297 Results from 2009, /security
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
In a blog I guest contribute to called “NextAdvisor” they offer the following advice on child identity theft protection: The following post in our Reader Question series is an actual user submitted question. “Q: I found out that someone used my grandson’s Social Security number to get phone service. How can I stop this? He’s only 11 years old. A: ...
15 December 2009 /security /regulation
Security professionals intuitively think proactively. Our job is to predict and prevent what the bad guy will do next. My job specifically is to instill this mindset into you, the consumer, SMB or large corporate enterprise. Bob Russo, General Manager and Rockstar of the PCI Security Standards Council reminds us all in this Business Week artic...
12 December 2009 /security /regulation
Keith Appleyard IT Consultant at available for hire
Facebook has changed the way its privacy settings operate, asking users to change their settings even if they had already been set. Users logging on this week are presented with a new screen that they must engage with before going on to use the site. It asks users to update their privacy preferences in the light of the site's "new, simplified...
11 December 2009 /security /regulation Whatever...
The opening of the operations centre at the heart of a new £1.2bn computer system - planned to monitor every person who enters or leaves the UK - has been delayed by staff training. The National Border Targeting Centre (NBTC), the Manchester-based clearing house for the e-Borders program, was scheduled to open this month, but to allow for staff
10 December 2009 /security /regulation Whatever...
Back in August I wrote about DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated https://www.finextra.com/blogs/fullblog.aspx?blogid=3190 County Durham police last week put the final nail in the coffin of the Home Office mantra "nothing to hide, nothing to fear", with a clear announcement that DNA and fingerprinting could harm an individual’s career prospects...
UK officials shut down an amazing 1200 online retailers who scammed millions from unsuspecting shoppers. Most of the sites originated from identity thieves in Asia who tricked victims into believing they were legitimate sites. Victims then lost money by entered their credit card data, sending checks or giving up banking details. The sites sold hi...
10 December 2009 /security /regulation
Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence
Amazon EC2 is one of the most amazing feats of cloud computing infrastructure in existence. This is the place to go if you need an on-demand, virtually endless capacity for hosting applications. Geeks’ eyes brighten when you mention the name. If something embodies the Cloud, it is probably EC2. And if something embodies the Dark Cloud, it is the ...
09 December 2009 /security Online Banking
Honor among thieves is a fundamental necessity in the cybercrime underground. After all, for crime to succeed in today’s highly specialized fraud supply chain, fraudsters must work together. They must trust each other. But hey, at the end of the day, we talk about crooks. So the report from Security Hack about hackers stealing Phished credentials f...
08 December 2009 /security Online Banking
This is the absolute best time of the year to be a dishonest temporary worker. Holiday hustle and bustle overwhelms managers and supervisors and they can’t possibly see everything their employees are doing. It has been said that only 10 percent of employees are honest, 10 percent of employees will always steal and 80 percent will steal based on ci...
08 December 2009 /security /regulation
Lachlan Gunn Executive Director at European Association for Secure Transactions
How convenient for the BoE to blame the current problem with old and tired 5 pound notes on the recession, and then push for the high street banks to take action. Weren't they doing exactly the same thing in early 2007 before the worst of the economic downturn began in 2008? Then the BoE Governor, Mervyn King, blamed High Street banks for the sh...
07 December 2009 /security /retail
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