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Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:32:32
Remember the good old days when phishing schemes were easy to spot, at least to the trained eye? Errors in spelling or grammar, poor graphics, and general misuse of language were instant tip-offs. Those days are gone - modern phishing attacks are very sophisticated and very difficult to spot. Phishing pages are virtually indistinguishable from [...]
Dennis H in West Virginia, USFri, 03 Apr 2009 13:48:10
Forgive me if I editorialize and slip from factual reporting into expressing my opinion. April 1 has come to most of the world and the sky has not fallen yet. In fact, most of the incidents reported so far are more related to Conficker hysteria than to the effects of the worm (or are April [...]
Dennis H in West Virginia, USSat, 21 Mar 2009 15:26:46
Overview of the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) -The PCI DSS is a standard set of controls established by the major issuers of credit cards, including Visa and Mastercard, Amex, Discover, and others. -The standard applies to any business that accepts credit card payments. -The current version is 1.2, effective October, 2008. -The standard is broken [...]
Dennis H in West Virginia, USMon, 16 Mar 2009 12:03:44
We have all seen URLs like this one: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Security&articleId=9129269&taxonomyId=17&pageNumber=1 It is, well, a bit long. Sites like TinyURL.com and For the security conscious among us, this represents a troubling security issue. Normally, hovering the mouse cursor over a link will show the actual URL, regardless of the text used in the link. This is a very [...]
Dennis H in West Virginia, US