Archive for 'security' Category
Security guide to customs-proofing your laptop
“If you travel across national borders, it’s time to customs-proof your laptop.”
Banking in Silence
Have a look at the details of this Banking Trojan, it’s pretty sophisticated. [ via Security Now ]
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 [...]
Anti-spammer fined $60K for using ‘whois’
This is ridiculous: “David Ritz, the veteran American spam-fighter, has been hit by $60,000 in fines plus lawyers fees after losing a civil suit that accused him of illegal hacking.” “The complaint alleged that Ritz “hacked” servers owned by Sierra (which describes itself as a specialist web hosting and internet services firm), obtaining confidential internal [...]
The Pirates Can’t Be Stopped
Have a read of this long but interesting article talking about piracy, including an interview with ‘Ethan’, the hacker who broke into Media Defender.
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.
Your New Wireless Digital Picture Frame Is Endangering Your PC
“In the past month, at least three consumers have reported that photo frames received over the holidays attempted to install malicious code on their computer systems, according to the Internet Storm Center”, The Register reports. I still want one.