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eBay breach: it's not about the passwords

21/05/2014 10:47

The press release informing the media that eBay customers will be asked to change their passwords as a result of a 'cyberattack that compromised a database' isn't so much about the lost passwords, which admittedly were encrypted. It's about the psychology of announcing to 233 million people that their personal information is now in the hands of criminals, and doing so nonchalantly.

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Of secrets and bleeding hearts: How far have we really come?

14/04/2014 01:28

In the early 1920s, the Enigma machine was a portable encryption machine with rotor scramblers used for encoding and decoding confidential messages. It was progressively developed over the decades to use additional rotors and technical complexity that boosted the incremental difficulty of cracking its codes. And so began an elegant, noble cat-and-mouse game between coders and decoders that has stood the test of time. Or so we've been led to believe...

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How does the big bad Heartbleed bug affect you?

08/04/2014 02:36

There's a new security vulnerability in town. It's not even that new, we just didn't know about it until now. But it's a whopper and it threatens to impact everyone. If you've ever seen the little lock on your Web browser or read the words SSL or TLS, then you know that mechanisms are in place to secure our Internet existence. Well, our (false) sense of security has now been shattered by the discovery of a programming error in the Web's most popular encryption software,OpenSSL, that can cause security certificates, emails, passwords, transactions and sensitive data to fall into the wrong hands. How about them apples?

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Have you seen the numbers?

11/03/2014 07:06

Security is about risk. And risk is about numbers. Given the high probability of suffering data security and privacy breaches, is it any wonder companies are trying to discover security vulnerabilities before they turn into embarrassing breaches?

Independent security audits provide visibility into the risk. By taking the opportunity to fix problems before they get expensive, smart companies gain security assurance and achieve compliance with privacy legislation. Risk assessments of this nature are by far the most popular service we deliver, so we know something about what drives those purchasing decisions. And today is as good a day as any to share the numbers.

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In the Business of Cyberfraud, it Pays to be Professional

04/03/2014 07:19

Ever wonder what the use of stealing millions of email addresses is? All those often downplayed, 'low sensitivity' data breaches have massive potential to create enough uncertainty for people to eventually call a 1-800 number, even it it means speaking to a passive-aggressive tech support professional. This article explores the mindset that has led the public to belittle scammers even as organized crime defrauds the masses on a global scale.

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business , cyberfraud

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eBay breach: it's not about the passwords

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