Archive for February, 2009
Best of the Weekend
Here’s an interesting article about a group that put together clues from around the web to discover the Heartland Payment Systems breach before it was disclosed.
Up to 100,000 people had their personal information put at risk when a computer system at the University of Florida was hacked.
The Facebook Chief Privacy Officer said that you own [...]
Attackers Exploiting Recent Flaws In IE7, Acrobat Reader
Recent reports indicate attackers are taking advantage of flaws in Internet Explorer 7 and Acrobat Reader to take control of people’s computers. All that is necessary to carry out the attack is to get the users to open documents poisoned with the attacker’s software.
In the case of Internet Explorer 7, a patch was released by [...]
Instant Messaging Security
Instant messaging is common these days. We all use it to keep in touch with friends, associates, and employees. But there is a danger in using the free instant messaging tools like Yahoo, AIM, or Live Messenger.
The Danger of Instant Messaging
These tools all use the public Internet for exchanging messages and the messages all pass [...]
Best of the Weekend
A recent poll shows many community banks were hard hit by the security breach at Heartland Payment Systems. Reportedly, over 400 banks have reported being impacted. The number of cardholders affected has not yet been reported.
If you are PCI compliant or are working on becoming compliant, it’s important to remember that while PCI compliance is [...]
Top 10 Ways To Get Your Computer Infected
Today I’ve created a Top Ten list (in David Letterman style) for the best ways to ensure your computer gets infected with some type of malicious software.
10) Click on every link you get in email messages and instant messages, whether you know who the messages are from or not.
9) Download lots of free applications over [...]