Never in the history of the Olympics has there been a more publicized series of security blunders before the actual event. People on terrorism watch lists are waved through airport security, contractors unable to hire qualified
Published on: July 21st, 2012
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by Claudiu Popa According to popular expert opinion, there are seven areas in today’s mobile devices where vulnerabilities can create security or privacy breaches. Nowhere is this more true than in the paragon
Published on: February 13th, 2012
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by Claudiu Popa I'm not a fan of banner ads, browser pop-ups nor of what's come to be called behavioural advertising. I find that such promotion largely falls into two categories. The kind
Published on: January 12th, 2012
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by Claudiu Popa Everything I'm reading these days indicates that hacking and malware infections are going to increase in 2012. I don't need to provide references here because everything you're reading does too.
Published on: January 3rd, 2012
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by Claudiu Popa According to popular expert opinion, there are seven areas in today’s mobile devices where vulnerabilities can create security or privacy breaches. Nowhere is this more rational than in the
Published on: November 21st, 2011
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The 12 settings that could impact your professional image by Claudiu Popa With the introduction of LinkedIn’s new settings page this year, the company also took the opportunity to make some
Published on: November 15th, 2011
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by Claudiu Popa Talk to anyone in the world of business about their biggest hacking fear and you’re bound to hear that “embarrassment” ranks right up there near the top. Everyone knows that
Published on: October 31st, 2011
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By Claudiu Popa It’s about time. Since most companies do not benefit from security monitoring tools and technologies and many of those that do aren’t inclined to share their unfortunate events for fear
Published on: September 9th, 2011
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By Claudiu Popa For the past few days, we’ve been privy to tidbits of information about the recent PlayStation Network breach (heretofore known as the PSN Breach) often dismissive and always shrouded in
Published on: April 28th, 2011
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By Claudiu Popa From the moment we unwrap that shiny new cell phone or unpack a new, user-friendly computer we are presented with opportunities to ‘get online’ and ‘look at stuff’. Indeed that
Published on: April 15th, 2011
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By Claudiu Popa The Chinese are apparently after our law firms now. They weren’t content to hack Google and the Pentagon. After those hacking attempts on our federal government’s Finance and Treasury Board
Published on: April 8th, 2011
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By Claudiu Popa There’s little sense in waiting until the end of the year. We know that the headline will likely say something to that effect. The question is, why now? Comodo is
Published on: April 5th, 2011
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As Twitter is my witness, over the past weeks and months we have been deluged with reports of impropriety from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other airport security complaints from around the
Published on: December 3rd, 2010
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Can you think of 007-style, modern day heists that captured – if only briefly – the attention of the media? An article I read recently on an ingenious attack that literally involves siphoning
Published on: October 5th, 2010
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By default, Facebook assumes that when you sign up, you want to share a certain amount of data, establish connections and be found by others. This makes some sense, since it is after all
Published on: September 27th, 2010
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