Posts Tagged ‘poor security’

Common Information Security lapses

Filed in Information Security on Jul.16, 2009

Image by purpleslog via FlickrUser Security
Opening email attachments with integrated email clients
Not updating client software
Downloading untrusted software
Not creating or testing backups
Using wireless router connected inside the LAN
Strategic Security
Not providing training to security personnel
Only addressing physical security, neglecting data security
Not validating security fixes
Relying on firewall for all security needs
Not evaluating impact on reputation and data of [...]

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Skype and Information Privacy

Filed in Information Privacy on Oct.08, 2008

According to an SF chronicle article by Peter Svensson (Oct 3, 2008, pg. c4) “A Canadian researcher (Nart Villeneuve) has discovered that the Chinese version of eBay Inc.’s Skype communication software snoops on text chats that contain keywords like “democracy”. “
In other words, the Chinese version of Skype was used for surveillance of text [...]

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