[T]hey can for some people who take advantage of them to figure out where and upon whom to perpetrate fraud. [pullquote]The conspirators were able to [su_highlight background=”#F3F315″ color=”#000000″ class=””]steal the identities of people who had indicated on social media that they “liked” certain retailers.[/su_highlight][/pullquote] On Sept 8, 2014 Renata Galvan was sentenced to… Continue reading Can Facebook Likes Lead to Prison?
Category: Current Events
Disney Identity Starts With 80,000 Customers
SecureID News reports that Disneys MagicBand IDs are a great success, having been used by some 80,000 attendees in 2014. The enhancement cost $1 billion and should open new revenue streams or enhance existing ones by EoY, 2014. I would expect an interesting increase in traffic over Disney’s backbone to keep up with near real-time response needed… Continue reading Disney Identity Starts With 80,000 Customers
Current Event: Are Privacy Bits Special?
Thursday (7/31/14), Microsoft was ordered by a US federal court to turn over e-mail that’s stored on a Microsoft server in Dublin, Ireland. The ruling was stayed, pending Microsoft’s appeal. The implication for Cloud companies based in the US (Microsoft’s Azure and Office 365, Evernote, Apple’s iCloud and Google’s Gmail to name a few biggies) is that… Continue reading Current Event: Are Privacy Bits Special?
Humans are STILL a Weak Link in Risk Mgmt
Checking out today’s current events from Feedly I ran across Bruce Schneier’s comments around a social engineering attack that resulted in ~ $300,000 loss to Apple in products. If you don’t care to follow the links, Mr Parrish attempted to purchase equipment using debit cards that were declined and then offered to call his bank… Continue reading Humans are STILL a Weak Link in Risk Mgmt