The State of Information Security Sucks
The sheer volume of potential targets coupled with the vast amounts of money to be made has captured the attention of the global criminal hacking community.
Enterprise networks are becoming hardened and they are still vulnerable. Some are being penetrated directly while others are accessed through 3rd parities such as their clients or end users. Unprotected networks are being sniffed out and data breaches continue.
The organizations that track these breaches are bored, frustrated, hate the industry and offer no good news. Innovation isn’t happening fast enough and new laws and regulations aren’t effective in solving the problems.
PCI and all those who fall under its requirements are chasing their tail. Inf
Navy Vice Admiral Discusses The Use of Approved Secure Removable Storage Devices at the Department of Defense
In November 2008, the US Department of Defense banned the use of USB flash drives and other removable medial on all Defense Department networks, after a DoD network was infected by a USB flash drive that had an autorun malware on it.
Today, Navy Vice Admiral Carl Mauney, deputy commander of the United States Strategic Command said: “After extensive testing of mitigation measures, DoD decided to make this technology available again on a strictly controlled basis on DoD computers. Since the order restricting use of removable media, DoD developed capabilities and processes that allow safe use of these devices. R
Should We Ban Anonymity On The Internet: Schneier vs Ranum
Bruce Schneier and Marcus Ranum had an interesting debate this week regarding anonymity on the Internet. Bruce ascertains that anonymity will always be there (and I agree that the TOR project basically proves it), whereas Marcus argues that limited anonymity for whistle blowers is good, but should eventually be compromised.
What do you think?
Does Closing My Credit Card Hurt Me? (Read Situation)?
Im an 18 year old college student who has had a credit card for 8 months. I charge a few things every month and have paid it on time every month with no problems. I recently found a credit card that goes through Speedway that racks up rewards based alot on how much gas you buy. Long story short. I rack up about 10x as many rewards in a normal month. How much is it going to hurt my credit by closing this card?
Basically I know its a good account and it looks good but i feel the risk of identity theft and other things increases more and more as technology continues to improve.
What sort of credit card is right for me? My details inside?
Ok, so I’m 18, out of school, and currently working a job to help ease the money my parents have to spend on me for college. I want to get a credit card but only because there are some things you just can’t buy via money order or cash, aka online buying. I’m well aware about only buying from reliable sites and identity theft too, so no need for the warnings. I do not want buy anything beyond my financial limits, as I only want to use it to purchase things I can’t buy locally and immediately after purchase pay it off.
Are there any recommended credit cards with my details or it is it pretty much anything works, as long as I don’t get into debt and pay everything off right? Thanks fo