Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
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
11 February 2009 /security /retail
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
11 February 2009 /security
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
10 February 2009 /security /regulation
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...
07 February 2009 /security
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
06 February 2009 /security
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
05 February 2009 /security /retail
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
05 February 2009 /security /regulation
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...
04 February 2009 /security
Identity Theft Speaker Robert Siciliano www.IDTheftSecurity.com Excellent article by Jaikumar Vijayan here; Data breaches continue to get more costly for businesses Ponemon Institute LLC is all the buzz this week after publishing a study showing the cost of a data breach has risen significantly. The study points to companies being hesitant to inve...
04 February 2009 /security /regulation
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