Zynga, the developers behind Farmville, Words with Friends, Zynga Poker, and other Facebook games, and particularly their security team wants you to avoid falling for phishing scams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQrBQ4fgxxc "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Zynga Security wants you to learn that lesson well. They also want you to keep your computer and … [Read more...]
The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
The Computer Ethics Institute created these 10 commandments for ethical computer use. Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Harm Other People. Thou Shalt Not Interfere With Other People’s Computer Work. Thou Shalt Not Snoop Around In Other People’s Computer Files. Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Steal. Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Bear False Witness. Thou Shalt Not Copy … [Read more...]
Threatpost Catches Up With Aaron Barr
Aaron Barr, former CEO of HBGary Federal before a highly-publicized confrontation with Anonymous, has been mentioned here on 404 Tech Support once or twice (or three or four times) before as part of reporting the news. The security professional recently did an interview with Threatpost at this year's DEFCON hacker conference. He answered five questions to get us caught up. He … [Read more...]
Sony Updates PSN/Qriocity Terms of Service and Privacy Policy – Closes Loopholes, Adds Social Sharing
Sony sent out an e-mail to advise customers that its Terms of Service & User Agreement and Privacy Policy have been updated for PSN and Qriocity customers. Sony actually does these updates nicely. They provide a webpage where you can see the changes that have been made to the agreements. Crossed-out words are gone and underlined words are new. Most of the changes just seem … [Read more...]
XKCD on Memorable But Secure Passwords
Today's XKCD comic is too true and it seems to be based on this research paper, The True Cost of Unusable Password Policies: Password Use in the Wild. Unfortunately, I now wonder how many people will set their password to 'correcthorsebatterystaple'. … [Read more...]