Archive for April, 2010
Amazon / Google Spam
Posted by: | CommentsBut it looks like an Amazon ad. It’s Not!
Beware of a email that looks like an product selection or monthly deal from Amazon. There are many places to click to see pictures, unsubscribe, etc. It is spam to get access to your computer.
Businesses today are using more online shopping carts and online marketing services to inform customers about their products. As spammers start coping the look and feel of your emails then they cause everyone to erase anything that come electronically from any company. Legitimateor not. I can’t tell you how many deals I have been offered by companies simply because I don’t trust the email. And some of these deals were legit.
So if you do use auto-responders only use ones from reputable companies.
Individuals, if in doubt always check the links by hovering you mouse over it and reading the URLdata. If it does no look right, don’t click. If by chance you have, be sure you have a strong anti-virus program so block access and protect your computer and data.
The Cloud Goes Green, but is it Secure?
Posted by: | CommentsRecently I received an invite to a webinar discussing how companies are transforming their business by using more cloud-like infrastructure. The argument is that it saves the company’s enery and reduces their carbon footprint.
While I am not here to dispute these claims, I do warn any company that migrates to more cloud infrastructure to make security of the data paramount in their plan. Especially with the many state and federal privacy protection laws on the books. As been blogged about before, the average cost on a company from a data breach in 2009 was $6.7 million per incident. Read More→
It’s 10pm, do you know where your PII is?
Posted by: | CommentsThe federal government recently published a guide on protection Personal Identifiable Information (PII). There are two aspects to PII that every company must be aware of:
1) What information information is considered confidential, &
2) Where this information is stored in the company. Read More→
Tufin Survey Finds One in Six New York Teenagers Hack — And Rarely Get Caught
Posted by: | Comments(NOTE from the IDProtectionExpert: Here is an article that I wanted to share. The teenage hacker is alive and well.)
Ramat Gan, Israel, April 14, 2010: Tufin Technologies, the leading provider of Security Lifecycle Management Solutions, today announced survey results that reveal the hacking habits of 1000 New York City teenagers. Exactly half (50%) of US kids sampled revealed they’d had their Facebook or email account hacked, which may explain why 75% feel hacking is wrong and 70% think it should be considered a criminal offense. However, 39% of the teens surveyed think hacking is “cool” and 16%, or roughly one in six, admitted to trying their hand at it. Only 15% of the entire sample has either been caught or knows someone who has – particularly disturbing considering 7% of young hackers reported they did so for money and 6% view it as a viable career path. Read More→
