Category: Security News

Facebook logins toxic for employers, violate security and privacy principles

March 26, 2012

Attention CEOs and HR Managers: Facebook login credentials belonging to current or prospective employees are not something that any employer should request, use, or posses. Why? Apart from the violation of security and privacy principles? The risks far outweigh any benefit you imagine you could gain by logging into a social media account that does … More Facebook logins toxic for employers, violate security and privacy principles

Fake Support, And Now Fake Product Support

March 20, 2012

I first became aware of the plague of Indian companies operating PC and anti-virus support scams because one of our competitors advised me that one of them was apparently carrying out unethical marketing on ESET’s behalf. (They weren’t, of course, anything to do with ESET: see this blog series and this paper.) I recently learned … More Fake Support, And Now Fake Product Support

Watch out for St.Patrick’s Day online scams

March 15, 2012

We’ve had them every year, so we don’t expect this year to be any different. Various “Good luck” chain emails, good wishes on Facebook and other social media and various pop-ups with random “Luck of the Irish” messages are a common companion of this holiday that has long outgrown the borders of Ireland and is … More Watch out for St.Patrick’s Day online scams

SKYPE: (S)ecurely (K)eep (Y)our (P)ersonal (E)-communications

March 12, 2012

From time to time people get new computer equipment and need to (re-)install all their favorite programs. Often a painful and time-consuming job, but afterwards it should ease the way of working with the new equipment. Even security gurus have to undergo this procedure at regular intervals. In November 2011 I started to use Skype … More SKYPE: (S)ecurely (K)eep (Y)our (P)ersonal (E)-communications