by Schehrezade Davidson | Feb 14, 2013 | Banking, Cyberthieves, Phishing
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 30, 2013 | Cyberthieves, Phishing, Trends, Vulnerabilities
State, city, and county government agencies around the USA, and likely elsewhere, are adopting two-factor authentication as a means to comply with regulations for increased information security. Yet, when the consensus about such methods is largely negative, we...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Nov 27, 2012 | Cyberthieves, Passwords, Phishing, Vulnerabilities
Taxpayers expect their data to be kept confidential and safe when using government systems. In fact, they often assume that the government’s systems will be protected more effectively than commercial systems. Residents of South Carolina were taken by surprise...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Nov 14, 2012 | Passwords, Phishing, Retail, Trends, Usability, Vulnerabilities
Do you like your friends and family? Let’s assume you do. And assuming you like them, you probably don’t want them to have their identity stolen by hackers. Am I right? Well then, let’s take a look at a few products on the market this year that must have been designed...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Aug 14, 2012 | Cyberthieves, Passwords, Phishing, Usability, Vulnerabilities
6% of all phishing attempts in the first quarter of the year targeted social network accounts. That isn’t surprising, since so many people use social media, so many users have identical login information for their social networks and their ecommerce accounts,...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jul 4, 2012 | Phishing, Retail, Usability, Vulnerabilities
And perhaps, some pictures are worth more than that. It would seem that some inherently foolish folks out there have posted pictures on twitter of their credit cards – numbers and expiration dates readable. Really, people? Sometimes truth really is crazier than...
