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The Townhall sessions are a series of video netcasts I did as an experiment to demonstrate the possibilities for live or recorded security awareness shows. Unfortunately, I haven't had the time to make it a regular feature.
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3) Twitter phishing causes password resets.
“The takeaway from this is that people are continuing to use the same email address and password (or a variant) on multiple sites,” he blogged. “Through our discussions with affected users, we’ve discovered a high correlation between folks who have used third party forums and download sites and folks who were on our list of possibly affected accounts.”
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Twitter-Details-Phishing-Attacks-Behind-Password-Reset-273647/
5) Pay per install malware
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/24752/?ref=rss&a=f
6) Carbon Credit fraud online
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/hackers-steal-carbon-credits/
9) Jeremiah Grossman's blog post on browser security -
"The Web Won’t Be Safe, Let Alone Secure, Unless We Break It"http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/web-won-t-be-safe-let-alone-secure-unless-we-break-it-020 410
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Top 10 TERMINAL Tweets/Text Messages...
10. [Texted while driving] Who says I can't txt & drive. Oh darn!Railroad crossing gates coming down. I can beat the train.09. [A scene cut from the "The Silence of the Lambs".]I'm going to confront that obnoxious Dr. Lechter guy. Yeah, the one who talksabout fava beans and liver dishes. Snob!08. I'm @ the bank now. OMG, its getting robbed. What the ---! Dude istelling me todrop the phone or he'll shoot. No way I'm dropping my new Blackberry!07. Looking out of my tent. Ooh, a little bear cub. So cute like ateddy bear. Wanna pickit up. Yeah, I'll do it CUL8R(CUL8R = See You Later. Rule of the woods: Where there is a bear cub,momma bear is not far off and she doesn't like people picking up thecub.)06. Need some wild mushrooms for a recipe. Why go to the store when Ican find them for free in the woods. Nice one here, taking a nibble.Why is everything going dark?05. [Tweet] Still getting settled in the witness relocation program.Lonely. Good news I'll be able to enjoy the Red Sox games at FenwayPark.(Sure will be hard to find him with that info. Nobody will ever guessBoston. Also, the relocated witness had his Twitter account set upwith geotagging feature. Seehttp://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26810/entries/78525 )04 [Tweet by a tourist driving in Italy.] Anybody knows what a signw/a red car & a black car inside a red circle means? Oh, I gotta passthis slowpoke in front of me!(Turns out the sign means "no passing". Seehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Italian_traffic_signs_-_divieto_di_sorpasso.svgBy the way, you can use the Internet to study road signs in othercountries before you leave your country. )03. [Tweet sent by Bob] @Liz987 Let's get together tonite 4 a hot timenow that your psycho gangster boyfriend is away.(But the psycho gangster boyfriend has been reading Bob's and Liz'sTwitter feed and Bob though he was sending Liz a direct message.Should have used a "d " instead a "@". Oops.)02. Kicked bak anoter beeerrr. 6 pack donw. OK now its time to get thechainsaw adn cutt down tht deead oak. Timmbeer!(Deliberate typos to emulate drunken texting.)01. [Txt while driving] Toyota sent me an urgent recall notice for mycar, but I don't have the time to take it in. Huh? Whoa! Picking upspeed.
(Contributed by Jonathan Abolins)
(Sorry for the readability of my prompter text. I was trying something different from the Powerpoint slides I used to use. I think I'll go back to the slides next week. Any other comments? - Scott)
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