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- The Insecurity of Test Data: The Unseen Crisis
- When a large Midwestern US insurance company hired an outside expert from a respected technology consulting firm to develop business application software, it didn't think that it was turning test data over to an identity thief. In the course of completing a software project, the technology consultant attempted to sell...
- Tags: Consultant, Insurance Company, Insurance, Social Security, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Government, Finance
- White papers 2007-12-01
- ID theft allegations haunt founder of ID theft fraud protection service
- This morning on the Howard Stern radio show, 'Baba Booey' come into the studio to help with a live commercial for Lifelock, an identity theft anti-fraud service that makes an eye-opening guarantee to its customers.After hearing the ad, I scribbled a note to check it out for a possible story...
- Tags: Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Privacy, Piracy, Patch Watch, Passwords, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets
- Blog posts 2007-06-05
- New ID theft protections in HI
- In Hawaii, three laws aimed at fighting identity theft took effect today, including one that requires businesses and governments to report to people if their personal information is compromised, The Honolulu Advertiser reports. The Internet and the digital age have turned peoples bank account numbers, birth dates and...
- Tags: identity theft, State &, Local Govt, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-01-02
- Dunn gave phone numbers to PIs
- Dunn gave phone numbers to PIs...saiid he hadn't heard the word "pretext" until recently...They used to use words like: lie, steal, scam, identity thief?Dunn's fake Innocent ActDunn's selective memory/innocent act's just not holding up. The email trails are too vivid and clear pointing out her faults in aggressively pursing people...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Financial accounting, email trail, Sun Microsystems Inc., JackPastor, phone, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-03
- Fla. Natl. Guard laptop with solider data stolen
- A laptop stolen from a Florida National Guard soldier contained training and administrative records, including Social Security numbers, of up to 100 Guard soldiers, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The Guard is conducting a security review. "We're doing everything we can do to protect the unit," Joe Myatt [of...
- Tags: Guard, security review, soldier, laptop computer
- Blog posts 2006-09-08
- Public getting antsy about laptop thefts
- Many years ago, before Web 2.0, web services and XML, Sun proposed the idea of a Net computer, a thin client that would interact with web-based applications and data stored on remote servers. Responding to concerns about storing personal information on a disk controlled by another company, Bill Joy held...
- Tags: laptop computer
- Blog posts 2006-06-22
- Phishers try a phone hook
- Phishers try a phone hookWith full headers in every e-mail message......it doesn't matter for me, no matter how hard you try to get me to enter my personal information via phone or via website.As for my security measure, my top priority, and my first step when getting e-mail, I always...
- Tags: phishing, header, e-mail, Whois, IP address, phone, IP, bank
- Discussion threads 2006-04-27
- Who do you trust more than Microsoft?
- Microsoft's project Hailstorm promised single sign-on and selective sharing of personal information stored at a central location. However it withered on the vine because a) central information stores are juicy targets for thieves, and b) nobody quite trusted Microsoft to keep their deepest secrets safe from prying eyes. Today...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-02-27
- NSA eavesdropping: How it might work
- NSA eavesdropping: How it might workNSA process precludes probable causeThe methods most likely used by NSA to spy on internet and voice communications precludes probable cause. It is after the communications have been intercepted that they are then scanned, and only after something has been found in the second phase...
- Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NSA, probable cause
- Discussion threads 2006-02-07
- The great Web 2.0 application (s)mash-up
- The great Web 2.0 application smash-upData ?I'm not convinced that business will be willing to move 100% over to this 'web' platform as it is envisioned. Other than your transactional based app's such as small work flow, small number of purchases, etc. I just don't see it happening.Take...
- Tags: Channel management, Web, mashup, Web 2.0
- Discussion threads 2005-09-22
- ID theft ring hits 50 banks, firm says
- ID theft ring hits 50 banks, firm saysMight as well get it over with.....Windows.Some Banks make it easier.Key Bank visa security hole. 08/01/05Some banks make it easy, they have flaws in their own software.I believe I have found a serious security problem with Key Bank Visa where customer information is...
- Tags: Financial services, SECURITY, Web browsers, bank, Key Bank, account number, Key Bank Visa, identity theft
- Discussion threads 2005-08-08
- First of many? Financial services and strong authentication.
- This is great news. E*Trade is offering strong authentication to its online brokerage customers. These RSA tokens look like a key and can be carried almost as easily. If a hacker/identity thief wants to break into your account they have to have the key (actually the 6 digit number...
- Tags: RSA Security Inc., E*Trade Financial Corp., Financial Service, Authentication, Financial Accounting, Security, Financial Services, Finance, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2005-03-01
- 'Perfect storm' for new privacy laws?
- 'Perfect storm' for new privacy laws?Funny How....This wasn't really a big deal until Hollywood got involved. OMG... the phone of a celebrity got hacked. Oh dear, alert the media. It could happen to you. Your number could get hacked and posted on the web, and people would know...
- Tags: Financial services, Harper
- Discussion threads 2005-03-01
- Istanbul, Not Constantinople, A call to arms for financial institutions.
- Istanbul, Not ConstantinopleThere are some great things about this city on the straits. The busy shipping traffic up and down the Bosporus for one. The extremely friendly people, and the safe streets as well. When I was there you could take a ferry ride from Europe to Asia...
- Tags: USB Tokens, Constantinople, authentication
- Blog posts 2005-02-16
- Oracle builds in single sign-on
- Oracle builds in single sign-onPutting all of your eggs in one basketSingle sign-on's for everything must be accompanied by a solid security policy.One stop shopping for "crackers"Imagine that. One password and a "cracker" or identity thief can have your "WHOLE WORLD" instead of just a small part of it....Make...
- Tags: Authentication/Encryption, single sign-on, Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2003-10-16
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