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Full disk encryption for all!

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2008-03-05 10:32:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
To echo Bruce Schneier's comments , it's important to encrypt the data on your laptops. Yes, the laptops get stolen, they get lost and your private data is on them. So if you scramble up that data (using an encryption product), then you are somewhat insulating yourself from having that data stolen A new attack was introduced by Ed Felten and...
 
Tags: data, hard drive data, filevault capability, echo bruce schneier, filevault, 3rd party utilities, attack, gain access, laptops
 
 
 
 
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There is no 100% security

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2008-03-04 11:00:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
...information, with the idea that the bad guys couldn't use if for identity theft. They were wrong and pretty stupid for doing it in the first place The first is Todd Davis, CEO of a company called LifeLock. I'm actually a customer and they do identity theft protection services. They've built a marketing campaign around this guy publishing his...
 
Tags: credit accounts, credit, photo credit, bad guys, proper credit authorizations, pretty stupid, bank, stupid, bank account
 
 
 
 
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Are you clean? Let Google decide for you.

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2008-03-03 15:38:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
...Security Mike's suggestions). But there isn't much you as a user can do besides cutting and pasting the URL into your own browser, which is a pain the backside Although hope is not a strategy, we can only hope that Google is right a lot more often then they are wrong Image credit: onedigitallife.com
 
Tags: google, roger thompson, roger, sites, web sites, malware, significant damage, infinite wisdom, hope
 
 
 
 
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PayPal takes a bite out of Apple

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2008-02-28 10:11:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
...security officer) of PayPal goes on a bit of a tirade in this NetworkWorld article about why Safari isn't a good option - for those that care about security anyway The reality is that he's right. I personally use Firefox on all my devices (both Macs, PCs, and virtualized PCs running on my Mac). I do that because of NoScript . I've mentioned...
 
Tags: chief security officer, safari browser, security, safari, secure, secure fashion, networkworld article, mac, photo credit
 
 
 
 
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Should you use virtual credit cards?

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2008-02-26 19:58:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
...information at the Cardratings site The reality is that using these virtual credit card numbers are a pain in the butt. You have to either download some software or go to yet another web site to get the right credential to use it. Is it worth it? The answer is a big maybe If you are doing business with a totally new site, then it probably...
 
Tags: main credit card, credit card, virtual credit card, credit card banks, virtual credit cards, card, cardratings site, site, web site
 
 
 
 
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Wherefore broadcast SSIDs?

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2008-02-25 21:20:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
...Security Mike's Guide is to secure your networks. One of the common misconceptions is that you need to stop broadcasting your SSID, which is the network identifier of your wireless network. I'm with Steve Riley on this one. He does a pretty good treatment about why it doesn't matter whether you broadcast or not Whether someone can see your...
 
Tags: network, wireless network, network identifier, simple security configurations, broadcast, real question, photo credit, wireless router, machines
 
 
 
 
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PayPal E-mail authentication

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2008-02-22 06:33:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
...information. NetworkWorld had a recent interview discussing their security methods Two-factor authentication - PayPal will issue you a token to more securely authenticate to your account. It costs $5 and you'll have to carry it around. I definitely adds more security to your account, but you have to carry the thing around. Did I mention you...
 
Tags: paypal, security, security methods, security capabilities, account information, account, carry, signature, digital signature
 
 
 
 
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Don't bank at Starbucks

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2008-02-21 12:32:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg has some sage advice here about what you should and SHOULD NOT do on public Wi-Fi networks. The reality is that it's easy to compromise your machine and your data on these networks. A bad guy can set up a fake access point, or compromise your internal routing tables, or download a Trojan onto your machine...
 
Tags: service, networks, public vpn service, public wi-fi networks, network, evdo wireless service, public wifi networks, public wifi network, wall street journal
 
 
 
 
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Make sure it's really Microsoft Update

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2008-02-20 15:06:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
The innovation on the part of the bad guys continues to amaze. Per SC Magazine , these folks are using some URL obfuscation to get you to a Microsoft Update imposter site. F-Secure is credited with finding the bad site , and there are lots of details on their blog site Finnish anti-virus firm F-Secure warned Friday that a new malware-laced...
 
Tags: microsoft, site, fast flux site, microsoft site, fake microsoft, launch microsoft, actual microsoft, imposter site, url