4163 Results from /regulation
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
How many times have you forgotten a password? Fortunately the website you were on only needed your username or an email address and they would respond with a few questions for you to answer. Once you responded with what was in the system you then re-set your password and you’re in. Easy peazy. What’s your favorite food? Where did you honeymoon? Y...
04 May 2010 /security /regulation
I’m all about transparency. But that’s just me. Not everyone is so forthright. Most people prefer to fly a click or more below the radar and never have a light shine on them. I prefer to make sure what’s being said, is said by me and not some troll. My brother used to say “the worst thing that can happen to a person is to end up on one of those st...
01 May 2010 /security /regulation
Hacking has gone from “phreaking”- hacking phone systems to “cracking”-breaking into networks for fun and fame and over the past 5 years criminal hackers from all over the world are targeting huge databases full of credit card numbers. But hacking is also becoming part of popular culture. The “scriptkiddie” from back in the day is the 9 year old t...
30 April 2010 /security /regulation
Code named Gaia after “Greek Goddess of Earth” a Google single sign on password system was hacked in December. The NY Times reports “the intruders do not appear to have stolen passwords of Gmail users, and the company quickly started making significant changes to the security of its networks after the intrusions. But the theft leaves open the poss...
Children say and do things that make them vulnerable to dangers in the outside world. A parent can parent all day long and do everything possible to protect their kids from themselves, but a child’s persistence to have their way can wear a parent down. It’s a constant fight that makes a parent adopt a philosophy where they “pick their battles.” Gr...
26 April 2010 /security /regulation
Atso Andersen Head of Corporate Relations at Aalto University
Hope US authorities have written the script before the play. Skilled but not wise traders made record profits at the cost of others. It was a moral meltdown, all the way. Another Enron, but larger, one could say. Now these traders turn into huge weapons of mass destruction themselves. Middlemen at the heart of global financial flows turned out to ...
25 April 2010 /regulation
AP reports using false caller ID with the intent of tricking people into revealing personal information or otherwise causing harm would become illegal under legislation that passed the House Wednesday. The legislation would only outlaw the use of spoofing technology when the intent is to deceive and harm the recipient of the call. Legitimate uses...
23 April 2010 /security /regulation
Brett King CEO & Founder at Moven
The Asian Banker Summit for 2010 was held over the 19-20th of April in Singapore with record attendance, in what was the 11th annual occurance of the event. With more than 600 bankers in attendance, the conference was not only the largest Summit on record, but ranks as one of the largest banking events in the world now. The summit had the support ...
22 April 2010 /regulation /retail
Retired Member
As the SEC proposes a new trading system that requires individuals or firms to register and receive a trader identification number if they plan to trade more than $20 million or 2 million shares per day. The aim is to allow better tracking of the activities of individuals and firms. In doing so, the SEC is reinforcing the concept that an client's ...
16 April 2010 /regulation
My excuse for my recent blogging hiatus is that I was kicking off a project (or three) with a new client - a securities firm in Vancouver. Rather than spend time expelling ideas, it was time for me to sit, listen and learn. It seems that deluge of incoming information in one direction stopped too much coming back out in the form of this blog. So n...
15 April 2010 /regulation
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