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Security psychology

2008-06-30 15:32:24 by Ross Anderson in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...deception through usability to fearmongering. Heres the agenda and here are the workshop papers The first session, on deception, was fascinating. It emphasised the huge range of problems, from detecting deception in interpersonal contexts such as interrogation through the effects of context and misdirection to how we might provide better...
 
Tags: security, security psychology, security engineers, live blog posts, live blog, workshop papers, workshop, security economics, deception
 
 
 
 
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Corporate Spying

2008-01-16 12:21:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...deception include meandering off topic rather than sticking to the facts and excessive personal grooming, such as nervously picking lint off a jacket. This method was developed by former lie-detector experts from the C.I.A.'s Office of Security, which administers polygraph tests to keep agents honest and verify the stories of would-be...
 
Tags: agents, intelligence agents, wal-mart, off-duty police officers, officers, wal-mart employee fired, cell-phone calls, phone calls, obtain
 
 
 
 
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A Localized Bankers Malware Campaign

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2008-03-25 14:59:06 by HASH0x8b6136c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...deception applied. It appears that the latest round has been spammed two days ago, but expanding their ecosystem reveals evidence of more bankers malware on behalf of the same malicious parties. What's particularly interesting about this campaign, is that they're using a hardcoded list of already breached email accounts of mostly Brazilian...
 
Tags: malware, bankers malware campaign, malware malware, malware campaigns, malicious malware, banker malware, bankers malware, malware authors, campaign
 
 
 
 
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Combating Unrestricted Warfare

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2007-12-15 09:08:23 by HASH0x8472308 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...deception and uses both civilian technology and military weapons to break the opponents will Moreover, the 2007 edition is covering in-depth such popular asymmetric threats posed by jihadists (pages 135/143) debunking the use of WMD as a priority, and the cyber dimension (pages 251/297) with some remarkable analogies post Cold-War strategies...
 
Tags: chinese information warfare, information, information warfare, warfare, cyber warfare unit, cyber warfare, asymmetric warfare, unconventional warfare, warfare employs surprise
 
 
 
 
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The High Price of Things that are Free

2007-08-01 19:26:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...deception to get individuals to downloading them either because they are intricately bundled into legitimate parent programs and sometimes, spyware and adware can even masquerade itself as security or computer optimization software to trick one into installing these unwanted programs However, in some cases, one doesn't even have to install...
 
Tags: free, adware protection, adware, free items, secure free spyware, adware protection programs, free programs, spyware, spyware programs
 
 
 
 
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Malware Infected Hosts as Stepping Stones

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2008-02-21 22:03:01 by HASH0x8b1f7bc in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...deception , hedging of risk of getting caught, or actually risk forwarding to the infected party/country of question, PSYOPs , the scenario building approach can turn out to be very creative. One of the main threats possed by the use of infected hosts as stepping stones that I've been covering in previous posts related to China's active cyber...
 
Tags: hosts, malware, socks hosts, malware infects hosts, top application, application, stones, top, activities
 
 
 
 
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To Catch a Phish: Practice, Practice, Practice

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2008-02-14 18:31:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
...deception and intrigue. They make a living (and a very good living at that) from separating you from your personal information. They prey on your gullability and trusting nature I don't advocate that you become a full on paranoid like me. Everytime I get a strange email that seems suspicious, I'm tearing apart the headers and doing link...
 
Tags: security mike content, security mike, bad guys, email, guys, security research friends, strange email, techniques, fraud techniques
 
 
 
 
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Is Microsofts SDL Working?

2008-05-16 11:05:09 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...deception The biggest problem with Microsofts assertion is simply that there are too many variables that are uncontrolled and could just as easily be making the difference. There are too many unknowns related to effort of independent researchers and focus on a specific Microsoft platform. At the very least, Microsoft has done an admirable job...
 
Tags: sdl, sdl efforts, sdl effectiveness, microsoft, microsoft surely, specific microsoft platform, effectiveness, effectiveness level, microsoft suggests
 
 
 
 
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Is Microsoft???s SDL Working?

2008-05-16 11:05:09 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...deception The biggest problem with Microsoft???s assertion is simply that there are too many variables that are uncontrolled and could just as easily be making the difference. There are too many unknowns related to effort of independent researchers and focus on a specific Microsoft platform. At the very least, Microsoft has done an admirable...
 
Tags: sdl, microsoft, sdl efforts, sdl effectiveness, microsoft surely, specific microsoft platform, microsoft suggests, effectiveness, effectiveness level
 
 
 
 
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