Archive for January, 2009
Personal Identity Management
Recently there was an article that discussed what I have been saying for about a year. The article was posted at http://cusecurity.blogspot.com/2008/12/between-google-and-linkedin-identity.html. It talks about how our culture is now set on handing our personal identities on a silver platter to criminals. With Linkedin, facebook, personal blogs, and other things, it is very easy for [...]
Worm Spreading via Mobile Device
The US DOD is having issues with the Agent.btz worm.
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/11/army-bans-usb-d.html
The problem has gotten so bad that they have banned the use of all portable media while they get a handle on the situation. The malware infecting the computers is called Agent.btz, a variant of the SillyFDC worm. It spreads by copying itself onto USB drives and other [...]