The insecurity paradox
2011-08-29
The formula here attempts to explain a paradox in security analysis:
If it is true that security is only as strong as its weakest link, why are not those who use insecur...
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May we use your social network account, please
You should exercise extreme caution if you are allowing access to your social network account from any application.
Targeted attacks: More "Bang for the Buck"
Since the cybercriminals seem to shift from randomly directed mass attacks to more focused attacks, the total volume of spam will decrease.
Default privacy - what is the problem?
A default restrictive approach to public sharing of personal information will result in less information shared.
Spam botnet Rustock beheaded
Bots and botnets comprise one of the biggest threats to the Internet and its users. However, recent news report of a success story: beheading the spam botnet Rustock.
Email spam - an old-fashioned technique?
Several organizations, which monitor the email spam situation around the world, have reported that the amount of spam decined significantly during the end of 2010. This led to some speculation regarding whether email spam as a technique was being abandoned, and newer ways of tricking users were upcoming and preferred.
The death of a killer application?
The first Internet killer application is by many considered to be email. Unfortunately email as a secure and reliable communication method has recently been threatened by ... email!
SPIM – a new threat to the Internet community?
Several users of the instant message service MSN messenger have recently been attacked by so-called ”SPIM” This has led some to believe that they have been attacked by an MSN-worm or a virus, which mission is to damage their computer.
”Project Honey Pot” – en interessant teknikk for bekjempelse av søppelpost
En ”honeypot” (honningkrukke) kan løst defineres som noe som skal lure noen (eller noe) til å bruke seg og dermed lure den personen til å utføre en spesifikk handling med honningkrukka. Honningkukker av forskjellig slag er utbredt som et sikkerhetsmiddel innen datasikkerhet.
Pump and Dump Spam
Don’t you hate spam...? Spammers get smarter every time and try new ways to get your attention and to avoid spam filters.
Bildespam – en eksploderende trussel
Spamproblemet vokser rakere enn noensinne og spammerne blir stadig mer sofistikerte. Antallet spam-mail har økt med mer enn 40 % siden april og den aller siste formen for spam er såkalt bildespam ("image spam").
Spam – fra uskyldig lek til organisert kriminalitet
Trussel er kanskje ikke det første du tenker på når du hører om spam.
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The 10 most insecure passcodes
2011-06-16
Earlier this week I read an extremely interesting and impressing blog item by Daniel Amitay: Most Common iPhone Passcodes.
Amitay has analyzed more than 200 000 passcodes used in an app with a similar...
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Purchasing and downloading outdated software
2011-05-23
Last week in the "JoshMeister On Security" blog, the topic was about Apple's Mac App Store, and the fact that software available from this store may not be the latest version.
The blog's aut...
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