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Tag Archives: Security Breaches

An April Fool’s Day Challenge: Ways to Spoof POGO.com

April 1, 2008 – 1:30 pm – I thought this was a funny April Fool’s Day prank: A few nights ago I layed the ground work for my prank. I told her the government has been cracking down on gambling sites and taking them off-line. She said she wasn’t worried because POGO was just games and not really gambling. I…
By Kenneth F. Belva | Posted in Security in Popular Culture | Also tagged | Comments (2)

French Trader Jerome Kerviel Spoofed Emails to Legitimize Fake Transactions

January 30, 2008 – 6:00 am – Le Monde reports that, among other things, the French Trader spoofed emails to trick co-workers into believing his trades were legitimate. The english is a bit broken — for instance mall is email — but here is the translation from Babelfish: Remain that the bank is questioned and asks…
By Kenneth F. Belva | Posted in CSO/CISO Perspectives, Compliance and Laws, Cybercrime, Human Elements, Information Security News, Security in Popular Culture | Also tagged | Comments (0)

Marketing Value-add: Airport Security Friendly Shoes

January 23, 2008 – 6:00 am – Florsheim is marketing airport security friendly shoes! The tag reads: This shoe affords all the comfort and support of a normal steel [?] without the anticipated travel delays. so pick up a pair. And proceed directly to your gate for departure. You can find a full list of Florsheim airport…
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Protecting PDAs: A Cautionary Dilemma

January 18, 2008 – 6:00 am – Normally, the minimum standard security recommendations for corporate PDAs are: Lock the device with a pin Encrypt the data on device This effectively means that if you loose your PDA it’s now a brick. The other day I found a unlocked PDA (see images). By accessing this…
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The fantasy of being searched by airport security…

January 10, 2008 – 6:00 am – Yes, folks. If things were only like this Maroon 5 video… The search happens 2 minutes into the video, if you don’t like the song. [coolplayer width="468" height="370" autoplay="0" loop="0" charset="GBK" download="1" mediatype=""] Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder [/coolplayer] …
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