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Monthly Archives: November 2009
A Chilling Reminder of the Internal Threat
T-Mobile reminds us of how serious the internal threat can be, in what U.K. authorities are dubbing one of the biggest data breaches in that region’s history.
Tags: Compliance, data breach, Data Protection, PCI, T-Mobile
Boosting Security Awareness in Colleges
Security breaches, laptop theft, and identity theft happen all the time, and these crimes increase every year. The need for people to become more aware of their digital presence and the threats surrounding it is vital. The pace at which these threats increase is much faster than our awareness grows, making a bad situation. One Read more…
Tags: identity_theft
Koobface Worm Asks for Captcha
We discussed in a recent blog how Google Reader has become an unwitting spam target. We now see the same behavior in a recent variant of Koobface. This variant uses the Google Reader page to host the malware. Once the user selects the Google link, a fake YouTube window appears, as shown below. When the Read more…
The 12 Scams of Christmas: A recipe for keeping you safe online this holiday season
It is that time of year again, chestnuts are roasting, the dreidel will be spinning and everyone is going over the river to Grandma’s house. You know what that means? It is also the time for McAfee’s Twelve Scams of Christmas – the most popular online attacks for the 2009 holiday season. Here are some Read more…
Tags: family, Family Safety, online, scams, xmas
Highlights of Xcon 2009
This is my fourth time to attend Xcon (the Xfocus Information Security Conference), and the third time as a speaker. Xcon is the biggest and most influential nongovernmental computer security technical conference in China. Actually for most Chinese security researchers it’s not only a technical event, but also a big party where they can meet Read more…
Make Your Password Secure
No matter how sophisticated security gets, we still need to handle the basics properly. One of the most basic tasks is to create and use secure passwords. You need them to log onto your computer, reach internal applications, and enter just about every website you visit. They are pervasive in our connected world. But how Read more…
Zero-Day IE Exploit Coming to a Browser Near You
Information regarding another zero-day vulnerability in the Internet Explorer web browser affecting version 6 and 7 has been published as Proof-of-Concept over the weekend. The vulnerability lies in a missing check when accessing a website’s Stylesheet markup information through the ”žgetElementsByTagName“ script method. The current PoC exploit uses heap-spraying to write the malicious shellcode to Read more…
Protect your PC (and your sanity) from 'invited' holiday surfers
I was interviewed recently by Diana, a blogger for sproutforparents.com, and she told me about her not so pleasant experience using a search engine with her child. Let’s just say her search for volcanoes did not return the right kind of eruptions. Yeah…I feel her pain. I have been there when I wanted to look Read more…
So, where do I start? Mums and Dads, I hear you!
The World Wide Web is so big and ever changing, how do I keep my kids safe when they’re playing in their little patch of the internet? I know it feels so daunting. The internet is such a massive playground for kids with no visible boundaries. Where do you start when trying to protect them Read more…
Tags: cybermum, kids, parental controls
Fly for $1 or Your Money Back!
It is the time of year to get together with family and friends, and that often involves flying. So, how about a promotional airline ticket for just $1? That sounds like an irresistable idea! Though it also sounds too good to be true. As you can imagine, there is something wrong here. Instead of flying Read more…