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“Check out my debit card!” Or: why people make bad security choices
by Jeffrey Goldberg Jul 3, 2012
Yes, the stories are true, and no, this isn’t The Onion. People are, once again, displaying their affinity for tweeting photos of things that should never be tweeted. Let’s set the scene and put you in the shoes of a number of today’s (possibly young, possibly naïve) Twitter users: you get your first debit card, you’re excited, you want to tell …
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Flames and collisions
by Jeffrey Goldberg Jun 7, 2012
Unless you are a system administrator for a government institution in or around the Middle East you do not need to worry about Flame infecting your computer. Flame (also known as “Flamer” and “skywiper”) itself is not a security concern except to a very narrow, targeted group. Quite simply you don’t need to worry about being infected by Flame, and …
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A salt-free diet is bad for your security
by Jeffrey Goldberg Jun 6, 2012
I am not giving anyone health advice. Instead, I’m going to use the example of the recent LinkedIn breach to talk about hashes and salt. Not the food, but the cryptology. Before you dive into this article, you should certainly review the practical advice that Kelly has posted first. Also Kelly’s article has more information about the specific …
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SECURITY
Flashback to Leopard
by Jeffrey Goldberg May 14, 2012
It seems that my ability to predict the future with respect to Mac malware is, indeed, on par with Digitime’s ability to predict anything. Just recently I wrote, “on the Mac, Leopard and Tiger are no longer being updated”. To prove me wrong (yeah, I’m sure that’s why they did it), Apple has just released a couple of security updates for Mac OS X …
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You scream, I scream, we all scream for Apple security updates!
by Jeffrey Goldberg May 9, 2012
I’ve been talking a lot lately about the importance of keeping systems up to date and the role this plays in keeping malware at bay. I even suggested that Mac users are particularly good at keeping there systems up to date. So if you’re on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or 10.7 Lion, please help prove me right by running Software Update now.
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TIPS & ADVICE
Only you should 0wn your data, Part 3: The Mac malware landscape
by Jeffrey Goldberg May 7, 2012
In Part 1 of this series I discussed how your 1Password data may (or may not) be threatened if your computer gets infected with some kind of malware, particularly Flashback. In Part 2, I reviewed the few simple things everyone should do to keep their systems safe. In this part, I will discuss ideas about the relative threats of malware on Mac and …
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