Archive for the ‘Cyber crime’ Category
Friday, June 11th, 2010
Sometimes this is just too easy! In my last post I whined that AT&T has pushed testing to the back burner by imposing a penalty for bandwidth-hungry applications. I postulated that they would create a situation where app creators would cut corners in order to cut bandwidth requirements, all in ...
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Friday, June 11th, 2010
I know you’ve seen the old science fiction B movies where the hero warns the antagonist that they should be careful because killing one butterfly in the past could alter the future in ways that can’t be imagined. But somehow the antagonist winds up smashing some poor defenseless butterfly and the ...
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Sunday, April 4th, 2010
In this land of phishing attacks, root kits, and ponzi schemes, it doesn’t surprise me a bit that the PCI QSA program has gotten as much traction as it has. Just so you know, I’m setting the rant bit to “on” here.
As a point of reference, a ponzi scheme is ...
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
A few days ago I sent out a tweet about an epiphany I had regarding Google. Why isn’t Google considered a utility? I think I know why but let’s start here: they’re considered part of the critical infrastructure, Google affects most of the world population, and Google can affect the ...
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
OK, calling it the apocalypse may be a bit alarmist – unless you’re a victim of evolving cyber crime. It’s really sad when it’s the very government and utilities that you rely on for live giving services that work erode your privacy and security. So, four events occurred to spur ...
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