by wwarren | May 22, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security
Google and others now no longer show you everything. they try to guess what you are really looking for. This video shows how various online entities try to shape your Internet experience. A quote from Eric Schmidt of Google sums it up, “It will be very hard...
by wwarren | Apr 30, 2011 | Security, Security Alerts
DOE Lab Break-in May Be Tip of the Iceberg – Darkreading.
by wwarren | Apr 8, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security, Security Alerts
I just got this in my e-mail: Dear Valued Customer, At M&T Bank, your privacy is very important to us. We were recently notified by Epsilon, an email marketing service provider, that an unauthorized third party gained access to customer email addresses of a number...
by wwarren | Apr 8, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security, Security Alerts
I came to the same conclusion. it’s also telling that it’s Epsilon sending these notices on behalf of their clients…which is ironic since they are the ones with the compromised mailing system. The numbers dont add up. Epsilons footnote would...
by wwarren | Apr 7, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security, Security Alerts
Thanks to Brian Krebs for the tweet that gave me the link for this list. Keep an eye on this list as it has grown continuously since the breach first became known. Keep in mind this is similar to the cloud everyone is pushing and remember what’s in store for...
by wwarren | Apr 6, 2011 | Internet, Security
Brian Krebs lays out the simple rules to avoid getting scammed. Make sure to head to this site to get some more really good tips on how to avoid getting phised(or scammed). Don’t take the bait: Many people are familiar with the traditional phishing attack,...
by wwarren | Apr 5, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security, Security Alerts
Popular browsers also geotag things. Here’s the skinny on how to disable that nonsense as well. Remove location geotags information from photos.
by wwarren | Apr 5, 2011 | Blackberry, Hardware, Internet, Security, Security Alerts, Smartphone
I have to thank my sister in law for this tip. It turns out smartphones embed gps data into every picture they take. Once you post this online that information is easily accessible and points to the EXACT location of where that picture was taken. The site...
by wwarren | Apr 5, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security, Security Alerts
Everyone using Intuit products get ready for fake scam e-mails and even more spam. Online Security Center: Security alerts.
by wwarren | Apr 5, 2011 | Internet, Security, Security Alerts
The List Gets Longer and Longer. Hope you have really good spam filters. And the hits just keep on coming for Epsilon (update: over 40 cos. affected) | Office of Inadequate Security.
