http://threatpost.com/blogs/attackers-sending-malware-infected-cds-credit-unions-127
It's interesting that these people are targeting Credit Unions for their attacks. It's a pretty safe bet that the larger institutions will be much less vulnerable to this type of attack. How can we make Credit Unions safer? Would the person who found the CDs question the validity and source of the content? Or would he/she mindlessly try to run the CD because that's just what people do? At the end of the day, if everyone were educated on potential vulnerabilities work and we took conscious steps to protect ourselves and those things that are entrusted to us, then the hackers would have a much harder accomplishing their goals.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Saturday, August 01, 2009
RANTS: Don't Think You're Safe By Giving Junk Email Address
The gist of this is that there are marketers out there there who are paying retailers, not just for your contact information, but for your financial information as well.
Have you ever made an online purchase and during the check-out process, you are presented with some sort of coupon or discount deal through some sort of customer loyalty program? You might think that you are safe from marketers by giving your junk email address in this situation. However, the act of giving your junk email address has given permission to the retailer to give your financial information to the partner marketer who now has permission to charge your credit card, even on a recurring basis. Basically, the third party marketer can charge you for a "loyalty program" for which you didn't know you were signing up, even though you didn't given them your credit card number. Here is CNET's article about this:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10293633-93.html
Have you ever made an online purchase and during the check-out process, you are presented with some sort of coupon or discount deal through some sort of customer loyalty program? You might think that you are safe from marketers by giving your junk email address in this situation. However, the act of giving your junk email address has given permission to the retailer to give your financial information to the partner marketer who now has permission to charge your credit card, even on a recurring basis. Basically, the third party marketer can charge you for a "loyalty program" for which you didn't know you were signing up, even though you didn't given them your credit card number. Here is CNET's article about this:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10293633-93.html
RANTS/RAVES: Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.0.1 to Address SMS Security Vulnerability
Rant because it was there in the first place. Rave because of the fast turn around. Here's a MacRumors posting on it:
http://www.macrumors.com/2009/07/31/apple-releases-iphone-os-3-0-1-to-address-sms-security-vulnerability/
http://www.macrumors.com/2009/07/31/apple-releases-iphone-os-3-0-1-to-address-sms-security-vulnerability/
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