Think security’s too technical to teach to everybody? Think again.
That misperception leads to a plague of problems, from USB-introduced viruses, to spending a fortune on fixing products after they’ve shipped. In this, the first in a series on teaching security to the nontechnical, I start with converting the security heathens. Read it and weep.
To wit: How to prep your important presentation for blown bulbs, laptops left in taxis, projectors that get indigestion over your digital input, and viruses that spasmodically stream porn video. I share several horror stories because I know you love to point and laugh at others’ pain. But you’ll learn useful lessons, too, if you stop wasting your time on this pointless repository of clips and read the gosh-darn story.
Know the potential for wiggle room, avoid selling yourself short, and pretend that the employer is some hot thing with whom you’re about to get lucky if you know how to work the bargaining/romancing. Read the story.
It’s not that you mind being called over when their monitors are unplugged. It’s that it’s happened multiple times — to the same users. Herein, I explain how to let users know they’re idiots without a) telling them they’re idiots and b) getting a reputation as a jerk.
Yes, it’s possible. Read the story.
The proposed US bill doesn’t stop the carriers from handing over location data, but it does require that police get a warrant first. So what is CTIA’s problem with it? Read the article.
A few thoughts on the “hacktivist” group Anonymous that came out of Josh Corman and Brian “Jericho” Martin’s keynote at the SOURCE security conference in Boston last week. Read the article.
iPhone users are being tricked into buying a phony screen-lock app, which is actually nothing more than a wallpaper. Read the story here.
Eight men have been arrested for running a secret online store that sold more than $1 million worth of narcotics. It’s alleged that the gang hid its tracks by operating on the Tor network. Read the full story on Naked Security.
Two teenagers have been arrested following a series of prank calls and DoS (denial-of-service) attacks launched against the Anti-Terrorist Hotline. Read the full story.
Apple is prompting some of its iTunes/App Store/iOS customers to set up three new security questions and an alternate email, in an attempt to smother a growing wave of phishing and fraud. Here’s the story.