Police Make Arrests In ATM Skimming Ring
By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com
Police believe they may have uncovered an international ATM “skimming” ring responsible for stealing money from hundreds of local accounts. It was not too long ago that I bought an ATM north of Boston from a dude named Bob at a bar and rolled it through the streets of Boston nabbing unsuspecting users who entered their debit cards and PINS. I performed this crazy stunt to demonstrate how easy it is and how vulnerable we are.
Insurance Industry Fights Liability Claims
By John Watkins, Attorney with Chorey, Taylor & Feil
In your policy it states quite clearly that no claim that you make will be paid. You unfortunately plucked for our Never-Pay Policy, which if you never claim is very worthwhile - but, uh, you had to claim - and there it is… Monty Python’s Flying Circus, circa 1971
More Talks with Anti-Jihadi Hacker The Jester
By Anthony M. Freed, Director of Business Development, InfosecIsland.com
Anti-jihadi hactivist The Jester (th3j35t3r), the self-proclaimed Nicest Hacker in the World, has returned for part two of our conversation concerning his campaign of intermittent disruption of militant pro-jihad websites. Part one, Q&A With anti-Jihadi Hacker The Jester, elicited both ire and accolades for the cyber-vigilante in nearly equal volume, revealing just how polarizing the issues surrounding ownership, permissions and access have become in this age of information.
Avoiding Enterprise Software Vendor Lock-In
By Bozidar Spirovski, CISSP, MCSA, MCP
Large enterprises rely on software products. And as everything else in large enterprises, the software products are large, complex, cumbersome and nearly unchangeable. This last attribute is better known as vendor lock-in. Software vendors love vendor lock-in.
The FCPA Role In International Acquisitions
By Thomas R. Fox, Attorney at Tom Fox Law
The recession has lessened and all that cash your Company has been hoarding for the rainy days of the Obama years is burning a whole in your CEO’s pocket. He has his powder dry and is ready to make a big bang by going on a buying spree, targeting overseas entities, to beat the competition in coming out of your industry’s downturn. An initial inquiry should be made into the ownership structure of the target company. If any portion of the entity is owned or held by a government or governmental entity then such an entity is covered under the FCPA as a foreign governmental instrumentality…
Vigilante Hackers as Heroes, but at What Cost?
By John-Patrick Skaar, Network Security Expert at Alcatel-Lucent
In the online world where personal information in extremely large volumes is merchandise for organized crime, where law enforcement is more focused on building war-rooms and appointing cyber security tzars, and where everyone leaves a digital footprint, cyber vigilantes have become something like worshiped heroes…
China: Internet Freedom Is Culturally Relative
By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest
We have had a few weeks to absorb the implications of wide spread Chinese supported attacks against Google and thirty or so other organizations. The US Secretary of State made one of the most affirmative statements on Internet freedom yet articulated by a government. Various policy analysts have chimed in as well. Some thoughts on what they have said…
Advantages of Data-Focused Risk Assessments
By Danny Lieberman, Security Expert and Founder of Software Associates
The detailed reasons why people fail at DLP implementations merits a separate post – but it’s a lot like why over 50% of the content management implementation from vendors never made it to production in the 90s – the root cause was that there was no real business case for the technology. Unlike business processes – data risk cannot be outsourced.
WireHead Security Partners With NCICU
From PRWeb
WireHead SecurityTM, an information security services firm providing customers with solutions to strengthen internal security and risk management, today announced a partnership agreement with the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU), under which member institutions can take advantage of discounted service pricing. NCICU is comprised of North Carolina’s 36 private, non-profit liberal arts, comprehensive, and research colleges and universities accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
FaaS: The Emergence of Fraud as a Service
By Mike Meikle, CEO at Hawkthorne Group
Fraud as a service or FaaS for the acronym collectors, has been a topic of concern for security professionals since 2008. Gone are the days where the primary theft is being perpetrated by the sociopath lone-wolf in the basement. The major player is now organized crime, responsible for 70 percent of online fraud and billions in ill-gotten gains…
