Privacy
Creating Your Own Privacy & ROI
June 17, 2013 Added by:Krypt3ia
You can in fact obscure a lot of what you do online and through telco but you have to be diligent. It means time and sometimes money (burn phones or laptops in some cases) to obfuscate as much as you can.
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Balancing Act Between Privacy and Security
June 13, 2013 Added by:Jarno Limnéll
Privacy and Security: Both are mandatory – and necessary. Privacy is inherent in our contemporary understanding of democracy, whereas security requires intelligence. The challenge lies in being able to find the right balance while avoiding excesses.
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PHP and Application Security
June 10, 2013 Added by:Lee Mangold
The low barrier-of-entry for PHP allows inexperienced developers act like engineers and publish insecure code. These developers may be developing useful stuff, but they simply don't understand security.
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Infographic: Keeping Web Applications Safe
May 09, 2013 Added by:Mike Lennon
Continuing the security industry trend of publishing infographics, the folks at Enterprise Strategy Group published an infographic that illustrates some of the challenges associated with web application security.
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Do You Have a Vendor Security Check List? You Should!
May 09, 2013 Added by:Michael Fornal
A security check list is a list of security controls that a vendor or application must meet. These controls can range from how storage back up is to be done, to password complexity requirements. Having a checklist can help you in deciding if the application or vendor conforms to your company’s security requirements.
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Raising the Bar on Application Security Due Diligence
April 24, 2013 Added by:Rohit Sethi
Many automated scanning solutions are outstanding in their cost effectiveness and ability to find certain classes of vulnerabilities. For example, a properly-configured static analysis solution may help you find every instance of potential SQL injection in your software.
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Google: Black Hat or White Hat?
April 23, 2013 Added by:Larry Karisny
Google has a perfect opportunity to be a leader in cybersecurity. Google’s recent network -- and acquisitions and hires -- in Austin, Texas, is an opportunity to do security right the first time.
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The New Facebook Graph Search: How to Protect Your Privacy
March 21, 2013 Added by:Tom Eston
The Facebook Graph has evolved over the years in order to correlate as much information as possible, making it very easy to search. The issue is that anything you’ve ever posted publically, “Liked,” or were ever tagged in can be quickly searched. Here is how you can protect your privacy...
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Congress Will Battle Over Internet Privacy in 2013
February 01, 2013 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
In 2013, Congress will tackle several bills—both good and bad—that could shape Internet privacy for the next decade. Some were introduced last year, and some will be completely new. For now, here's what's ahead in the upcoming Congress...
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It's Time for Transparency Reports to Become the New Normal
January 31, 2013 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
A transparency report would allow Skype and Microsoft to set the record straight and permit users to make an informed decision about the surveillance risks they’ve taking when they use their product. With great user data comes great responsibility...
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Five Ways to Recognize Data Privacy Day
January 23, 2013 Added by:Allan Pratt, MBA
It is our responsibility, each and every one of us, to protect our data and our digital footprints, so here are five easy ways to recognize this annual event. But in order to be safe online on a regular basis, practice these activities on a monthly as opposed to annual basis...
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How to Protect Your Privacy from Facebook's Graph Search
January 20, 2013 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
Since Facebook removed the ability to remove yourself from search results altogether, we've put together a quick how-to guide to help you take control over what is featured on your Facebook profile and on Graph Search results...
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Briefly on "The Network Use of Force Continuum"
January 08, 2013 Added by:Ali-Reza Anghaie
I have long said that history and legal precedent will eventually defend "hack back" techniques for those with well established procedures and some degree of market clout (e.g. DIB, Fortune 100s). I've even said, when discussing the Patriot Hacker "The Jester", that self-defense and stand-your-ground will almost certainly come into play and be successfully used in some legal context.
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Turkey – Another story on use of fraudulent digital certificates
January 04, 2013 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
It’s the news of the day, a fraudulent digital certificate that could be used for active phishing attacks against Google’s web properties. Using the certificate it is possible to spoof content in a classic phishing schema or perform a man-in-the-middle attack according Google Chrome Security Team and Microsoft experts.
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How to get into your house through SmartTV
December 14, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
Security experts posted a video that demonstrates how it is possible to attack a Samsung Smart TV exploiting a 0-day vulnerability to gain root access on it. The hacker could remotely wipe data from attached storage devices, monitoring and controlling the victim TV...
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Mobile Devices get means for Tamper-Evident Forensic Auditing
December 13, 2012 Added by:Michelle Drolet
In order to detect security breaches and guarantee compliance, tamper “proofing” has not been sufficient. When it comes time for a forensic audit, the ability to detect unauthorized changes to digital files becomes invaluable in an investigation...
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- Creating Your Own Privacy & ROI
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