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What to Worry About

2008-05-01 14:43:53 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...strangers you don't know and think about the strangers you know. Too often, we invite our predators in and offer them a drink. The leading cause of death for black women from 18-45 is domestic violence. The New York Health Department found that lovers committed 60% of all murders of women. Young foreign-born women were 87% more likely to be...
 
Tags: black murder victims, people, black, family, murders, strangers, male family, york health department, commit two-thirds
 
 
 
 
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Fear of Internet Predators Largely Unfounded

2008-02-26 06:30:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...strangers represent," said Janis Wolak, a sociologist at the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire in Durham Actually, Internet-related sex crimes are a pretty small proportion of sex crimes that adolescents suffer," Wolak added, based on three nationwide surveys conducted by the center In an article...
 
Tags: internet, internet predators, internet predators represent, predators, sex crimes, sex, child, child predators, internet predators trick
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...strangers may sit in their cars in front of my house, and use my network to send spam, eavesdrop on my passwords, and upload and download everything from pirated movies to child pornography. As a result, I risk all sorts of bad things happening to me, from seeing my IP address blacklisted to having the police crash through my door While this...
 
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
 
...strangers may sit in their cars in front of my house, and use my network to send spam, eavesdrop on my passwords, and upload and download everything from pirated movies to child pornography. As a result, I risk all sorts of bad things happening to me, from seeing my IP address blacklisted to having the police crash through my door While this...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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Adware Spyware Remover from Trend Micro Systems

2007-08-01 19:23:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...strangers. This should never be done because it is like opening Pandoras box and the person will just suffer for it Emails from strangers can be thrown in the junk mail, certain sites can be avoided. Somehow, hackers are still able to get no matter what the person does so some bigger guns should be brought in Security for this machine...
 
Tags: adware spyware, adware, adware spyware remover, remover, spyware, trend microsystems free, free, trend microsystems, computer
 
 
 
 
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Passenger Says He Hacked Windows In New York Taxi Display Screen

2007-12-28 14:02:19 by Editor in Security Links
 
...strangers access to a computer that is shared with hundreds of customers Chasen went on to say that he could have installed software from the Internet The VeriFone spokesman, however, said Chasen had merely accessed media files, and passengers could not gain control of sensitive information Its a Windows-based system, so I could never say...
 
Tags: display, display systems vendor, display systems, credit card, card, sensitive information, information, display system, credit card information
 
 
 
 
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Visa Services Northwest caught throwing info in dumpster

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2008-01-28 16:23:02 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...strangers applying for credit under their names, but none of the incidents were proven to be linked to the sensitive documents that were thrown out in the trash Victim Response This firm was throwing away in a public bin more information than my wife knows about me," Gillett said Evan] OK. Either Mr. Gillett needs to talk to his wife more,...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, information, visa services, confidential information, sensitive information, gillett, steve gillett, credit card information
 
 
 
 
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Adware Spyware Remover from Trend Micro systems

2007-08-01 19:22:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...strangers, accessing certain websites and pop up ads because this is the reason why these things end up in the computer Symantec continues to be one of the most trusted names in the computer industry. It has received good reviews from critics and PC magazines for the standard of excellence it has provided in all of its products As software...
 
Tags: adware spyware remover, adware, spyware, computer, trend micro systems, computer industry, symantec unlike, symantec, software companies
 
 
 
 
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Mike Rothman - The 419

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2008-02-08 06:31:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
...strangers offering gifts in the millions of dollars. If it sounds too good to be true, it pretty much is Instead the victim shared information about his life and family. He attached pictures of his house and put in addresses and phone numbers (which I removed to protect the idiotic). It's just ridiculous As Barnum said, there is a sucker...
 
Tags: capital investment funds, capital investment, funds, capital, magellan capital funds, direct capital funds, investment, stockmarket investment, scottish investment staff
 
 
 
 
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Four ways to fight off strangers with candy

2008-04-17 00:00:00 by Mark Gibbs in Network World on Security
 
Users aren't naïve, they are willfully ignorant and the latest installment of a experiment shows just how easily users can undermine IT security. Here's a summary of the survey and four ways to reduce the impact of user ignorance
 
Tags: users, easily users, user ignorance, experiment, ignorant, nave, survey, undermine, summary