by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 12, 2010 | Banking
Everyone is excited about the new Google phone – Nexus One. I am actually considering making the jump from iPhone to an Android-based phone. The Android Market is the Google’s answer to iTunes App store. In an interesting twist of events, a rogue app called...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 8, 2010 | Trends
Is anyone really surprised that two of the top security threats expected in 2010 have to do with social engineering and mobile media? Hackers live in the same world we do, and they naturally gravitate toward any media that is widely used. As social networking becomes...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 5, 2010 | Usability
Zack Whittaker’s post on whether we still need usernames/passwords is fueling an interesting debate at ZDNet. The premise is familiar – everyone is tired of storing their hundreds of passwords in an Excel sheet or a password management app. Wouldn’t it be...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 2, 2010 | Usability
The quip at the bottom of this password worksheet is priceless. Why try to remember what you could just write down? The sad thing is that there are actually products like this still out there, encouraging people to write down and maintain a paper trail of their...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 1, 2010 | Banking, Retail, Trends
The FBI is advising small businesses – the same ones often operating on a shoestring – to use a dedicated PC for their online banking. It would seem that hackers are targeting small businesses, universities, and local businesses with keylogging malware...
