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  • Updated PSN Breach: Inventory of what you may have lost 

    28/04/2011 07:27
    Twitter Phishing
    For the past few days, we’ve been privy to tidbits of information about the recent PlayStation Network breach (heretofore known as the PSN Breach) often dismissive and always shrouded in a certain aura of non-seriousness due to its status as an entertainment industry fixture. Indeed, breaches of government records, personal health information and financial data garner a vastly more pronounced knee-jerk reaction of shock and awe.
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  • I Won the Twitter Phishing Lottery! 

    12/04/2011 07:04
    Twitter PhishingHow does it feel to win the Twitter Phishing Lottery you ask? Pretty good, I must say. I'm one of "the very few 10 Lucky Winners"! I knew it was going to be good when I saw the Subject line that screamed: TWITTER CLAIM ALERT. How could I resist? I clicked. I just had to.
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  • Will 2011 be the year big name companies got owned? 

    05/04/2011 06:47
    Epsilon breachThere has clearly been no shortage of spectacular breaches, and at least some of the perpetrators aren’t altogether shy about their exploits. The brazen attacks are reminiscent of the ‘90s hackers, but with a definite profit motive similar to the new cybercriminals of the ‘00s. It’s an interesting mix and a sign that things are changing. But for now, a lot of big name companies are licking their wounds and they have mostly themselves to blame.
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  • Invasive Airline Security vs. Public Apathy 

    03/12/2010 06:30
    As Twitter is my witness, over the past weeks and months we have been deluged with reports of impropriety from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other airport security complaints from around the world. Indeed we’ve read stories of humiliated men, women and children, watched videos and listened to audio recordings [...]
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  • Exotic (and quixotic) security exploits 

    05/10/2010 06:00
    Exotic (and quixotic) security exploits
    Toronto-based security expert Claudiu Popa shares some of his favourite tales od dare-devil crooks and their daring heists.
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    Privacy , Security
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