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Archive for January, 2007

Early detection of possible phishing attacks

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

The F-Secure weblog has a new post outlining an interesting method for finding new phishing sites before they can be detected via anti-phishing toolbars and the like.
I would definitely recommend that companies of significant size and brand stature begin employing these detection techniques in-house so that they can warn their customer base earlier and get […]

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I ran across the following FTC Press Release and thought that it was worth passing along.

Identity Theft Task Force Seeks Public Comment; Notice for Public Comment
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Federal Identity Theft Task Force, chaired by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and co-chaired by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, is seeking […]

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Rothman’s Pragmatic CSO is now available

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

Mike Rothman’s book “The Pragmatic CSO” is available as of today (Jan 2, 2007). I’ve been looking forward to the release but was a bit taken back by the price: 3 bucks shy of a C-note. Given my holiday season financial hemorrhage, I was not able to purchase the book today — […]

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Still Secure podcast year-end commentary

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

Alan Shimel was nice enough to invite me to provide a one-minute audio clip summarizing what I thought the biggest story in 2006 was. Others who offered up their clips include:

Martin McKeay — McKeay.com
Michael Farnum — Information Security Place
Ravi Char — Musings on Information Security
Larry Pesce — Paul Dot Com
AndyIT Guy — Andy […]

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