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The Social Networking/Cybersafety Disconnect
By Randy Abrams at 22 June, 2011, 8:03 am
Survey Reveals Chasm between Users’ Concerns and Behavior
A recent Survey commissioned by ESET and conducted online by Harris Interactive from May 31-June 2, 2011 among 2,027 U.S. adults 18+ found a startling disconnect between user concerns about privacy and security and their actions on social networking sites.
To start, the study found that 69% of online … Read More.
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By Randy Abrams at 17 June, 2011, 3:21 pm
Too bad it doesn’t exist. I mean really exist. Here is how an anti-phishing day that is designed to be a highly effective educational deterrent to phishing would work.
Google, Facebook, Hotmail, Yahoo, Twitter, Myspace, Banks, Online Gaming sites, such as World of WarCraft, and others would all send phishing emails to their users. Yes, phishing … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I Can Neither Confirm nor Deny
By Randy Abrams at 15 June, 2011, 11:36 am
As website appear to fall to hacks like the rain falls in Seattle, the question du jour doesn’t change from day to day. The same question is always asked… “Did Anonymous perform the attack?”
What do all of these links below have in common? You don’t have to read them, I’ll tell you..
http://sdchamber-members.org/Business%20Online%202009-10/Business%20Action%20Online%20May%202010/Business%20Action%20Online%20May%20ESET.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/17/scientology_anonymous_round_three/
http://mashable.com/2011/02/19/anonymous-westboro/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12535456
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=572223&mesg_id=572590
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/13/amazon_outage_not_anonymous/
http://www.depravedmindset.com/2010/12/is-wikileaks-controversy-playing.html
http://topstoriesmilwaukee.com/uncategorized/attack-of-the-anonymous/
http://www.wowmaterials.com/2011/05/06/battle-of-the-immortals-turns-one/
In all of these … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Fake Windows Updates Are Easy to Avoid
By Randy Abrams at 10 June, 2011, 12:33 pm
Our friends (and competitors) at Sophos blogged about a new threat that poses as a Windows Update and then infects unsuspecting users with a fake antivirus product.
The update appears to be very real and is tricking users. While my colleagues at Sophos offer excellent advice to help people protect themselves (as I believe we do … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Like FireSheep? You Will Love FireTweet!
By Randy Abrams at 10 June, 2011, 11:57 am
OK, if some unimaginative journalist and/or editor can call a pair of bulging briefs “Weinergate” I can call this Twitter App “FireTweet”. Like Firesheep, Royal Test (FireTweet) is an attempt to demonstrate a privacy problem.
Techcrunch reported this story and I have verified the privacy issue. Despite allegedly being unable to read private messages, applications on … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Citigroup Hacked – Sometimes it is all About the Money
By Randy Abrams at 9 June, 2011, 11:41 am
At least I don’t have to use the “S” word today! A New York Times story reports that Citigroup has disclosed that it had suffered a data breach that disclosed information about approximately 1% of its North American credit card holders. Based upon Citi’s annual report this would be about 210,000 affected customers.
According to … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sony Says Personally Identifiable Information Might Have Been Stolen
By Randy Abrams at 8 June, 2011, 2:39 pm
Today, June 8th Sony Pictures published a consumer alert on their site http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/consumeralert.html. The alert is about the data breach that was not discovered by Sony, but rather shoved in Sony’s face on June 2nd and specific details were confirmed by the Associated Press on June 3rd.
Despite the fact that it was confirmed that actual … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sometimes Marketing Looks Like a Dog Biting His Tail
By Randy Abrams at 7 June, 2011, 12:33 pm
I’m not paid to find irony in life, it’s just how I’m wired. For example, I found it hilarious that in a Singapore airport restroom with toilets that flush automatically, touch-free sinks, touch-free soap dispensers, and touch-free hand driers, they have a TOUCH SCREEN “rate our bathroom” survey! I’m not making this up, here’s the … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sony USA has an Opening for a Senior Network Administrator
By Randy Abrams at 6 June, 2011, 4:43 pm
I wonder if that is a coincidence that Sony Corporation of America is looking for a Senior Network Systems Administrator considering an Associated Press article reported that victims of the latest Sony Pictures data breach have confirmed that the information that the blackhat group “Lulz Security” leaked was real information that did come from Sony … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Facebook and Microsoft De-cloak Chrome – MS Neuters Their Privacy Advocate
By Randy Abrams at 3 June, 2011, 4:35 pm
What’s wrong with this picture?
Yes, that’s right, I am using Google’s incognito mode and Clicker knows exactly who I am!
I have previously blogged here and here about Facebook’s instant personalization, but let me spell it out for you. Facebook “Instant Personalization” destroys Google Chrome’s “Incognito mode”. There is nothing incognito about opening a clean … Read More.
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