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Category Archives: Security
Hackers join McAfee to combat electric vehicle viruses | SmartPlanet
SmartPlanet just published an interesting article that I would like to share with my readers: Hackers join McAfee to combat electric vehicle viruses | SmartPlanet. Here the first paragraphs of the article: “A team of hackers working for security company … Continue reading
Google Drive Arrived: Cloud Storage And Privacy/Security
Cloud Storage is not any longer just for the big guys. This morning when I updated my Android phone a new app was loaded called Google Drive. It explained that it was part of Google Docs and I downloaded it. … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing, Internet, New and Noteworthy, Security, Social Media, Web
Tagged Android, DropBox, Google, Google Docs, Google Drive, security, Wuala
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Check Your Mac For The FlashBack Trojan Horse
From an article in today’s Basler Zeitung: Backdoor.Flashback.39 is said to be the most dangerous malware that has been developed for the Mac. It turns your machine into a botnet node becoming remote controllable. Most likely purpose will be sending … Continue reading
IT’s Seven Worst Addictions (And How To Cure Them)
Dan Tynen wrote an interesting article in InfoWorld on IT’s worst addictions. I want to share an excerpt of this article with you. Please read the full article if you can spare the time. Devoting my business life to interpret … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Security
Tagged Information technology, InfoWorld, Jargon, methods, software development
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Google’s New Privacy Policy: What Has Changed and What You Can Do About It
Wired.com today published an article from a blog at webmonkey.com: Google’s New Privacy Policy: What Has Changed and What You Can Do About It | Webmonkey | Wired.com. I posted an update towards the end of this article describing “Tom Henderson’s … Continue reading
Posted in Identity Management, Internet, Security, Social Media, Web
Tagged Gmail, Google, Privacy, Privacy policy, Search, Tor
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Check Your DNS Settings Now! Combat DNSChanger!
(Reposted from C|net and other sources:) Note: Following March 8, 2012 your computer if infected will lose internet connectivity and — if worst comes to worst — be redirected to malicious sites. The malware scam DNSChanger that has affected numerous computer … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Security, Web
Tagged DNS, DNSChanger, Domain Name System, Federal Bureau of Investigation, MacOS, Malware, Trojan Horses, Windows
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Act Now: Set Your LinkedIn Privacy
Retweeted from several messages that I received: In case you don’t know it, without attracting too much publicity, LinkedIn has updated their privacy conditions. Without any action from your side, LinkedIn is now permitted to use your name and picture … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, New and Noteworthy, Security, Social Media
Tagged LinkedIn, Privacy, Social advertising, Social media, Social network
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How to Back Up Your Social Media Accounts
Now that we learned to make the occasional backup of the files on our computers using external hard disks and — the audacious ones among us — using cloud services (BTW: check out Wuala for backup. Files get encrypted on … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing, Security, Social Media, Web
Tagged Backup, Cloud computing, Data center, DropBox, Facebook, Hard disk drive, Social media, Twitter
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New EU Directive Might Reshape the Clouds
As reported in Silicon.de, in Experian.it and in other sources, the European Commission is planning to release a new directive on data protection, which will affect the Cloud Computing industry. Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenships … Continue reading
New Security Threat: Infected QR Codes
Tod Wasserman recently warned on “Mashable Tech”: “Be careful the next time you scan a QR code, because it might just cost you money and wreak havoc on your smartphone. “That’s the warning from Kaspersky Lab, which has noticed the first … Continue reading
“You Have Zero Privacy Anyway — Get Over It” (Really?)
Scott McNeally has been quoted many times with this (in)famous phrase from 1999. But as Steven Cherry discusses is his podcast (mp3) The Car as Informant – IEEE Spectrum “even he (Scott) would be surprised at the extent to which we can now be tracked, … Continue reading
Posted in e-Health, Identity Management, Internet, Security, Social Media
Tagged Federation, Information separation, Kantara Initiative, Liberty Alliance, Privacy
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Greatest Threats to Cloud Security
Experts explain greatest threats to cloud security. (NetworkWorld) The article starts: Cloud security threats come in all shapes and sizes, so we asked eight experts to weigh in on what they see as the top threat to cloud security. The answers run … Continue reading
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