Posts Tagged ‘security’

Episode 32- Operational Security with Bugbear

In this episode, I discuss the challenges of Operational Security with Tim M. (@bug_bear) about . Make sure to check out Tim’s blog: http://securitybraindump.blogspot.com/ Podcast: Play in new window | Download

HowTo: Opt out of BeenVerified results

BeenVerified is one of the many information gathering websites that offer “Background Checks” to it’s customers.  Essentially, BeenVerified aggregates information from public records & publicly available sources.  To get started on the site, you enter in a First and Last Name, as well as a State and hit “Search”.  You can also leave the “All [...]

Asta La Vista, Dropbox!

Hey boys & girls who use Dropbox, Don’t know if you perused through your inboxes this morning, but you should have received an email from Dropbox letting you know that they changed their Terms of Service (TOS).  The email should have looked a little something like this:                 [...]

Episode 26- Shmoocon thoughts with iAlbert

In this Episode I have on iAlbert and we have a bit of a review of all that was Shmoocon 2011.  Thanks again to Albert for hanging out and laying down some audio. Show Notes: Shmoocon: http://www.shmoocon.org/ Shmoocon 2011 Schedule page with links to presentation videos: http://www.shmoocon.org/schedule Hackers for Charity: http://www.hackersforcharity.org/ Follow Albert on twitter. [...]

Episode 21- 1 Year Anniversary and HacKid Recap

Hey everyone, I actually made it a year with the show.  Thank you for listening!!! This show, I recap the HacKid Conference which was held October 9-10, 2010 in Cambridge, MA at the Microsoft NE Research & Developement (NERD) Center.  It was a great experience and I am proud to be a part of it.  [...]

It’s HacKid time!!!

Hey everyone, it is time for HacKid Con!  I am in Boston and can’t wait for tomorrow.  Make sure you are following the show’s Twitter account (@cybercrime101) as well as the official HacKid Con account (@hackidcon) for updates throughout the next 2 days.  We are using hashtag #HacKid. We may also have a streaming broadcast [...]

Episode 19: Talking with Tom Eston

In this episode, my guest is Tom Eston of the Security Justice and Social Media Security podcasts.  We talk about Facebook Places (and other geolocation services), Facebook Application security and even Apple’s attempt at social networking, Ping. Show Notes: What to do with a deceased loved one’s Twitter account: http://support.twitter.com/groups/33-report-a-violation/topics/122-reporting-violations/articles/87894-how-to-contact-twitter-about-a-deceased-user and http://mashable.com/2010/08/10/twitter-deceased-account/ Electronic Frontier Foundation’s [...]

Meetup group in the NYC area- NYC4SEC

Do you live in the NYC area?  Are you in the field of Information Security, Incident Response or Digital Foreniscs?  Are you just a technophile who is interested in personal computing security or news on the latest tech?  Then read on….. The NYC4SEC Meetup group is composed of people from all fields: academic, software developers, [...]

Episode 17- Mac Security

In this episode, I talk with Dave Melvin of the Inside the Core podcast about how to secure your Mac.  Also, updates to the HacKid Conference & the Dissecting the Hack auction that has proceeds going to Hackers for Charity. Show Notes: HacKid Con, which is being held Oct. 9-10, 2010 in Boston, now has [...]

Microsoft advises of fixes to avoid the .lnk/.pif file vulnerability

Microsoft has posted both a software and a manual fix/workaround that will help mitigate the .lnk and .pif file vulnerability on their Support page. This vulnerability can allow a someone remote access to your Windows machine from Windows XP all the way up through Windows 7.  Use either of the workarounds until Microsoft issues an [...]

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