“It’s a mystery. Broken into a jigsaw puzzle. Wrapped in a conundrum. Hidden in a Chinese box. A riddle.” – The Riddler, The Long Halloween Yesterday’s hack of the AP’s Twitter account was big. Not only did the impact it had on the stock market prove Ranjeet’s thesis that Twitter is now a SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley)…
Read More‘Tis the season to be hacked, I guess. Twitter joined a bunch of other companies in revealing that it was the target of a sophisticated attack that may have exposed the information for about 250,000 users. While the data that was allegedly exposed, including encrypted/salted versions of passwords, was not as bad as in some…
Read MoreWired has the kind of article that will make all of us leading highly digitized lives (is that the right term?) wake up in a cold sweat. While the title – How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking – may strike many as sensationalist, the article does a good job of…
Read MoreI was recently asked to comment on the top 5 ways to protect yourself (as an individual) when using the cloud. Obviously I brought a very identity-centric slant to it, but it was an interesting exercise as I tried to put down on paper (!) the steps I take to protect myself daily. I thought…
Read MoreIn my last post, I mentioned that the FFIEC was preparing an update to their 2005 guidance on internet banking authentication. Well, that update is out, and Anil John couldn’t wait to let me know about it (:)). The update, entitled ‘Supplement to Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment‘ recognizes both the growth in online…
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, I tweeted about what I called a must-read article by Brian Krebs. Fellow identirati Anil John lamented yesterday that we hadn’t discussed this more in the community, and on second glance I can see why. The article covers a court case where the magistrate was basically asked to decide what…
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