Posts Tagged ‘social engineering’
IN THE HEADLINES: Tis the Season for 2012 Security Predictions
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● December 30, 2011
At this time every year, security experts around the world can be guaranteed to do at least two things: reflect on the past year, the major security events and troubling trends, and what we’ve learned; and look forward to the next year with a whole host of security predications. And probably none of them good. [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Why Social Engineering Is a Cybercrook’s Best Friend
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● November 1, 2011
Ever been socially engineered? Whether you know it or not you probably have, because it’s one of the oldest and most successful ways to trick users into falling for scams. Which is why you should always be on your guard for it. Social engineering is really about creating a trick that gets inside the target’s [...]
Watching Your Networks with Scrutiny on Days of Breaking News
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● October 20, 2011
This morning, the United States woke to news of escalating situations in Libya. From CNN, the report of Moammar Gadhafi’s death (along with a graphic image of the deposed leader) was finally confirmed at 10:36 ET. Earlier on Facebook and Twitter, while facts and images trickled out of Libya, IDGuardian posted the following: With the [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Security Report Finds Spam Down But Scams Up
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 2, 2011
Security firm M86 Security recently released its latest bi-annual Security Labs Report presenting the results of its analysis of security trends during the first six months of this year. The news is mixed. According to the firm “Whether the attacks occur via email or the Web, one thing remains a constant: an increased emphasis on [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Security Experts List Top 5 Social Media Security Threats
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● June 9, 2011
Experts at online security publication Network World recently announced their list of the top five security risks connected to the growth in social media. Mobile apps: Downloading apps, especially in the workplace, that you shouldn’t. Downloading too many apps without really knowing or verifying the source. Downloading malware infected apps or apps that expose your [...]
To Know the Threat Is to Know Your Enemy
Posted by: Jerry Thompson in: ● May 30, 2011
With the close of this month, we all look ahead to the summer of 2011. We also look at June as National Internet Safety Month, a time where we across the country we all need to take a moment to think—really think—about what we (and our kids) are doing online. How safe are we behaving, [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: New ISP Security Measures Create Openings for Scammers
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● February 18, 2011
For the last few years I’ve been promoting the idea of ISPs blocking “sick” computers from accessing the Internet and infecting others. By “sick” I mean infected with malware that can be spread to other users or used to attack other computers. To me the argument seems pretty simple. Repeat offenders who refuse to protect [...]
Phishing: A Demise That Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Posted by: Jerry Thompson in: ● January 31, 2011
It is not quite the end of January and I have already received more than five phishing emails from the IRS and my bank concerning last year’s tax returns and this year’s payments or refunds, whichever is applicable. The emails are variants of the same scam. Essentially what they are asking me to do is [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Data Breaches and Your Bank
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 6, 2011
Reading an interesting article in Bank Info Security about data breaches at banks throughout 2010, and there’s some good news and some bad news to report. Let’s start with the good news. Citing research from the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were eight fewer reported date breaches at banks in 2010 than in 2009. Any [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Hacking People Is Still Too Easy
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 17, 2010
Kevin Mitnick is probably one of the world’s most famous hackers, and spent nearly five years in jail after he was arrested for hacking into the computers and networks of some of America’s biggest companies. He has always said that his most powerful hacking tool was his mouth – he was simply able to talk [...]
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