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Dripping Data: Understanding and Reducing Insider Threat (Part VIII) - Phone Home + The Power of the PMP!

" Hey IT Guy , c heck out my cool phone! I can use it as a modem for my laptop! " Ever heard that from one of those end users? I'm sure you have. Sounds much better than " Check out my cool wireless bridge I've been using to exfil sensitive data out of

Dripping Data: Understanding and Reducing Insider Threat (Part VII) - Moving Data Out of Your Organization

Well, if you've been following along...we talked about who the insiders are and the metrics behind economic espionage. We've discussed why they do it and how they get the data. But I know this probably hasn't been very technical for most of you. Today

Dripping Data: Understanding and Reducing Insider Threat (Part VI) - Social Engineering

If you've been with us the past few months, we've been talking about the who and why of economic espionage/insider threat. Starting today....we're about to make all you wannabe James Bonds out there understand the how. A New Degree in Engineering Still

Melissa 2.0: CAPTCHA wish you girlfriend was hot like me?

Okay, this is a perfect example of the bad guys thinking of ways to get your passwords. ( Kudos to the guys from TrendMicro for catching this one, as well as the hilarious title .) In case you haven't heard, apparently there is a new virus out there that

Dripping Data: Understanding and Reducing Insider Threat (Part IV)

After traveling the past 4 weeks non-stop, with barely enough time to figure out what time zone I'm actually in....I'm back with another installment of Insider Threat. Today we'll discuss the motivators for why this is happening. Let's get started! "Why

Dripping Data: Understanding and Reducing Insider Threat (Part II)

In the last post, I touched upon the reasons that Insider Threat is often ignore by corporations and businesses (yes.....this probably means you.) I also discussed the reasons why this threat is of much greater than concern than some 17-year old kid in

Mitnick and Me

Well, if you've been in the information security business for more than just a few months, you probably know who Kevin Mitnick is. In case you are just joining us, he's one of the most world renown, hacker-turned-security speaker. He even started Mitnick
 
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