Monthly ArchivesJanuary 2008

USA Today had an interesting article on Monday detailing how Cybercrooks are getting craftier (is that a word? more crafty? more craftierest?) on the scams designed to trick people into parting with personal information. A couple of the attacks listed include: Email greeting cards that give intruders control of your router (specifically a popular router in Mexico). Turn-key phishing kits with everything needed to create bogus bank websites. Click fraud targeting small e-commerce sites to drive up fake ad revenues for crooks. And here’s someone else with too much time on their hands (thanks Springtown!)! Possibly Related Posts: Equifax is only half the problem, your SSN needs a redesign! Orfei Steps Down Two reports, many questions The Beginning of the ...

As a follow up to the last article, here’s a pretty interesting story about a teenager in Poland who figured out a way to control how trains change tracks. He didn’t hack through the internet, or some rogue access point at a station. He used a TV remote. Between this and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s issues, I wonder if this will force companies to take a hard look at the software they use to drive their products. Possibly Related Posts: Equifax is only half the problem, your SSN needs a redesign! Orfei Steps Down Two reports, many questions The Beginning of the End, No PCI DSS 4.0 in 2016 We Should Question Bold Claims that PCI Is “Highly Effective”

After getting an extended battery for my laptop (yaay! Less whipping out the iGo for power on the plane!), I am wondering if anyone has had problems with the new TSA Battery Guidelines. My battery is well below any proposed limit, and I rarely check bags (thank YOU London Airports!), but it seems any time a new TSA regulation is put into place there can be some difference in interpretation. What say you? Possibly Related Posts: Equifax is only half the problem, your SSN needs a redesign! Orfei Steps Down Two reports, many questions The Beginning of the End, No PCI DSS 4.0 in 2016 We Should Question Bold Claims that PCI Is “Highly Effective”