Thursday, January 22, 2009

Separating the real and fake Twitter peeps Twitter says purported White House account was a fake. An @TheWhiteHouse page on Twitter that gained thousands of new followers after President Barack Obama's inauguration turns out to not be affiliated with the White House.  More at Computerworld  patrick_thibodeau@computerworld.com. [Latest from Computerworld] No big deal. Does Twitter have lists anywhere of the "fake" accounts? 9:37:22 PM    comment []

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Sharepoint Concept OK, But Every Implementation Hard and Miserable Why some security pros hate SharePoint. Some SharePoint customers are finding that it's difficult to automate user administration, among other woes. [Latest from Computerworld] User administration becomes more important in a large and changing workforce. 7:17:00 PM    comment []

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Browser Bugs 2008 Security researchers warn of new 'clickjacking' browser bugs. Security researchers today warned that a new class of vulnerabilities dubbed "clickjacking" puts users of every major browser at risk from attack. [Latest from Computerworld] 9:47:55 PM    comment []

Sunday, August 24, 2008

British Memory Stick Loss had Inmate Data British Inmates[base '] Private Data Is Lost in Latest Government Security Breach. A private consulting company working for Britain[base ']s Home Office has lost a memory stick containing personal details on all of the 84,000 prisoners serving time in England and Wales.[NYT > Technology] In the continuing saga of government data being hard to keep secret and inside government, I wonder how many cases involve contractors such as this one probably did. I recall reading that in a later update. 9:39:15 PM    comment []

Sunday, August 3, 2008

US Lawmakers Inquire about Online Tracking by 30+ Internet Companies Lawmakers Demand Information on Web Tracking Practices. A Congressional committee sent letters to more than 30 Internet companies demanding to know whether they track where their users go online and use that information to deliver personalized advertising. [NYT > Technology] They are only asking. I wouldn't be surprised if 28+ out of 30 Internet companies track where users go.  Have they looked at the evidence of tracking? In the past when I did research for another person, I would be amused how much my online ad displays would radically change. 3:28:59 PM    comment []

Thursday, May 1, 2008

California Court Publishes Personal Identifiable Information California court posting SSNs and other personal data, privacy advocates charge. A court in California's Riverside County is openly posting sensitive personal data on its Web site, according to privacy watchdogs. But the court's IT director compared searching for that information to "finding a needle in a haystack."[Latest from Computerworld] 9:04:40 PM    comment []

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Recent Web Site Attacks Microsoft: Massive site attacks not our fault. Microsoft late Friday responded to news reports that hackers have leveraged weaknesses in the company's Web and SQL software to attack hundreds of thousands of Web pages. [Latest from Computerworld] Bill Sisk, Communication Manager at Microsoft Security Response Center, said the post was in response to reports that over half a million pages, including some belonging to the United Nations, have been compromised by SQL injection attacks. Once hacked, those sites were modified to download malware to visitors' PCs. Is it my reading, or has security become worse recently--Not much place to be secure any more. 4:07:24 PM    comment []

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