• The “Year-2010” Problem: Failure of ATM cards!

    When the industry prepared for the Year 2000, I was working in a consulting company living good from doing reviews on Y2k-projects. Then the year 2000 came and nothing happened (besides a big party). Then year 2010 came – and the bug actually got hold...
  • Security Advisory on the recent Internet Explorer Vulnerability

    I guess you might have seen it by now but if not, please make sure you read and understand the material available: This night we released a Security Advisory on a Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution . The reason for that...
  • Tired of Web 2.0? Kill your Online Identities

    No, this is not a joke. If you are tired of all the discussions about Web 2.0, the privacy breaches and the related problems, you can commit Web 2.0 Suicide. There is a Web 2.0 Suicide Machine – but we warned before you do it – this process seems to work...
  • Un-Google Yourself: Remove your Web Content

    A few days ago, I blogged on Tired of Web 2.0? Kill your Online Identities – an automated way to “disappear” from Web 2.0 (actually Facebook has banned the tool since…). Today, I was reading an article called Un-Google Yourself . Trust me, I am not explicitly...
  • The Cybercriminal’s Wish List

    I know that Christmas is over and I know how my kids actually compile a Wish List: They take most of the ads (which are targeted to them) and glue them onto a piece of paper for Mom and Dad to make sure that everything can be found under the Christmas...