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Robert Siciliano

Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me

Tech Executives Are The New Sexy

Robert Siciliano 2/13/2 Not too long ago the CIO was a pocket protected, sugared up, soda pop drinking, potato chip eating, caffeinated, non sociable…..well….geek. Not anymore. But you knew that. Serious, Geek is getting even more sexy, stripper pole sexy. A familiar story, a colleague of mine built a tech startup, it has gone from $4 million to

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Robert Siciliano

Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me

The Five Biggest Security Threats Facing Businesses Today

Robert Siciliano 2/12/2 Millennials, the next generation of technology savvy workers are coming to a cubicle near you. They are a generation of technogeeks that dont know they are techno or geeks. I had a rattle. They had a PS2. This generation knows enough to fix it and enough to break it. They are the best thing and the worst thing to happen to

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Robert Siciliano

Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me

Malicious insider attacks to rise. McAfee has a warning

The world's biggest software maker has warned companies to expect an increase in "insider" security attacks by disgruntled, laid-off workers. With millions losing their jobs there are a plethora of opportunities for insiders to upload data to a remote rogue server or to plug in an iPod, thumbdrive or other external source and steal cli

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Robert Siciliano

Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me

Data Scams Kicked Into High Gear, Mr Ming Yang Has a Virus

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Speaker 2/11/09 “I am Mr. Ming Yang, I have an obscured business suggestion for you. Your services will be paid for. Contact mingyang_desk45@hotmail.com” Mr Yang sent me an email just now. He wants…my services…? Or something. He’s not my type. My type doesn’t have a filthy virus. Plus he is a dude. Care for a dalli

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Robert Siciliano

Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me

Identity Theft Rising; Hits Record 10M Americans in 2008

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Speaker 2/9/09 Number of fraud victims rises in 2008, but average loss per theft falls, according to a recent study. Article Here It should come as no surprise that identity theft incidents are climbing. Over the past year we have seen hundreds of data breaches resulting in millions and millions of records ripped

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Robert Siciliano

Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me

Robby, Do I have a Paypal Account? Back to Basics

Identity Theft Speaker Robert Siciliano www.IDTheftSecurity.com Me Mum calls me last night. Shes asks “Robby, Do I have a Paypal Account?” (Yes, my mom calls me robby) I say “Why do you ask?” Shes says “Paypal sent me an email and I need to update my account” Shes 60. Been online for 5 years. Knows about as much as most “baby boomers” know about t...

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Robert Siciliano

Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me

Phexting and I aint got stupid written on my forehead!

Identity Theft Speaker Robert Siciliano www.IDTheftSecurity.com Article here; Text Message Scam Interviewed for this article the victims states “I ain’t got stupid written on my forehead” I’m sure she is a lovely woman who must be smarter than her quote. She received a scam text and didnt get taken. Most of us are somewhat aware of text messaging

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Robert Siciliano

Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me

ID Theft Expert: Are You Addicted to Information Insecurity?

Identity Theft Speaker Robert Siciliano www.IDTheftSecurity.com Article here; Are You Addicted to Information Insecurity? Ben Rothke writes a great article that ties in addiction and information Insecurity, thats IN-security. Face it, you may be an addict. You might have an addiction to something like sugar, nicotine, alcohol, sex, gambling, add

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Robert Siciliano

Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me

Robert Siciliano on CNN Thursday 2.5.9 Phishing Scams

Identity Theft Speaker Robert Siciliano on CNN 2/5/9 “Facebook Scams” Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Protection Expert www.IDTheftSecurity.com on CNN today discussing phising scams, social networks and Facebook Video here

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Robert Siciliano

Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me

Are Legitimate Sites the Next Malware Threat?

Identity Theft Speaker Robert Siciliano www.IDTheftSecurity.com Excellent article by Richard Adhikari here; Are Legitimate Sites the Next Malware Threat? Lax attention to critical security patches continues to provide criminal hackers the path of least resistance inside the walls of SMBs and large enterprise networks. Most of us are privy to funda...

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