tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365781392774148452011-11-27T15:50:08.069-08:00SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-29426318723564453092011-08-15T15:06:00.000-07:002011-08-15T15:06:51.746-07:00

China is once again suspected of going after "high value" gmail accounts. From ComputerWorld: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219155/Suspected_Chinese_spear_phishing_attacks_continue_to_hit_Gmail_users?taxonomyId=17

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-76317229669331055482011-08-14T11:41:00.000-07:002011-08-14T11:41:03.878-07:00

Today at noon there is a threat that the San Francisco BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) site will experience at DDoS attack from the Anonymous hacker group.  The attack is apparently in retaliation for BART turning off Cellular service to halt protests that were occurring in the area of one of its stations: http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2011/news20110812.aspx

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-54638457473906529672011-08-13T20:09:00.000-07:002011-08-13T20:09:54.664-07:00

RSA, The Security Division of EMCEMC +2.12% , released a new report that takes an in-depth look at the seismic shift in the cyber threat landscape, as enterprises are increasingly targeted for corporate espionage and sabotage. The report, the latest in a series from the Security for Business Innovation Council (SBIC), asserts that for most organizations, it's a matter of when, not if, they will

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-27672988431076055622011-08-13T10:24:00.000-07:002011-08-13T10:24:19.713-07:00

Here is a roundup of some of the security news from this week: BES Vulnerability Research in Motion (RIM) Warned of a high severity vulnerability on Blackberry Enterprise Servers (BES).  The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to gain access to and execute code on a BES Server: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/security-watchdog-blog/2101385/

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-53943408306632454602011-08-10T18:44:00.000-07:002011-08-10T18:44:34.139-07:00

See more information on this at the Wall Street Journal site.  The story is just breaking this evening: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110810-709601.html

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-31734933080352897722011-08-10T18:30:00.000-07:002011-08-10T18:30:53.201-07:00

The FBI has introduced a Child ID application. The Child ID App provides a convenient place to electronically store photos and vital information about your children in the event they should go missing. Find more information about the Child ID App at the FBI Website:http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/august/child_080511/child_080511

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-38822409182172216082011-07-31T19:32:00.000-07:002011-07-31T19:32:19.012-07:00

Dear WalMart, Today I tried to make a purchase on your website.  As part of the purchasing process I set up an online account but got stuck when I had to enter my password and found out I can only use a password up to 11 characters.  Why is this?  Wouldn't it be better for the overall security of your site and your customers if customers used longer, more complicated passwords?  Sure I can see

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-85456511980367319112011-07-23T13:55:00.000-07:002011-07-23T13:55:40.687-07:00

Hello Again!  It's been over a year since my last post on this blog and what a year it has been.  It is a hot and steamy day here and so I thought I would work on a little project that has been in the hopper since January. The project is to have a program shut down a specific list of computers in the building I work in.  There are about 76 rooms with computers that are supposed to be shut down

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-25723597748977300262010-06-23T06:22:00.000-07:002010-06-23T06:23:12.606-07:00

I have been using it for a little while now and am impressed with what it can do, although sometimes reading the transcripts of voice mails can be quite humorous as to what the computer heard and what the person actually said. Here is what it does: With Google voice you get a phone number that you can give out as your universal phone number (I have not really done this yet, but am moving in

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-58899934439039943092010-06-10T19:53:00.000-07:002010-06-10T19:53:00.997-07:00

If you are waiting for the update post - this is not the post your were waiting for, however it does have to do with a site update.  Today a page was added for all of you who want to know what your public IP address is.  Feel free to stop by and give it a try. There are plenty of sites on the Internet that provide a service that shows your public IP address, but we wanted to try provide one as

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-60929076886813942842010-06-02T19:33:00.000-07:002010-06-02T19:33:32.907-07:00

I have not posted my irregular monthly update in over an irregular month, whatever that means!  I am just posting this note to let you all know that an update on what is happening is in the works.   The next update will include more insight on what Search.SecureResearch.com is and what I would like it to be. It covers a bit of where I've been with the development of the site and a bit of where it

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-17476357217638611022010-03-10T18:24:00.000-08:002010-03-10T18:25:22.041-08:00

 In the Beginning The Search.SecureResearch.com site has been operational for a little over a month.  The site is a personal web site developed to experiment with different aspects of web development, advertising, web metrics, and search engine optimization.  This first iteration of the site was put online on January 22, 2010 and contained a simple text box with a search button.  There was no

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-28934493243880066312010-02-06T11:34:00.001-08:002010-02-06T11:34:37.219-08:00

We've started an experiment where we are looking at popular search terms, breaking them down to see if they might be related to breaking news, and then sending them to twitter.  Our first version grabs an hourly sample of popular search terms, compares individual words to a keyword table, and if there is a match will post the full search term with a link to where to get more information on

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-61591409858167346212010-02-04T05:08:00.000-08:002010-02-04T05:08:24.952-08:00

There is an interesting article in USA Today at http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2010-02-04-teens online04_ST_N.htm. It talks about how teens prefer using Facebook vs. Twitter and blogging. I can see that. Twitter is a one shot, this is what I'm up to post, where Facebook offers a lot more interaction; it is more social. It's a little disappointing that they are not blogging as much.  

