Introduction Mobile World Congress 2012 is almost upon us, and one of the most hotly-anticipated topics is the next generation of Microsoft’s smartphone operating system Windows Phone 8, which has been kept under wraps far more tightly than its PC counterpart, Windows 8. While Microsoft was an early adopter in the creation of smartphones with … More Windows Phone 8: Security Heaven or Hell?
I got contacted by Alltid Nyheter, from Swedish public broadcasting radio, regarding a thread on Flashback.org, Sweden’s largest web forum. User info of well over a million registered users was openly accessible on the chat site of YouPorn until the server was taken down yesterday. The exposed information contains e-mail addresses and passwords. This information … More Porn site coders expose user info of millions
Computer security is not created, nor is it improved, by calling people stupid. That’s the conclusion I have arrived at after more than two decades in computer security and auditing. To put it another way, we should stop dropping the “S” bomb, especially when it comes to people who don’t know any better. Consider the … More Security awareness and the abuse of “stupid”
Here are some further thoughts arising from the ACPO National Cyber Crime Conference held recently in the UK*. DAC Janet Williams, ACPO’s e-Crime lead, summarized the current initiatives along these lines (apologies if I’ve introduced too many of my own preconceptions): The UK intends to tackle cybercrime and make this one of the safest places … More Cybercrime, Cyberpolicing, and the Public
This weekend there will be street protests in Europe against ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. I want to put on record ESET North America’s opposition to ratification of this agreement while applauding the actions of countries such as Poland, Slovakia, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Germany in withholding or delaying ratification. I would encourage anyone … More ACTA and TPP: The wrong approach to intellectual property protection
