Government Data Mining Raises Online Privacy Concerns
[reputationdefender Blog] Typically the information within the emails is not examined, but according to Susan Landau, an electronic privacy advocate and author, “”˜Transactional information is remarkably revelatory.’” When the government is aware of the websites you visit and emails you send and who you are speaking to on the phone they are able to paint a remarkably accurate profile, Landau said.
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Health Care Privacy in a Facebook World
[Our Own System] I’m not sure it’s a good thing, but I get the feeling that individuals who were fortunate enough to have been in college when Facebook went viral care little about privacy. Yes, it’s possible to only share your profile with friends, but if you have over 1,000 friends, I’m not sure there’s much difference between your network and the world.
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Posted at 02:04 PM
April 29, 2008
Government Data Mining Raises Online Privacy Concerns
[reputationdefender Blog] Typically the information within the emails is not examined, but according to Susan Landau, an electronic privacy advocate and author, “”˜Transactional information is remarkably revelatory.’” When the government is aware of the websites you visit and emails you send and who you are speaking to on the phone they are able to paint a remarkably accurate profile, Landau said.
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Posted at 02:05 PM
Health Care Privacy in a Facebook World
[Our Own System] I’m not sure it’s a good thing, but I get the feeling that individuals who were fortunate enough to have been in college when Facebook went viral care little about privacy. Yes, it’s possible to only share your profile with friends, but if you have over 1,000 friends, I’m not sure there’s much difference between your network and the world.
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Posted at 02:04 PM
April 26, 2008
WordPress 2.5.1 Adds Security and Bug Fixes
[AbleReach] If you use a customized version of WordPress Default or Classic, consider naming your version and moving it into a folder of its own. No matter how careful we all are, there will come a day when something important gets copied over.
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Posted at 02:39 PM
Cookie Security in WordPress 2.5
[boren.nu] To make cookies secure against attacks where someone has managed to get into your database through an SQL injection exploit or other means, WordPress 2.5 introduced a user-definable constant called SECRET_KEY. If you look at the sample wp-config.php shipped with 2.5, you’ll see these lines.
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Posted at 02:34 PM
April 24, 2008
Case-Mate Privacy Screen Pro Review-CONTEST!!!
[iPhone in Canada: Tips, Tricks, and News for Canadian iPhone Users] So there you have it folks–if you’re tired of people checking out your episodes of The Family guy when you’re on the bus or subway, then this privacy screen from Case-Mate just might be for you! For $19.99, it is pricey but it’s a small price to pay for absolute privacy!
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Posted at 02:39 PM
What the World Should Learn from US Privacy Laws
[Think customers: The 1to1 Blog] I’ve personally received more emails from readers because of this single article than any other since launching the newsletter. If you don't already subscribe to this newsletter, you may want to at least take a look at this informative and provocative article.
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Posted at 02:34 PM
April 22, 2008
Does Security Awareness Work (pt. 2)? It all Depends on What You ...
[BlogInfoSec.com] However, members of the other two Groups””who had not experienced the negative reinforcement of responding to a phisher””demonstrated no increased security awareness from one week to the second. The results of this experiment””together with the findings of behavioral psychology””tend to emphasize that awareness instruction must also be accompanied by positive or negative feedback in order to influence users’ security practices.
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Posted at 02:04 PM
A deadbolt hack for heightened security
[DIY Life] Filed under: household hacks, weekend projects, framing and drywall, recalls and safety, tools, remodeling. One of the worst kinds of home break-ins is the kind where the bad guy just kicks in the front or back door. ...
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Posted at 02:03 PM
April 19, 2008
Put the Freeze on Identity Theft
[microshred In Florida call 1.866.GO.SHRED (1.866.467.4733)] There are plenty of common-sense things you can do to curb your risk of identity theft : shred personal documents, guard your Social Security number, and monitor your credit report. But if you really want to roll out the big guns, put a security freeze on your credit file.
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Posted at 02:33 PM
LoudSiren Debix Identity Protection Network Adds Incident Response ...
