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Twitter hacked by old technique — again by AP: Yahoo! Tech This article came out yesterday. The short description is that a compromised personal email account led to a compromise at Twitter. Although the article is written with the focus on Twitter, this can just as easily happen to you and your organization. Tip: Keep [...]
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I can remember many, many years ago when my Dad disposed of old tax documents. He just threw them in the trash. The only redeeming factor was that we lived in the country and burned all of our paper trash. But, have you ever known anyone to just toss a confidential document in the trash? [...]
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You can learn alot by watching people. I had breakfast this morning and was stunned to overhear someone on their cell phone give the administrative login credentials for the company website to someone else. They also very carefully spelled out the entire URL to the login page. If I were not trustworthy, I could log [...]
We’ve all let things slide. You have. I have. Like the auto mechanic with bad brakes on his car. Or the home remodeler who never quite finishes the woodwork. Or the InfoSec pro who occasionally doesn’t follow his own advice! Here is a list of some of the things I have advised others to do [...]
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If someone is looking for information about you, what’s the first thing they will do? Yep, they will fire up Google and do a search. It is good practice to periodically search for yourself on Google. Be sure to include any variations on your name. Here’s what I would use… “Dan Strom” “Daniel Strom” “Daniel [...]
