those who...
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