Global Security Watch: March 2008 Archives

Global Security Watch > March 29, 2008

Celebrity Identity Theft Cases

[411Lowdown.com] You don’t have to be a celebrity to get world-class identity theft protection. A credit monitoring service provides you with updates and information about your credit history and credit score and immediately notifies you about suspicious behavior on your accounts.

IdentityTruth: Is Your Identity the "Truth" and Nothing but the Truth?

[Identity Theft Blog at Identity Theft Secrets] The Identity Truth service can enable Fraud Alerts for free with all three 3 credit bureaus, Experian, Equifax and TransUnion. On your behalf, they will place fraud alerts on your account to ensure that any time anyone attempts to open a new account (credit card, utility, loan or mortgage application and any others) in your name that you will be contacted BEFORE that account can be activated.

Posted at 02:31 PM

March 29, 2008

Celebrity Identity Theft Cases

Posted at 02:33 PM

IdentityTruth: Is Your Identity the "Truth" and Nothing but the Truth?

Posted at 02:31 PM

March 27, 2008

Security Update 2008-002 v1.1

[The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)] Today, Apple released Security Update 2008-002 v1.1 for Leopard client and Leopard server. Software Update gives us the following information about the update: Security Update 2008-002 is recommended for all users and improves the .

Posted at 02:33 PM

Heads up: Prepare for the Flash Player 9 security update

[Serge Jespers] Important when you have SWFs that are exported for Flash Player 7 (SWF7) or earlier that communicate with the hosting HTML by any means

Posted at 02:32 PM

March 25, 2008

Adwords Phishing email! Beware

[Sphinn: New Topics] Fake Adwords Phishing emails sent over the easter break. 1 Vote(s)

Posted at 02:02 PM

Beware Adwords Phishing Email

[rkgblog] I’ve been getting this phishing email up to 3 times a day for the last week or so and I’m not even a Google Adwords customer. I don’t have a commercial website so they (whoever they are) are casting their net wider.

Posted at 02:01 PM

March 22, 2008

Security Zones group policy

[Technology Questions] me from changing the security level or modifying security for security zones. But it also disables adding or deleting sites in those security zones even if I disable this setting: Do not allow users to add/delete sites from Security .

Posted at 02:34 PM

Unofficial Coast Guard Blog Likes It Raw

[Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis] Security DeBrief is a blog dedicated to homeland security, national security, intelligence and law enforcement that provides context to the debates, policies and politics that are playing out in Washington, D.C. It's contributors are seasoned experts whose backgrounds range from high-level government and policy expertise to in-the-field veterans of national security matters.

Posted at 02:32 PM

March 20, 2008

Phishing attacks

[Myslivec in San Diego] Others are written in perfect Czech and their content makes them appealing. For example, their warn against other attacks (yes, I know that this is not an official message).

Posted at 02:32 PM

Practical tips to recognise a phishing scam

[My Broadband ADSL Blogs] She didn’t state a problem, the email doesn’t mention a specific problem. This whole scam counts on the reader being slightly intimidated and uncertain.

Posted at 02:32 PM

March 18, 2008

Juniper Networks Integrates Industry-Leading Security Services ...

[Juniper Networks RSS Feed] Juniper has integrated industry-leading security services from its ScreenOS software into its JUNOS 9.0 software for implementation on its J-series services routers. With the integration of security services, JUNOS 9.0 addresses the .

Posted at 02:05 PM

2008 Security Threats!

[TigerDirect News] outlines the top online threats for 2008 and also reports on malware trends from 2007. The study, based on data compiled by CA’s Global Security Advisor researchers .

Posted at 02:04 PM

March 15, 2008

Paper Chase: DC Recyling Police Trigger Privacy and Constitutional ...

[JONATHAN TURLEY] Greenwood, here, the Supreme Court held that trash at the curb does not retain an expectation of privacy and thus is not protected by the warrant clause of the Fourth Amendment. However, this transformation occurred when the individual .

Posted at 02:32 PM

Call for Proposals: Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference

[USACM Tech Policy Weblog] The call for panel and speaker proposals has been issued for the 2008 Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference, which is on May 18 in New Haven, CT. More information can be found on the conference’s website.

