Keys to the Kingdom
October 28th, 2011
For hackers, social media is the top malware delivery vehicle of choice right now. And why not? Social networking sites are where the people are – and their information is readily available. Sadly, many unsuspecting people fail to realize that by creating a Facebook page, they are literally handing bad guys all the necessary needed [...]
The Sony PlayStation Network Breach – Yet Another Lesson in Crisis Communication
June 13th, 2011
Ah, another day, another dollar marketing misstep in the unfortunate context of a crisis communications. Actually, ‘misstep’ for many companies in the age of social communications is far too lighthearted a term to use. Consider the news headlines devoted to the Sony data breach of 100 million user records. This seemingly never-ending saga is yet [...]
How To Reduce Your Web 2.0 Risk
March 25th, 2010
95 percent of companies use Twitter and Facebook. Learn about the latest risks these web 2.0 applications bring into your organization and how to manage them.
5 Steps to Bridge Social Media and Security
February 3rd, 2010
As businesses move at a rapid pace to integrate social media as part of their overall corporate strategy to engage, build brand awareness and drive thought leadership, unfortunately, security has taken a back seat leaving businesses wide open to these Web 2.0 threats. The use of Web 2.0 has opened new risk channels for the [...]
My Password Is My Password
January 28th, 2010
Education is still key to IT security. Just look at users’ passwords. The New York Times reported last week on a study that exposed the overwhelming simplicity of users’ password choices. According to the study, which was conducted by Imperva, 20 percent of Web users choose a very simplistic password that can be easily guessed [...]
Key Steps to Navigate Around New Facebook Privacy Settings
January 4th, 2010
What’s all the fuss about the latest changes on Facebook? Simply put, the changes mean that nearly everything that you place on your Facebook page can now potentially be made available to anyone surfing the Internet. The latest Facebook changes are purported to be an enhancement to make the social networking site easier for people who are looking [...]
Sesame Street Simple Facebook Guide to Surviving Malicious Attacks
October 30th, 2009
It certainly seems that not a week goes by without hearing about yet another attack on Facebook users. Last week it was a phishing scam driven by a botnet, and this week, we have two new and different phishing scams — one cleverly tricking users into revealing their passwords and another installing malware that quietly [...]
Who Owns Your Data in a Social World?
October 27th, 2009
Over the past months it has been interesting to watch the furor over certain End-User License Agreements and the definition of data ownership. Most draconian was the idea that once posted by a user, the data transferred ownership to the social networking site. This of course has huge implications to an individual user, especially for [...]
Twitter XSS Vulnerability Continues to Plague the Internet
August 27th, 2009
The current Twitter cross-site-scripting vulnerability (Twitter XSS vulnerability) should not be a surprise to anyone given how new the Twitter platform is. For millions of its users including myself, we have all seen our fair share of bugs and issues such as Twitter downtime for maintenance, lost profile pictures, misdelivered direct messages and publicly revealed [...]
Is Twitter Ready for Business Primetime?
August 6th, 2009
Twitter has aggressively and successfully focused on developing features and building applications to drive user numbers, and it has grown in leaps and bounds internationally. But, this DDoS attack should give business pause to consider how much effort they should continue to put into adopting and embracing Twitter. Does Twitter have the security model to [...]
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