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• Facebook Stung By Social Media ID Theft

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com Imagine trying to log into your online accounts one after the other and being locked out. At first you think the site you are visiting screwed up but then it keeps happening over and over again no matter where you go. ...
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• Cloud Based Vulnerability Management

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Bozidar Spirovski , CISSP, MCSA, MCP Vulnerability and Compliance Management as Software as a Service (SaaS) are springing up like mushrooms. The SaaS model enabled companies which focused on vulnerability management to extend their reach, and offer the services to more and more potential clients. ...
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• Forgotten Security: Patching and Updating

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Simon Heron , CISSP Internet Security Analyst The fourth guide in our ‘Forgotten Security’ series, Forgotten Security: Keeping up to date , is targeted at IT teams, encouraging them to take another look at their procedures, ensuring that they cover both software and equipment. A fully updated system ...
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• Why There Will Be No Year Of The Cloud

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Dwayne Melancon , Tripwire’s VP of Corporate and Business Development I recently got an email talking about “the year of the cloud.” I call shenanigans. You see, I remember back in the olden days (back in the 1980’s) when magazines and industry luminaries would regularly declare each year to be ...
  6 days ago

• Anti-Money Laundering for Crime and Terror

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Michael O’Connor, President of IronClad Consulting Historically, to facilitate money laundering criminals opened a legitimate business as a cover, and then used the business account to deposit and legitimize large sums of money. Large deposits into accounts were routinely overlooked by banking ...
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• PCI Council Advice on Threat Management

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com Security professionals intuitively think proactively. Our job  is to predict and prevent what the bad guy will do next. My job specifically is to instill this mindset into you, the consumer,  SMB or large corporate ...
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• Report: China Probing Soft Cyber Underbelly

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Tom Groenfeldt , Technology Journalist - Contributor at CIOZone Chinese cyber attacks against the U.S. government and American corporations are increasing sharply, according to a recent study by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission . Established by Congress in 2000, the commission ...
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• Exploring the Social Media Security Quandary

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Mike Meikle , CEO at Hawkthorne Group Social Media (Web 2.0) is on everyone’s lips these days. A million gurus have sprung up nearly overnight to cash in on the phenomena. Social Media has been promoted as the next big trend in productivity enhancement and a key to opening the coffers of ...
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• 10 Holiday Tips For Secure Online Shopping

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com UK officials shut down an amazing 1200 online retailers who scammed millions from unsuspecting shoppers. Most of the sites originated from identity thieves in Asia who tricked victims into believing they were legitimate ...
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• Open Source Software Design Spurs Growth

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Semyon Dukach , Author and Angel Investor You have to be a little nuts to try to start a new business, considering that most attempts fail after consuming the savings of the entrepreneur’s family. But to start a new non-profit you must be downright insane, in the way of young idealists hopelessly in love, ...
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• TSA Breach is a Nightmare for Holiday Travel

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  Laura Wilson, JD, CISA , Corporate Liability Editor This week’s revelation that the Transportation Safety Administration exposed its rules for airport security screening online is outrageous. As holiday travel ramps up, the possibilities and repercussions are horrifying. Coupled with the huge ...
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• Shared Threat Monitoring Protects Enterprise

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Michael O’Connor, President of IronClad Consulting Recently, as detailed by Anthony Freed of Information-Security-Resources.com , Larry Clinton of the Internet Security Alliance presented information to Congress regarding security and protecting privacy in cyberspace. First of all, it is encouraging ...
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• Christmas credit card fraud risk

  
  ICM Commercial & Business News — Authority: 434
  More than 300,000 shoppers are expected to fall victim to credit card fraud this Christmas – the average person losing £623 – while the number of lost or stolen cards will peak on 18 December, according to research by the life assistance company, CPP. The hustle and bustle of the high street and the stress ...
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• Signature Authorization is Stupid Security

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Ever forge your husband’s signature? Wife’s? Parent’s? Client’s? Do you think the clerk behind the counter at Walmart is skilled in handwriting analysis? I’ve always viewed a signature as a totally ridiculous form of authentication and a total waste of ...
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• Massive TSA Security Breach Revealed

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By BRIAN ROSS and MATT HOSFORD of ABC News Online posting reveals a “how to” for terrorists to fool airport security. In a massive security breach, the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) inadvertently posted online its entire airport screening procedures manual, including some of the ...
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• ’Tis the Season for Jolly Cybercrooks – Five Simple Tips for Safe Online Shopping

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 138
  Guest writer Liz Cornwell, of Auslogics’ Blog, has some important and informative tips, on how you can avoid potential dangers while shopping online.The holiday season has arrived for many people from different countries and cultures of the world. This time of year is wonderful and special for everyone – it’s ...
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• Cyber Liability Insurance Mitigates Exposure

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Laton McCartney , Editor at CIOZone Four or five years ago, insurance carriers selling cyber-liability insurance had difficulty giving the product away. “CIOs weren’t interested,” Drew Bartkiewicz, vice president of cyber and new media risk at The Hartford ( HIG ), tells CIOZone. “They’d ...
  2 weeks ago

• Vietnam Tops November Spam Report

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Simon Heron , CISSP Internet Security Analyst Today’s news that a New Zealand national has been ordered to pay $15.5 million US dollars in fines due to his participation in an international spam network , highlights the seriousness with which authorities are starting to take malware production. But it ...
  2 weeks ago

• GenApple Boasts First Information Brokerage

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Bozidar Spirovski , CISSP, MCSA, MCP After the first article was posted at GenApple - which promotes itself as the first information brokerage, Shortinfosec secured an interview with the founder of GenApple - Mr. Mark Hanson. In a summary, the service will need polishing, and GenApple will need ...
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• Holiday Temps Increase Identity Theft Risks

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert This is the absolute best time of the year to be a dishonest temporary worker. Holiday hustle and bustle overwhelms managers and supervisors and they can’t possibly see everything their employees are doing. It has been said that only 10 percent of ...
  2 weeks ago

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