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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...savvy, and have an experienced feel for recognizing malware before it strikes. Indeed, Ive written about this before ( "Antivirus softwrewho needs it"? and "More on the necessity of antivirus software" ). However, for my FFN, antivirus and antispyware are requirements. They should be for your FFN, too The Malicious Software Removal Tool also...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site
 
 
 
 
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Online safety education is working!

2008-07-19 16:06:00 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
Yeah, this made my morning. Take the time to read the 10 questions you need to be asking yourself when shopping online clipped from www.crime-research.org Online shoppers getting security savvy With rising levels of online fraud, internet shoppers are becoming increasingly savvy about checking for some kind of security before paying for...
 
Tags: online, online shoppers, online fraud, security savvy, security, internet shoppers, increasingly savvy, levels, org
 
 
 
 
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New Year's Resolutions for choosing online retailers

2007-12-20 09:31:28 by Andras Cser in Security & Risk Management
 
...Savvy customers are increasingly turning towards online retailers and financial institutions which provide at least some form of multi-factor authentication to protect against password theft. The following list gives a compass to consumers and vendors to navigate the misty waters of online transactions Smart cards / USB tokens (very costly,...
 
Tags: user inconvenience, low user inconvenience, users desktop, users desktop software, software, medium user inconvenience, low, imagic software, user
 
 
 
 
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Risk Management Lessons from the Mortgage Meltdown

2007-12-14 16:54:17 by Chris McClean in Security & Risk Management
 
...savvy media are also becoming more likely expose companies demonstrating poor risk management strategies or a lack of commitment to all stakeholders. Case in point, the Wall Street Journal questioned how clients will ultimately react knowing that Goldman Sachs profited greatly by betting against products the company continued to sell them ...
 
Tags: risk, risk exposure, risk management decisions, intelligent risk, risk-savvy media, risk management professionals, goldman sachs, goldman sachs performance, risk management information
 
 
 
 
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How effective is the wisdom of crowds as a security mechanism?

2007-12-21 15:26:10 by Tyler Moore in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...savvy attacker could build reputation by voting for these sites without contributing to PhishTank otherwise So crowd-sourcing your security decisions can leave you exposed to manipulation. But how does PhishTank compare to the feeds maintained by specialist website take-down companies hired by the banks? Well, we compared PhishTanks feed to a...
 
Tags: phishtank, phishtank compare, leaves phishtank, users, phishtanks users, vote maliciously, vote, active users, urls
 
 
 
 
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Fatal wine waiters

2007-12-20 18:59:04 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...savvy about the websites that they dont wish to be associated with at which point the flow of money will cease and the sites will disappear To finish by being lighthearted again, the funniest page (so far) is the reworking of the Wikipedia article on Terminal Servers since servers once again becomes wine waiters, but terminal naturally...
 
Tags: windows server, server, windows, unlike windows, professional web site, server components, site, ntp server misuse, compatibility
 
 
 
 
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Common Criteria and answering the question 'Is it Safe'

2007-12-20 16:57:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...savvy will likely make judgments based on sound bites from the media and intuition rather than any specific data or analysis. The Internet can be a dangerous place; a computer with vulnerable software is an easier target than one without such software When considering what types of software vulnerabilities could occur, there are three...
 
Tags: criteria, fails, common criteria fails, common criteria, common criteria arguably, common, arguably, arguably deficient, security
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...savvy bunch, and you might end up being charged despite your innocence. The lawyers I spoke with say most defense attorneys will advise you to reach a plea agreement rather than risk going to trial on child-pornography charges In a less far-fetched scenario, the Recording Industry Association of America is known to sue copyright infringers...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...savvy bunch, and you might end up being charged despite your innocence. The lawyers I spoke with say most defense attorneys will advise you to reach a plea agreement rather than risk going to trial on child-pornography charges In a less far-fetched scenario, the Recording Industry Association of America is known to sue copyright infringers...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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Cloned Trucks

2008-02-06 12:37:32 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Savvy criminals are using some of the country's most credible logos, including FedEx, Wal-Mart, DirecTV and the U.S. Border Patrol, to create fake trucks to smuggle drugs, money and illegal aliens across the border, according to a report by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement In August 2006, the Texas Department of Public Safety, on a...