Archive for 'privacy' Category
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You can guess 40,000 billion passwords a second for about 10 million bucks
David Jevans, CEO of IronKey was on Security Now 135 and stunned me with this quote: “You can guess 40,000 billion passwords a second for about 10 million bucks”. Now that’s some serious speed (and some serious money), but nothing I don’t expect several governments to have to hand. Keep those passwords strong and long…
Security lapse exposes Facebook photos
As I’ve said before, if you don’t want something made public, don’t put it online. The latest Facebook security lapse reinforces this.
Security guide to customs-proofing your laptop
“If you travel across national borders, it’s time to customs-proof your laptop.”
Google Search Privacy
Videos by Google on Search Privacy.
Security and Privacy Aren’t Opposites
Bruce Schneier spells it out: Security and Privacy Aren’t Opposites.
How Money Laundering Scams Work
Following on from the earlier phishing article, here’s another on being scammed to work as a Money Mule.
How Phishing Works
Ever wondered how phishing works? Are these people elite hackers, or a bunch of script kiddies? Who gets your info and what do they do with it? Take a look at this interview with Nitesh Dhanjani and Billy Rios.
Pillaged MySpace Photos Show Up in Massive BitTorrent Download
Think your online photos are safe because you marked them as private? Think again. If you have photos that you don’t want made public, don’t put them online. Websites have privacy policies but they also have security holes. If someone wants to see your photos (or any other information for that matter), they’ll find a [...]
Confidential details fall off the back of lorries
Why bother breaking and entering to steal private data when you can just pick it up off the side of the motorway? Motorways too dangerous? Then go for a drive in the countryside.