We are also seeing a shift that we hope will be adopted across internet companies more broadly: two Internet companies — Google and Microsoft — have published figures regarding National Security Letters, secretive government demands for user...
One of my clients had a hacker break into his network and steal his social security number, home and office addresses and phone numbers, and credit card numbers and expiration dates, all unbeknownst to him.
AP Twitter Hacking Highlights Need for Increased Online Security Measures – ClickZTime for two-factor authentication. Enhanced campaigns improvements for Google+ and mobile apps – Inside AdWordsEnhanced campaigns now automatically include social...
So, what is Kawasaki's advice for making the leap from the security of a full-time job? I recently sat down with Kawasaki to get his thoughts on content marketing, social media, and his most recent book, "APE".
The premise of that was that even those making innocuous comments could be providing information that, when combined with a lot of other innocuous comments, could piece together enough information to present a serious security risk.
Security: If the site safeguards the user's privacy and the user feels confident in sharing the data asked in the form or feels confident using his credit card for payment then it adds on to the trust factor and this factor has the potential for...
Apparently Facebook also sent in a privacy and security auditor to assess this issue, and was satisfied with the results. Facebook has announced a new partnership with market analytics firm Datalogix, designed to measure how often Facebook's 1...
In their article, BBC points to a “major problem” with fake Facebook profiles, as explained by a representative from security firm Sophos. Immediately, a number of issues pop off the page when reading the BBC’s case study, as told to them by social...
Microsoft Windows Intune, a cloud computing service for PC and Windows Security Management, uses landing pages to convert visitors to Free Trial subscribers. Enable Sharing and Highlight Social Validation
Now imagine calling the police and having several people show up, all out of uniform, and claiming to be, respectively, a Personal Security Enhancement Specialist, a Danger Dissolution Officer, a Crisis Abatement Guru and a Dragon Slayer.
In their closing, the White House was clear that they plan to continue moving forward with anti-piracy legislation, saying, “Moving forward, we will continue to work with Congress on a bipartisan basis on legislation that provides new tools needed...
While the incident itself was limited in scope, the underlying cause of the problem could indicate lingering problems with Facebook's approach to security. It would be smart of Facebook to hire some people that have a strong security-focused...
The NSTIC, all wrapped up in nationalism, patriotism, security, and (believe it or not) saving people from cancer death. And yes, I know there are security arguments as well, but from the critiques like "Identity Crisis: The Delusion of NSTIC" the...
Because it would be a poor choice economically and for security to have only one provider, there will be many Identity Providers that users can select from to act as their intermediary. A false sense of control, privacy, and security among Users
To get around users’ browser security, third-party websites will use nested iframes within Facebook’s domain, providing a back and forth exchange of information that will allow them to determine if the user even has a Facebook account.
Google Web Security: Part of the Postini acquisition in 2007, this offered enterprise security; Google will discontinue new sales but support existing customers. Sidewiki: To focus on Google’s “broader social initiatives,” Sidewiki, which allowed...
An attacker can put their Social Security number on your site with a number of these techniques and report to Google that your top ranked page has personal data on it. Additionally, we SEOs are often asked to use services that are inherently unsafe...
But as Jim Tarber mentioned to me in a tweet midweek, the alpha nature of Diaspora has some concerned over matters of security. Last week, whilst in the midst of the whole Google+ saga (stil ongoing, in various directions), I noted that Linden Lab...
As more people live more of their day to day lives amongst the online community, no matter what form it may take- your online banking system, your twitter account, your Playstation Network account, whatever- it's clear that there need to be...
This includes: full name, email address, mailing address, phone number, birth date, national identity, pension, social security, tax ID, health care, or driver's license number, and mother's maiden name.
