Internet Explorer 9, Release Candidate available
You might have seen it: IE9 RC is now ready for download. I am using IE9 since quite a while and it really, really rocks. Install it from here.
Roger
The Wild West on the Internet… A Crime Story
A fairly interesting thriller on the Internet. It just shows that we need better ways to collaborate between private and public sector and to hunt criminals: How one man tracked down Anonymous—and paid a heavy price
Scary…
Roger
Cybercrime: A Recession-Proof Growth Industry
That’s obvious as people probably tend to want to trust more, the worse their situation is. Nevertheless it is even more disgusting going after the desperate!
Cybercrime: A Recession-Proof Growth Industry
Roger
How much it takes to get on the No-Fly List
I questioned the value of No-Fly lists since quite a while as I read all these story about how people get on the list but this is kind of the strangest story I ever heard. A UK Immigration officer put his own wife on the No-Fly list as he wanted her to stay in the US – their marriage was kind of challenged.
DetailsQuit Worrying About Cloud Security?
The longer the more I see articles and posts that claim that security could actually improve if you migrate to the Cloud. And the longer the more I am a firm believer of these statements. It is not about forgetting best practices and just handing over everything to the Cloud provider. It is about adapting your practices to the new reality.
DetailsFighting Crime and Protecting Privacy–a Contradiction?
I often read two kinds of articles when it comes to ISPs and protecting privacy. In side asks for as much privacy as possible, the other one for transparency to fight cybercrime. What is our real goal? What is the role of ISPs in fighting crime? An interesting study by the OECD in comparison with an article I read today.
DetailsBlocking Social Media–What is Your View?
Blocking social media in companies seems to be fairly common; however I personally do not like it for different reasons. I would like you to open a debate and educate me. Tell me, why it is good or bad. Tell me, which risks you are looking at, when/if you do it.
DetailsThe New World of Work
The world got small, didn’t it? This afternoon I decided to leave home early and go to the mountains. However, I had some conference calls tonight, where we usually use Lync (successor of Communicator). So, as I do not have a fixed line there, I dialed in with my 3G card, which gave me enough…
DetailsAre You Focused On The Wrong Security Risks?
There are some high-level indsutry trends, which tend to be ignored by security officers. The CIO Central published an article, which I would even go further looking at the trends raised.
DetailsPhishing still very effective: 35 cards in 5 hours
I just read this blog post by ESET laboratories: Inside a phishing attack: 35 credit cards in 5 hours. They analyzed a very poorly designed phishing attack and found that: The first access to the site was on January 20 at 10:01 pm (as seen in picture). The latest registered access was on the same…
DetailsFrom the Inside: Our CISO on Cloud Security
If you evern wondered, what our CISO thinks about security in the Cloud, you should listen to him directly.
DetailsHow to Build a CERT
Often, when governments look into Critical Infrastructure Protection, they start to build a CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) or a CSIRT (Computer Security and Incident Response Team). The questions then always comes up: How do you do that? ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) just published a step-by-step guide on how to do this…
DetailsConclusion on UNODC: Open Ended Expert Group on Cybercrime
I blogged about my attendence at the above mentioned UNODC meeting. This is a short summary on how I preceived the meeting.
DetailsAttacks on Application Level
As attacks are moving up the stack, PDF becomes the number 1 exploited file type. Make sure you patch all your applications
DetailsUNODC: Open Ended Expert Group on Cybercrime
From tomorrow on, UNDOC invited for an Open Ended Expert Group on Cybercrime in Vienna. I am really interested in seeing hoe these discussions will go. If – by any chance – you are there as well, please ping me and we will have a chat. Otherwise, I will see what I can blog about.…
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Cybercrime as a Service–Our Future?
It is not really surprising that the criminals will leverage the economy of Cloud Computing for their illegal purposes. Especially activities, which consume a lot of processor power will be moved to the Cloud – like any other business. Some way back, there were discussions on how to leverage GPUs to crack passwords: Graphics Cards…
DetailsDilbert on Cloud Computing
The worst thing is, that there is some truth in that:
At least, this is what I see often, before I talk to customers
Roger
Exciting News from the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas
After the launch of different products for the consumer, businesses and in the Cloud, Steve Ballmer opened CES today in Las Vegas. You should look at it. There are a few very cool announcements
Roger
Targeted Attacks: The Biggest Risk in 2011?
Since quite a while, I am saying that targeted attacks are the risks, which really keep me up at night.
BBC just posted a similar article: Cyber-sabotage and espionage top 2011 security fears
I think that this is a real issue and very hard to fight!
Roger