Stories about: Internet Security Advisors Group

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    Facebook needs customer service to woo businesses 30/07/2011 03:24:00

    I had to laugh when I read about Facebook's latest effort to woo businesses. While Facebook wants to look like its well ahead of Google + in the commercial uses of social networking, its track record of dealing with users suggests that businesses should not rely on it.
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    Mobile payment systems: A disaster waiting to happen 02/06/2011 00:06:00

    When I saw the Computerworld article about Square touting how it is going to replace cash registers with iPads, I was dismayed that there was no discussion of security. And Square's app isn't the only payment app that makes me anxious. While I admit that I would find applications such as Square Register and Google Wallet useful, turning mobile devices into credit cards or credit processing systems is foolish at this time.
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    Feds eye plan to make Internet snooping easier 28/09/2010 10:01:00

    The Obama Administration is reportedly considering a statute that would make it easier for federal authorities to intercept communications over services such as Facebook, Skype and BlackBerry -- an idea that's stoking anxiety within the privacy community.
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    Dear Facebook, act like a grown-up about security 24/02/2010 05:51:00

    Dear Facebook, I appreciate your service. I really do.
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    Drone incident serves up data encryption lesson 19/12/2009 05:02:00

    The disclosure that Iraqi insurgents were able to intercept live video feeds from U.S. drones has focused the spotlight on a familiar IT security issue: data encryption.
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    Alleged kingpin of data heists was a computer addict, lawyer says 21/08/2009 06:06:00

    Albert Gonzalez, the man described by federal authorities as the kingpin of a gang responsible for stealing more than 130 million payment cards, is a computer addict constantly looking for ways to challenge his abilities, according to his lawyer.
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    FAQ: Why Obama may give up his BlackBerry 08/12/2008 09:14:00

    Could Barack Obama ever expect to continue using his BlackBerry once he officially becomes president?
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    Largest public power grid at cyber risk, US feds say 22/05/2008 08:28:30

    The network controlling the US's largest public electric company could be taken down by cyber-hackers because it fails to take basic best-practice security measures, a federal report says.
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    How to spot -- and stop -- a spy 15/04/2008 10:32:23

    Corporations are woefully unprepared to counter attempts at corporate espionage, say experts who perform vulnerability assessments designed to uncover security weaknesses. US corporations lose as much as US$300 billion a year to hacking, cracking, physical security breaches and other criminal activity, according to Ira Winkler, author of Spies Among Us (Wiley, 2005) and president of the Internet Security Advisors Group, which performs espionage simulations and provides other services.
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    Napster Fans Crack Website 18/08/2000 09:50:28

    "This isn't a security story. This is really a story about how the music industry is dealing with its former reluctance to work with the Internet," say some of a recent spate of attacks on web sites which were altered with pro-Napster slogans. It could indeed be that by aggressively
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    Is the Back Orifice Door really shut? 16/07/1999 21:49:23

    While a number of security software vendors claim to have developed antidotes to the recently-released Back Orifice 2000 Trojan horse, the exploit's ability to change attack signatures may foil efforts to detect it.
 
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