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Sometimes, spam emails even fool the professionals.
We all know to be on the lookout for suspicious links in emails—but are we equally careful when it comes to what comes in our physical mailbox?
As we ring in the New Year and plan to start 2012 with a renewed commitment to network security, let’s review the list of the five biggest database breaches of 2011.
Our trash—and the things we recycle or carelessly dispose of—may be a social engineer's pot of gold.
Yeah...that guy...that guy that just followed you in from the parking garage because you politely held the door for him. He could be a social engineer.
Yes, the name is ridiculous. But “vishing” is a serious threat, when social engineers use voice over IP (VoIP) to get personal or financial information from unsuspecting individuals.
According to a recent study by the Ponemon Institute, companies aren’t just losing pennies through low productivity here or there. 52% of the organizations in the study have also experienced an increase in malware attacks because of social media use.
No one likes a thief, of course. They lie, steal, cheat, and take things that don’t belong to them. But honestly, do they have to be so insensitive?
Gone are the days when IT geeks and burly security guards operated in their own worlds. The organizations that are most effectively dealing with social engineers are also those that have a tag-team approach.
So there is a little thing called SSL that pretty much keeps the Internet up and running and safe. And apparently, these two researchers—Duong and Rizzo—plan to prove that they have successfully found a way to crack the code.
Our FraudReady audit is proven…and we developed it legitimately. http://rocketready.com/FraudReady
Apparently, it might be unsafe to plug your iPad, iPod, iPhone or other phone with USB capabilities into a public port. Um, duh?
Apparently, spam, particularly the kind with dangerous attachments or embedded links, is at a two-year high. Well, one quick glance at my inbox could have told you that—and your email accounts are probably equally cluttered with junk.
Android user, listen up! Things are getting worse.
An individual’s Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has become easier and easier to access—so why are we still using it all the time?
Don't forget: there might actually be worms in your Apple.
It's a "finder, keepers" world, right? Some social engineers are banking on it.
And now for something completely different: a fruit basket of interesting security articles from the past week.
How far do you go when classifying who is a social engineer?
Let’s call that last article “Sit Tight and Don’t Panic.” And let’s call this one “ Be Smart and Do Your Homework.” By homework, we simply mean doing a little extra checking before you hand over sensitive information through a phishing email.
The Epsilon hackers may have your email address—but don't panic! Remember that it is probably useless to them unless you fall for their scheme.
It may take months to get your company's website just right—but it takes only minutes to rip it off.
The cost of security breaches is going up—and if you aren't training, then your company may be next.
Small mistakes can evolve into massive—and costly—errors.
Turns out, our cameras and other technology may be too smart for our own good.
We are professional ethical hackers—and if you aren’t careful, we’ll get you every time.
Uh oh! That picture you posted (yeah….THAT picture…) suddenly isn’t private anymore.
Social engineers will resort to anything—even mean threats and slander—to get your valuable personal information.
Who's the most gullible of them all? Apparently, it's iPhone users.
I'm a mid-30's Virgo who owns a house in a moderate income neighborhood. And you are...?
Alright, hackers. Now it's personal.
Yeah, I am pretty security-saavy. But this week I learned about fake A/V...and I panicked a little.
Think back to your junior year of high school...
I love lists. Boy, do I ever love lists. And here's a good one...
It promised that, if I looked inside, I would not be disappointed...
Why is it that, in the age of cyber stalking, identity theft and e-crime, some of us still refuse to practice simple cyber self defense?
It's cold and flu season and, with H1N1 making the rounds again, we are vigilant about keeping our biological systems secure. If only we were as watchful of our information systems...
How many friends do you have? I apparently have 106. I know this because Facebook tells me so. Then, we have my friend Charlie. Facebook tells me that he has 687 friends...
Social Engineering: it's as easy as taking money from sick people. And we are just trusting enough to let it happen again and again...
What if you got an email that looked like it came from your bank's IT admin, asking you to click the link and run an update or verify authentication credentials?
Thank you, street sweepers...sewer cleaner-outers...malware writers....
"Oh...yeah, hi, Uncle Bob...um yeah, Aunt Betty is great...wait....do I even have an Uncle Bob?"
Alternate Title: Get that smug look off your face. For my first IT job, I was a DB Admin working on a Unix platform. It was back in the days when a wave of worms was going through various Windows products and causing quite a stir, back before most companies had IT Security in their budgets. But there I was, working away on my Unix box, smug in the knowledge that I was safe. Viruses and worms were being deployed to attack Windows vulnerabilities, not Unix.
Do you remember that commercial that came out during last year's SuperBowl? The one for Tide to Go? It has the guy sitting down for an interview, but he has a ridiculous blabbering stain on his otherwise crisp and clean white shirt. If you haven't seen it, you need to stop what you're doing and watch it now. Go ahead, it's SFW. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2cs8gnb42A