Given the wide range of personal information exposed, the possibility of attackers obtaining plaintext passwords is only one of the major concerns stemming from the breach. Yahoo users should be wary of communications that may use some of the compromised data to trick them into clicking on links, divulging information, or taking other actions.
Glad that I recently changed my Yahoo/Flickr password, but there are a lot of various things that are Yahoo properties, so I can’t help but wonder how many areas were affected. Nothing is safe.
“It’s worth noting, as Fusion editor Ethan Chiel did in the aforementioned episode of Press Play, that the practice of storing information in “the cloud” is a nebulous one. “The ‘cloud’ is just someone else’s hard drive,” he said, emphasizing that information and content we think of as “safe” simply because it’s located on a…
I know we’re all familiar with the fact that law firms make an inviting target for hackers, because we all have a ton of information about our clients, and law firms in general are just starting to get better at data security. I wonder, though, if law firms don’t also make for an inviting social…
Just a few things I put in my link blog that I want to have all in one post so I can look at them tonight, and you might be interested in. Skype Update Fixes Security issue Lookout version 1.2.3 released Top 10 Cool computing utilities -especially the Desktop Sidebar looks interesting Free CISSP Follow…
Interview: Matthew Geaghan of Nuix on using total data intelligence for compliance and HR purposes Sensei Launches a New Blog: The Digital Forensics Dispatch Technology Doesn’t Change Who You Are… It Magnifies Who You Are “Technology makes people who are good at their jobs better. Technology only makes people who are bad at their jobs…
This first paragraph is sad. How do you call yourself a manager of people and leave them feeling like this? “Let’s face it, noticing changes in employees can be hard, especially with so many people working remotely. And that’s leading many of our workers to believe their companies don’t really care about their well-being. In…
If you’ve seen references to a court ruling sort of redefining the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act recently, or even if you haven’t, this paragraph from the folks at McGuire Woods boils down the real life implications pretty well.
