The Last Watchdog: Trust in the Internet falters after DigiNotar, Comodo hacked
The Last Watchdog: Trust in the Internet falters after DigiNotar, Comodo hacked: “Digital certificates enable consumers to submit information that travels through an encrypted connection between the...
View Articlethreatpost: The Inside Story of the Kelihos Botnet Takedown
threatpost: The Inside Story of the Kelihos Botnet Takedown: “Earlier this week, Microsoft released an announcement about the disruption of a dangerous botnet that was responsible for spam messages,...
View ArticleWired: How Two Scammers Built an Empire Hawking Sketchy Software
Wired: How Two Scammers Built an Empire Hawking Sketchy Software: “…thanks to a series of lawsuits and criminal complaints filed over the past several years, combined with interviews with former...
View ArticleErrata Security: October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month -- or is it?
Errata Security: October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month -- or is it?: ‘Last year, the president declared October to be “Cybersecurity Awareness Month”. But, October has already been Breast Cancer...
View ArticleNed Batchelder: Stopping spambots with hashes and honeypots
Ned Batchelder: Stopping spambots with hashes and honeypots: “Rather than stopping bots by having people identify themselves, we can stop the bots by making it difficult for them to make a successful...
View ArticleWord to the Wise: Spammers and Google
Word to the Wise: Spammers and Google: “It seems spammers are buying very, very old lists scraped from usenet and inviting everyone on those lists to join them on Google+.”
View ArticleTalking Points Memo: The Government and ISPs At Odds Over Fighting Botnets
Talking Points Memo: The Government and ISPs At Odds Over Fighting Botnets: “Both the U.S. government and the country’s internet service providers (ISP) agree that botnets are among the greatest...
View ArticleDark Reading: Are Users Too Dumb For Security Awareness Training?
Dark Reading: Are Users Too Dumb For Security Awareness Training?: “Too many security pros blame users for failing to remember the fundamentals that security awareness training teaches, but the real...
View ArticleAllTwitter: Why Mass Following on Twitter Doesn’t Work
AllTwitter: Why Mass Following on Twitter Doesn’t Work: “Twitter finds much of its strength in the fact that you can refine who you follow, choosing to only follow family, or people in your niche, or...
View ArticleArs Technica: Computer virus hits US Predator and Reaper drone fleet
Ars Technica: Computer virus hits US Predator and Reaper drone fleet: “Military network security specialists aren’t sure whether the virus and its so-called “keylogger” payload were introduced...
View ArticleBrian Solis: Social Media Customer Service is a Failure!
Brian Solis: Social Media Customer Service is a Failure!: “Most companies proclaim to be ‘listening’ in the space but very few have changed or implement processes or products based on this listening....
View ArticleCloudmark The Federal Government and Email Security
Cloudmark The Federal Government and Email Security: “Being able to trust email from federal agencies is highly important to them, not merely for communication among agencies but also between the...
View ArticleArs Technica: Dennis Ritchie: the giant whose shoulders we stand on
Ars Technica: Dennis Ritchie: the giant whose shoulders we stand on: “Ritchie, the creator of the C programming language and co-developer of the Unix operating system passed away on October 8 at the...
View ArticleKrebs on Security: Who Else Was Hit by the RSA Attackers?
Krebs on Security: Who Else Was Hit by the RSA Attackers?: The information suggests that more than 760 other organizations had networks that were compromised with some of the same resources used to hit...
View ArticleThe Next Web: The first email was sent 40 years ago this month
The Next Web: The first email was sent 40 years ago this month: “It’s become a firm fixture of everyday life, loathed by some but essential to nearly all of us, and yet its future is far from certain....
View ArticleJohn Levine in CircleID: The Mainsleaze Blog
John Levine in CircleID: The Mainsleaze Blog: “Mainsleaze is nerdy slang for spam sent by large, well-known, otherwise reputable organizations. Although the volume of mainsleaze is dwarfed by the...
View ArticleConsumerist: Protect Your Brand From Becoming A .XXX Domain
Consumerist: Protect Your Brand From Becoming A .XXX Domain: “There’s an opt-out that you can apply for that lets you block your registered trademark from being in the pool of available .xxx domains...
View Articlethreatpost: Walking Among Security Giants
threatpost: Walking Among Security Giants: “Security is a comparatively young discipline, and that relative youth means that many of the men and women responsible for pioneering the field are not only...
View ArticleChristopher Soghoian in the New York Times: Without Computer Security,...
Christopher Soghoian in the New York Times: Without Computer Security, Sources’ Secrets Aren’t Safe With Journalists: “Brave journalists have defied court orders and have even been jailed rather than...
View ArticleRIP JD Falk
RIP JD Falk: The email and anti-spam communities lost one of their leading lights last night. JD was a passionate defender of email end users. He will be greatly missed by all of us.For some of the...
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