[Compare Lifelock, loudsiren and Trusted Id Identity Theft Protection Services] The LoudSiren Debix Identity Protection Network has added another beneficial feature to their offering and it is one we are very happy about. As an addition to their leading edge and patent pending fraud alert technology system Debix has implemented an Incident Response Specialist to act immediately upon the notice of a fraudulent credit application as a coordinator between you the lending institution and law enforcement.
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Posted at 02:31 PM
April 17, 2008
Game with a Hook: Anti-Phishing Phil
[Digg / Educational / upcoming] Anti-Phishing Phil is an interactive game that teaches users how to identify phishing URLs, where to look for cues in web browsers, and how to use search engines to find legitimate sites. From CMU and NSF.
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Posted at 02:33 PM
'Phishing' Becomes 'Whaling' As E-Mail Scams Go After Corporate Execs
[Switched] What do you call it when phishers, people who trick people with official looking e-mails, start aiming for bigger targets? Whaling, apparently, as that's the new term being applied to a particular breed of phisher that is going after .
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Posted at 02:31 PM
April 15, 2008
PayPal steps up fight against phishing
[zdnet Asia Latest Tech News] The warning systems on browsers such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7--which indicates whether sites are trustworthy--are also helping to stop people clicking through to phishing sites, Barrett added.
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Posted at 02:04 PM
CEOs targetted by sneaky phishing scam
[PC Sympathy] The US federal court system heavily relies on email messages to help lawyers communicate with each other and the court throughout cases, and IT staff in legal firms have traditionally had to work hard to make sure that these messages are not blocked by spam filters. Now they’ll have one more thing to worry about: whether the court notices they’re getting are legitimate notices or an online attack.
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Posted at 02:03 PM
April 12, 2008
Phishing Scam
[Internet Business Forums] The common defence against email phishing is Never Click on the Link provided on the email, and Never reply to emails with your login or personal information.
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Posted at 02:33 PM
Bank Phishing
[Prevent Fraud] While this example pictures bank phishing it is not limited to it. Very similar instances of phishing are used to obtain sensitive information .
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Posted at 02:32 PM
April 10, 2008
Verify and Re-confirm Your Membership Details.
[Untitled] "Due to multiple attempt error while trying to login into your online banking, We beleive that someone other than you is trying to access your account for security reasons, we have temporarily flagged your online access and your access to online banking will be restricted if you fail to verify and re-confirm your membership details."
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Posted at 02:33 PM
A PerfSpot for Phishing
[trendlabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro] Phishers have been seen making rounds of the fairly new social networking site PerfSpot, as TrendLabs researchers uncover the most recent phishing ploy to harvest personal information. Of course, these phisher’s motives are far from .
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Posted at 02:31 PM
April 08, 2008
Beware AdWords Phishing Spam, "please update your billing info"
[WebmasterWorld] In this case - or any other similar case - if you see what you suspect to be phishing email intended to look as if it came from Google AdWords, I hope you will take a few minutes to send all the pertinent details to the AdWords support team.
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Posted at 02:05 PM
Gone Phishing
[F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog] When looking at the source code, we can see that the HTML file loads all the components from moneybookers.com — the real site…
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Posted at 02:04 PM
April 05, 2008
Security White Papers & Guides for download
[heidelbergit] "The Microsoft US National Security Team is composed of strategic security advisors who work with Microsoft customers, partners, MS internal constituencies and the information security industry to promote the adoption of security processes and technologies. The NST also focuses on driving vertical security solutions for a wide range of industries.
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Posted at 02:32 PM
Microsoft Security Patch Advance Notification April 2008
[Sunnet Beskerming Security Advisories] Despite Microsoft's continued push towards developing a more secure codebase, including the massive overhaul associated with Windows Vista, this month's patch release points to several Critical remote code execution vulnerabilities that affect all versions of Windows, from Windows 2000, through to Windows 2008. This indicates that there is still a common corpus of code that is shared amongst the different versions of Windows, which has retained the same security vulnerabilities (with the same effects) across versions.
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Posted at 02:32 PM
April 03, 2008
Phishing and the IRS
[Digital Smarts Blog] 'Phishing,' Internet-based schemes of tricking people into revealing confidential financial information, topped the Internal Revenue Service's annual list of scams that taxpayers should be aware of. The IRS recently also warned people .
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