Category Archives: Security
PbD, Privacy by Design concept
http://privacybydesign.ca is the main place for Privacy by Design concept. “Privacy by Design (PbD) represents a significant shift from traditional approaches to protecting privacy, which focus on setting out minimum standards for information management practices and providing remedies for privacy … Continue reading
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Ransomware included in Top 5 Security Predictions for 2013, by Symantec
Ransomware Symantec has published report/whitepaper “Ransomware: A Growing Menace“. This malware is highly profitable, with as many as 2.9 percent of compromised users paying out. An investigation into one of the smaller players in this scam identified 68,000 compromised computers … Continue reading
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Money Behind the Malware, and security training tools by Sophos
Sophos can published a good information for learning more about malwares today. For example, the document on Exposing the Money Behind the Malware: How cybercrime works and what to do about it (direct link to pdf) It introduces concepts like … Continue reading
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Trend and Risk Reports, by IBM X-Force
IBM X-Force is regularly publishing Trend and Risk Report. According to their own definition: The IBM X-Force Trend and Risk Report is produced twice per year: once at mid-year and once at year-end. This report provides statistical information about all … Continue reading
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Unfortunate and Commonly used Passwords
Studies reveal that people can be careless and lazy (?) when selecting their passwords. Scary Logins: Worst Passwords of 2012 1 password 2 123456 3 12345678 4 abc123 5 qwerty 6 monkey 7 letmein 8 dragon 9 111111 10 baseball … Continue reading
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General Documents and Guidance on Security, by US-CERT
US-CERT’s Security Publications site contains good introduction and guidance material around computer security for any user. General Documents Securing Your Computer Recovering from an Attack General Internet Security Technical Documents The site also provides links to their other pages, worth … Continue reading
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New set of International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs), WCIT-12
Next World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) have ITRs (International Telecommunications Regulations) on their agenda. Updates can be expected on Human Rights, Security, Privacy, Critical Infrastructure and etc. areas. For more information, see WCIT-12. From WCIT-12: This landmark conference will … Continue reading
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