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Category Archives: Privacy
Sony Settles Lawsuit From Rootkit Fiasco
Sony BMG has settled a lawsuit with the state of California over rootkit technology that it illegally installed on computers. Record label Sony BMG has agreed to pay a $750,000 fine and will reimburse consumers for up to $175 to … Continue reading
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Is Your Password Strong Enough?
Try to answer next simple questions: What is length of your passwords? Do you use mixed letters, digits, and special characters? Do you mix uppercase and lowercase letters? How often do you change you password? Can your password be found … Continue reading
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Vulnerabilities of P2P Systems
In technical report titled “Vulnerabilities of P2P Systems and a Critical Look at their Solutions”, authors Marling Engle and Javed I. Khan described security problems of peer-to-peer networks and some solutions. Abstract says: Peer-to-peer systems have emerged from a drive … Continue reading
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Remotely Eavesdropping on Mobile Phone
Can mobile / cellular phone be used for remotely eavesdropping? Maybe yes, maybe no – who knows. Read interesting Schneier’s post and find out more about this.
Posted in Mobile / Cellular / Bluetooth, Privacy
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You Know What Phishing Is, But What About Pharming?
Couple of words to remember about phising: Phishing attacks use both social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal consumers’ personal identity data and financial account credentials. Social-engineering schemes use ‘spoofed’ e-mails to lead consumers to counterfeit websites designed to trick … Continue reading
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Keep Your Laptop Safe
Try to answer some of questions bellow: Do you have backup of data on your laptop? Are files on your laptop encrypted? Do you have biometric security on your laptop and do you use it? Are you careful when logging … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware Security, Privacy, Security
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Dutch Biometric Passport Crack
In yesterdays post, UK RFID passport crack was hot topic. Just to remind here about Dutch biometric passport crack from January: Dutch TV programme Nieuwslicht (Newslight) is claiming that the security of the Dutch biometric passport has already been cracked. … Continue reading
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UK RFID Passport Cracked!!!
Guardian article says: Three million Britons have been issued with the new hi-tech passport, designed to frustrate terrorists and fraudsters. So why did Steve Boggan and a friendly computer expert find it so easy to break the security codes? and: … Continue reading
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RFID Assists Notebooks Security
As number of stolen and missing laptops increases, vendors are trying to come up with better solutions in order to protect it. Read article at internetnews.com web site.
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PhishTank Statistics for October 2006
The United States and South Korea top the list of countries that hosted phishing sites in October, according to data from PhishTank, an open database tracking trends in e-mail fraud attacks. See details here.
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