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Tag Archives: Phishing

FUD-B-Gone! A balanced view of online shopping!

– Finally a voice that states that “Online Shopping Is Safe, Just Be Careful“. This was my point in my post the other day. Here is an important takeaway that’s somewhat common sense: it’s smart policy to only do business with known and reputable online companies. …

The Holidays, Online Shopping, ID Theft and FUD!

– Before delving into this topic, I would like to mention that I acknowledge there are risks to online shopping as well as the importance in secure development and testing of web/internet applications. It’s a given. What I am about to say is not contradictory to it. The media sensationalizes…

Toward a phishing solution, given the two-factor proxy authentication issue

– At the 5th Annual Cyber Security Executive Summit I had the pleasure of speaking with a fellow panelist Allen Pomerantz, the Chief Security Officer of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. We discussed the comments made by one panelist on web application hacking and the dangers of phishing. In our…

Brilliant: Scamming the 419 Nigerian SPAM Scam Artists

– “Derek Trotter” scams the Nigerian scam artist with his own Nigerian scam! In short, he gets them to spend money creating wooden replicas of the Commodore 64 which they send to him. Very funny stuff… Here’s the link. …