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-68440835740194001592010-01-19T08:15:00.000-08:002010-01-19T08:15:43.147-08:00

It's been a while since the last post.  Been busy working on a bunch of new web applications, proposals, and the new SecureResearch CMS system to be available soon.  Wanted to get a quick post out there as I know for all the good that people want to do there are also a bunch of scams out there as well.  The FBI put out a press release titled "Haitian Earthquake Relief Fraud Alert" and it has the

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-92215506853265750182009-11-04T18:51:00.000-08:002009-11-04T18:51:12.571-08:00

The US-CERT (United States - Computer Emergency Readiness Team) has published a document on Denial of Service and Distributed Denial of Service (often abbrieviated DoS or DDoS) attacks which can be found at the following URL: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-015.html The document is fairly easy reading and highly recommended for everyone from the novice to more technical computer users.  It

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-66375493868263952362009-11-03T09:11:00.000-08:002009-11-03T09:20:09.308-08:00

In the spirit of information sharing I am posting the following note.  The original is posted at the Internet Crime Complaint Center at http://www.ic3.gov/media/2009/091103.aspx.  See also the press release at the FBI website: http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/escams.htm Intelligence Note Prepared by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) November 3, 2009 Fraudulent Automated Clearing

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-91715088748965417612009-11-02T13:57:00.000-08:002009-11-02T13:57:41.943-08:00

Something is going to happen. That’s right, something is going to happen that is going to garner nationwide, if not worldwide interest, and when it does be very wary of where you get your information. We all will use those big name news sites to find out about the story, but then our curiosity will get us. Our thirst for ever more information; the details behind the event, the conspiracy theories

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-4175386191155453152009-10-29T07:40:00.000-07:002009-10-29T07:40:09.707-07:00

By now you probably have heard of Phishing and Vishing. Now we have SMiShing an attack that uses SMS messages as a part of schemes to steal your identity. One common SMiShing attack uses programs to send a large number of people SMS messages including the first 6 digits of a credit card. Typically the first 6 digits of a credit or debit card issued by a financial institution are the same. The

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-5567057728065293592009-10-28T12:16:00.000-07:002009-10-29T08:16:18.266-07:00

I received an email today made to appear that it is from Facebook and informing me of new logon system being implemented.  Upon inspection of the email and the URL I was directed to click it was apparent that this was a blatant Phishing attempt.  The URL that the email attempted to get me to go to was: http://www.facebook.com.xxxasqwp.eu/globaldirectory/LoginFacebook.php?ref=

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-47005760923650809482009-10-27T20:25:00.000-07:002009-10-27T20:31:30.225-07:00

The FBI and the iC3  (Internet Crime Complaint Center) has issued an Intelligence Note related to the continued use of government officials names in SPAM emails most likely to be part of phishing attempts.These new emails are purported to be from US Attorney General Eric Holder and accuses the recipient of being involved with money laundering and terrorist activities. As with other emails we

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-42882034980238549302009-10-27T18:57:00.000-07:002009-10-27T18:57:03.361-07:00

Cross post from http://www.secureresearch.com/ 10 Questions - Getting Started with Information Security :: The Questions! 1) Do have a current inventory of your technology assets? Knowing what you have is the first step in being able to protect yourself and those assets.  Create an inventory of what you have.  Include hardware, operating systems, and software. 2) Does your organization have

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-20653527584760288622009-10-26T19:34:00.000-07:002009-10-26T19:34:06.955-07:00

The article at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125616872684400273.html is based on a report claiming that the Chinese government is most likely behind the theft of data from US based companies, especially companies related to defense technology. Chinas growing abilities in Cyber-warfare abilities have been concentrating on growning the ability to take down critical networks in a crisis via

SecureResearchnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436578139277414845.post-45308320885325173532009-10-25T05:31:00.000-07:002009-10-25T06:44:06.753-07:00

There has to be one, you can't avoid it. If you are going to have a blog, then you are going to have a first post. What do I have to say? I'm not really sure as of yet. Given that most blogs die after the first couple of posts can this one be a success? What is the criteria for success in terms of a blog? Followers? Money? Fame? A combination of all three? In the SecureResearch blog

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