There was an article by Timothy Aeppel on the front page of the June 13, 2008 issue of The Wall Street Journal with the title “Stung by Soaring Transport Cost, Factories Bring Jobs Home Again” (subscription required). The article is about manufacturers... bloginfosec.com »
Security
28 Aug 2008
Major iPhone security vulnerability warning
9 to 5 Mac – A major security vulnerability has been identified within the iPhone 2.0.2 software – a flaw which affects users who have password-protected the device…
The simple trick, “gives anyone full access to your Mail, SMS, Contacts, and Safari, reports a member of the MacRumors forum.
And the trick requires the technological skills of a five year old [...] read more
26 Aug 2008
Social Engineering 101
Kees Leune – I got a report today from an employee who had just gotten a call from someone claiming to be either working for Dell, or on behalf of Dell. The callers story was that they were working for the Dell credit… read more
Geeks are Sexy Technology News – The ubiquity of secure online transactions often makes us take them for granted. Most people will happily type their credit card and other personal information into a web form and hit Submit, as long as they see that little padlock in the status bar. Sometimes they don’t even check for that.
Have you ever had your browser [...] read more
LockCrypt is a freeware application for storing and encrypting your information to protect it from phishing attempts. This freeware utility is designed to offer you easy-to-use account information management tools that will also encrypt the stored data... (posted on 28 Aug 2008 by Life Rocks! 2.0)
28 Aug 2008
Email Masking - Protect Email address from spam
Sometimes email inbox is filled with spams,luckily some strong web services throws the spam messages in spam box.But still we need to protect the email id from reaching those spammers and spam bot.Just like masking your affiliate URL link you can also... (posted on 28 Aug 2008 by Internet Technology | blogging ideas | Web resources )
27 Aug 2008
Every Time I See It, I Think About Logs
"Hotel chain now says data of just 10 guests was exposed; newspaper claims 8 million" (here)Can't they look at logs and know for sure? Hmmm...Do they have logs?Do they know whether they have logs?Do they know what are logs?Ehmmmm...About me:... (posted on 27 Aug 2008 by Anton Chuvakin on Security)
27 Aug 2008
Fun Reading on Security - 7
Instead of my usual "blogging frenzy" machine gun blast of short posts, I will just combine them into my new blog series "Fun Reading on Security." Here is an issue #7, dated August 27th, 2008. Sad, but VERY insightful story of Alan Shimmel getting... (posted on 27 Aug 2008 by Anton Chuvakin on Security)
27 Aug 2008
Linux security idiots
Linux is more secure than most operating systems, but Not if you don't practice basic security measures
read more (posted on 27 Aug 2008 by Cyber Cynic)
27 Aug 2008
NASA confirms Windows virus reached outer space
Ah, Microsoft, but let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. And you can't reach a whole lot higher than the International Space Station (ISS), which NASA this week revealed had a few extra astronauts on... (posted on 27 Aug 2008 by 9 to 5 Mac)
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