Another Round of Government Surveillance Hearings
Wednesday August 31, 2011
The Electronic Frontier Foundation was back before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today to ask the court to keep their lawsuits against AT&T and the National Security Agency ... Read More
Bad Guys Have the Keys to Google
Wednesday August 31, 2011
Hackers have created a fake Google certificate. Sound scary? Probably not to the casual reader. But as John Moe of Marketplace puts it:
If I say "there's a forged ... Read More
Follow the Creepy Line
Monday August 29, 2011
To some folks, this will explain the recent earthquake and hurricane.
But I am, in fact, on Twitter.
You can follow me @thecreepyline, or click here to view my profile.
I started ... Read More
RSA Hack: Simple Email Bites Top Security Firm in the Butt
Saturday August 27, 2011
Human error will always be security's weakest link.
Case in point: RSA Security. RSA is one of the world's top computer security companies. They produce the SecureID token, a two factor ... Read More
NSA Wiretapping is Back in Court
Thursday August 25, 2011
On August 31, the Electronic Frontier Foundation will be back in front of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to again argue against the legality of the U.S. government's domestic ... Read More
Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Business Continuity
Wednesday August 24, 2011
My part of the world just got hit with and extremely rare earthquake. Fortunately, no loss of life was reported. But some buildings, including the Washington Monument, suffered structural damage. ... Read More
Court Sides with Customers in Comerica Bank Fraud Case
Tuesday August 23, 2011
A vice president of Experi-Metal clicks on a phishing email. He responds to the email with detailed account information. Which (not surprisingly) results in a $5 million overdraft. And in ... Read More
Tracking (and Being Tracked) with Twitter
Friday August 19, 2011
This week, I took an application called Creepy for a test drive. Creepy is a geolocation aggregator, which simply means it lets you track a person's location using Twitter, Flickr ... Read More
Identity Theft Summit at the NYSE
Thursday August 11, 2011
Life Lock and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (FBI-LEEDA) are presenting an Identity Theft Summit at the New York Stock Exchange.
The event is free to law enforcement ... Read More
Facial Recognition (and Identity Theft) Made Easy
Monday August 8, 2011
Today, Facial Recognition scans require specialized tools. But the time may be near when anyone with a webcam can obtain your name, birth date and Social Security Number.
Alessandro Acquisti (the ... Read More
Myth: Apple Products Don't Get Viruses
Friday August 5, 2011
In a new post on robertsiciliano.com, personal security expert Robert Siciliano serves up some timely advice: your Apple device doesn't exempt you from viruses.
As a matter of simple ROI (see ... Read More
12 Years in Prison for Convicted Phisher
Tuesday August 2, 2011
Tien Truong Nguyen was slapped with a 12 year prison sentenced for stealing personal banking information.
Nguyen used Spear Phishing to swipe information from more than 38,000 victims.
Judge Morrison ... Read More