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Reflections from a Black Hat Hackers’ Conference (Part Two)

Posted by: Michael Stanfield in: ● February 22, 2010

The following special blog post is the conclusion of a note from Intersections VP, of Information Security, Tim Rohrbaugh. The second day of briefings was honestly a blur. I couldn’t help but focus on the ancillary details that each presenter offered. Each presenter – I managed to attend only one out of three tracks – [...]

The IDGuardian Podcast: Episode #007 — Concerns with Small Businesses

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● February 17, 2010

Welcome to the IDGuardian Podcast. These audio and video columns can be listened and or viewed to in a variety of ways: Through the blog via the media player found in this blogpost Through a manual download by clicking on the “Download” link By subscribing through iTunes This episode features Neal O’Farrell, a nationally recognized [...]

Reflections from a Black Hat Hackers’ Conference (Part One)

Posted by: Michael Stanfield in: ● February 15, 2010

The following special blog post is the reproduction of a note from Intersections VP, of Information Security, Tim Rohrbaugh. OK, so I have been attending the so-called “hacker convention,” Black Hat, off and on since 1998. I usually look forward to the event as one does to the first day of the new year – [...]

Be Safe While Traveling

Posted by: Matt Sarrel in: ● February 8, 2010

Identity theft is not merely something that happens on the Internet. You can lose your identity in real world cons, scams, and outright theft also, but we tend to think of it as an online crime because that’s what we see most often in the United States. An interesting fact is that the money stolen [...]

The Big “Phish” That Got Away (Thankfully)

Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● February 3, 2010

Yesterday started with a stir across the popular social network, Twitter, as Mashable.com (with the help of blogger Andrew Girdwood) put its users on high alert: Numerous Twitter users are pointing out that Twitter forced them to change their passwords out of the blue. According to blogger Andrew Girdwood, these users have received an e-mail [...]


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