Showing posts with label security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label security. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Computer security and defending against insider attacks

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Twitter suffered a very public attack on Wednesday, apparently only for the purpose of a bitcoin scam. But the scope of the attack raises a...
Monday, April 13, 2020

Teaching online: Singapore, NYC react to Zoombombing of online classes

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Some of us are old enough to remember when email didn't come with security concerns.  Things are moving faster these days, so it's ...
Saturday, March 14, 2020

Organizations' security policies in the news

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Organizations that deal with large amounts of data have to consider issues of data security involving their own employees, and these issues...
Friday, December 27, 2013

Topology lesson from the school of hard knocks (rhymes with bicycle locks)

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I noticed this as I carefully locked up my bike the other day: all that remained of the bike next to mine was the connected component (the ...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The market for "zero day" software vulnerabilities

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What can you do if you discover a brand new, never exploited ("zero day") vulnerability in a ubiquitous piece of software? Forbes ...
Sunday, October 3, 2010

Piracy watch: can security off the coast of Somalia be privatized?

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Steve Leider writes: Piracy season is resuming off the coast of Africa with the end of the monsoon season.  Several attacks have already...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Airport security and privacy

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Recent discussions of airport security in the post underpants-bomber era make it clear that privacy is a complex issue. For example, if an a...
Tuesday, September 1, 2009

"Girl taxi" and "Ladies Nights"

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The WSJ reports 'Girl Taxi' Service Offers Haven to Beirut's Women . "...these days the city's transport staple is fac...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Theft and armed robbery

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Theft is such a threat to civilization that it made it into the ten commandments. As an opportunistic act it must be as old as property, but...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Market for bodyguards

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A big cost of having full time bodyguards is overtime pay, particularly for those who travel a lot, or have an active nightlife. So, in an e...
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