Posted at 02:31 PM

March 13, 2008

Get Gephardt - Cell Phone Phishing Scam - KUTV

[CU*Secure] The Credit Union says they don’t know who owned the number. So that is just one phishing attempt at identity theft through your cell phone, but only one.

Posted at 02:32 PM

March 11, 2008

Dreamcast.com a phishing scam

[Dan's Tech-n-Stuff Weblog] When Dreamcast fans saw that dreamcast.com was asking “Do you still own a Dreamcast?”, word quickly spread that Sega was collecting serial numbers to do something special for Dreamcast owners.

Posted at 02:02 PM

PSA: Dreamcast.com turned into phishing scam

[Digg] Japanese news site Mainichi has confirmed that dreamcast.com is no longer owned by Sega and is using the official Dreamcast and company logos illegally. As we wait for further information, please do not submit any personal information to dreamcast.com.

Posted at 02:01 PM

March 08, 2008

How to Fix Your Credit Report (and Identity Theft)

[Prime Time Money] Someone I know was recently denied a loan because of some negative history on his credit report. It turns out that when he reviewed his report, his Dad had used his SSN to apply for some credit cards a long time ago and then defaulted. This is essentially identity fraud against your family. Very sad. My point in sharing this is to stress the importance of reviewing your credit report periodically, as you never no who is going use it and screw it up.

Posted at 02:32 PM

How to Prevent Identity Theft ”” Deter, Detect, Defend

[Get Rich Slowly] There are more than eight million new victims of identity theft each year in the U.S. Many of these victims find that crooks have used stolen personal information like Social Security numbers to open new accounts in their victim’s name. A security freeze gives consumers the choice to “freeze” or lock access to their credit file against anyone trying to open up a new account or to get new credit in their name.

Posted at 02:32 PM

March 06, 2008

Economics not repealed, just slow: Paypal blames Browsers for Phishing

[Financial Cryptography] It likely had to be Paypal because the regulated banks won't say boo without permission, and Paypal might be supposed to be net-savvy. It had to be Safari because (a) there is that popular alternate now, and (b) Apple is still small enough not to be offended, and (c) others have done something in the phishing area.

Posted at 02:32 PM

PayPal and Anti-Phishing Recommendations

[Sunnet Beskerming Security Advisories] It has been pointed out that browsers such as Safari and Camino, while they don't have the anti-phishing address bar colorisation built in do use the system Keychain to store authentication details for sites and this will provide an instant visual clue to users that something is wrong, when their details have not been pre-filled on a site that is claiming to be PayPal, eBay, their bank, or some other site where they use authentication.

Posted at 02:31 PM

March 04, 2008

Security Blogger’s Meetup

[PodcastersMeetup.com] Social networking has progressed far beyond the basic blogosphere - especially in network security. With more than 100 blogs in the Security Bloggers Network, a good bevy of these bloggers are also expanding and communicating with their .

Posted at 02:03 PM

Global Security Watch > March 29, 2008

Celebrity Identity Theft Cases

IdentityTruth: Is Your Identity the "Truth" and Nothing but the Truth?

March 29, 2008

Celebrity Identity Theft Cases

IdentityTruth: Is Your Identity the "Truth" and Nothing but the Truth?

March 27, 2008

Security Update 2008-002 v1.1

Heads up: Prepare for the Flash Player 9 security update

March 25, 2008

Adwords Phishing email! Beware

Beware Adwords Phishing Email

March 22, 2008

Security Zones group policy

Unofficial Coast Guard Blog Likes It Raw

March 20, 2008

Phishing attacks

Practical tips to recognise a phishing scam

March 18, 2008

Juniper Networks Integrates Industry-Leading Security Services ...

2008 Security Threats!

March 15, 2008

Paper Chase: DC Recyling Police Trigger Privacy and Constitutional ...

Call for Proposals: Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference

March 13, 2008

Get Gephardt - Cell Phone Phishing Scam - KUTV

March 11, 2008

Dreamcast.com a phishing scam

PSA: Dreamcast.com turned into phishing scam

March 08, 2008

How to Fix Your Credit Report (and Identity Theft)

How to Prevent Identity Theft ”” Deter, Detect, Defend

March 06, 2008

Economics not repealed, just slow: Paypal blames Browsers for Phishing

PayPal and Anti-Phishing Recommendations

March 04, 2008

Security Blogger’s Meetup

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