I Am Security

Category: Opinion

  • Blocking Facebook? Not popular, and not effective

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    OK, so we know that social networking sites have their issues and threats associated with them, we’ll be the first to admit it. But on the same note, we also know that just blocking/censoring them (pick the more politically correct term) is not working either. This is in light of the Maryland general assembly’s decision…

  • BlueHat post on the state of web security

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    I’ve been asked to contribute once again to the Microsoft BlueHat blog, and have written a quick “state of the web security” post. Check it out, and as always, feel free to comment or discuss whether in agreement or not. The post is located here. Cheers.

  • More predictions see the light of day?

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    A recent report from McAffee reaffirms our 2009 predictions, and talks about how eCrime is starting to benefit from ex-employees, noting that this trend is not limited to the IT guys… As we recall – the possibility to participate in the emerging eCrime business is closer than ever, with a quick buck to be made,…

  • Supreme court, freedom of speech and internet filtering

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    It was bound to happen. It didn’t work in Third World countries, attempts to do it in Western civilization failed one by one, and now it is proven again that you can’t really prohibit people by law from viewing certain content on the internet. What I’m talking about is this: The Supreme Court rejected child…

  • Who owns your online identity? Facebook squatters on the rise

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    I have just read a couple of excellent posts (on SquaredPeg, and InsideFacebook) that talk about something I have been preaching for a while – your online identity and how easily it can be manipulated (or falsely created). The posts talk about Facebook groups and accounts that have been created for the class of 2013…