LinkedIn Scammer Techniques Are Getting Scary
This is an update to the article about identifying LinkedIn scammers when they request a connection. In that article we listed six ways to identify fake accounts: 1.Look at that URL.…
DetailsNetScout’s Great Blunder: Suing Gartner
NetScout, a vendor of network management tools, has filed a suit against Gartner claiming that Gartner has a “pay-to-play” business model. The suit states that Gartner made false and defamatory statements regarding NetScout,…
DetailsBlack Hat at a Glance
In its 17th year, the annual Black Hat security conference was bigger than ever, with more than 8,000 registered attendees, 147 vendors exhibiting in the expo hall, and more workshops.…
DetailsGoogle is Turning Your Emails Over to the Feds
How would you feel if your email provider were routinely reading your e-mails, looking for illegal content, and then turning over the contents of your e-mail to law enforcement agencies…
DetailsIs Russia Poised to Retaliate Against Sanctions With Cyber Attacks?
Way last April, a time when the world seemed a more peaceful place, Leon Panetta and Richard Clarke were quoted warning of impending Russian cyber attacks in the wake of…
DetailsNSF Cybersecurity Ideas Lab: Some Ideas Worth Considering
This past February I participated in an amazing three day innovation and ideation lab pulled together by Farnam Jahanian, Assistant Director, Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, National…
DetailsFacebook’s New Privacy Policy on Messenger Service Exceedingly Broad
In Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life” John Cleese and Eric Idle show up at Terry Gilliam’s house to remove his liver as part of an organ donation program. When Gilliam…
DetailsGeneral (Ret.) Keith Alexander Pivoting to the Enterprise
According to a report in Foreign Policy, former NSA head Keith Alexander has ideas. Ideas he wants to patent and turn into a business. Admittedly, Alexander has had exposure to…
DetailsThe House Committee on Homeland Security Passes Three Cybersecurity Bills
The House Committee on Homeland Security passed three cybersecurity bills with broad bipartisan support on Monday. The Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Advancement Act of 2013 amends the Homeland Security…
DetailsThanks for the CISO Recognition (I think)
Most of you reading this are security practitioners, and I can safely assume that each of you has discussed this topic at conferences and airports for years: Is our role…
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