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Privacy and Identity Theft
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- Author: dave
- Listed in: Technology Internet
- Tags: Security Privacy identity theft tor anonymity usb
- Added on: Mar 20th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
The Privacy and Identity Theft blog looks at the breaking news in these important areas, and also presents insights into the world of electronic crime, malware and crimeware. David is the Chairman of the Anti-Phishing Working Group, CEO of IronKey.
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AOL Phisher Gets 7 Year Prison Sentence
Michael Dolan, 24, was sentenced Wednesday in Connecticut federal court to seven years in prison for masterminding a phishing scheme that targeted AOL users over a 4 year period. Federal prosecutors had argued that he masterminded a scam in which he...
The Need for 2 Factor Authentication in Cloud Computing - Defcon and ISACA
Greg Conti, an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the US Military Academy in West Point, gave a talk at Defcon last week about the dangers of cloud computing. “The information we are all giving to online companies is massive and danger...
Wells Fargo Customer Data Breached - How Did Cyber-Criminals Get The Access Codes? - Why No Strong Authentication?
Cyber criminals somehow acquired Wells Fargo “access codes” to consumer credit bureau MicroBilt, and logged in and mined the personal data of thousands of individuals. Information accessed included names, social security numbers and addr...
Russian Cyberwar Against Georgia Coincides with Invasion
Russian armored columns entered the western Georgian city of Senaki and seized a Georgian military base on Monday night after issuing an ultimatum to Georgia to disarm its troops along the boundary with the separatist territory of Abkhazia. Coincide...
Example of why Hardware Encryption of USB Flash Drives is Required
McAfee has acknowledged a security issue in McAfee Encrypted USB Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. The security is caused due to an error related to the password “Re-use Threshold̶...
