http://typo.pburkholder.com/articles/2006/12/13/interesting-sans-newsbites en-us 40 ... <p>I&#8217;m posting a link to this week <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/newsbites.php?vol=8&#38;issue=98">12/12/2006 <span class="caps">SANS</span> Newsbites</a> because there are so many tasty tidbits that bear further reading. To wit:</p> <ul> <li><span class="caps">NASA</span> bans Word attachments.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Local Colorado woman raided because her system had been taken over by a bot in a credit card scam network. Roland Grefer added a little note with some links worth keeping handy:</li> </ul> <blockquote> [(Grefer): If you are an end-user and your computer suddenly starts to run slow, do <span class="caps">NOT</span> turn off your firewall. Rather, run antivirus and antispyware scans. Starting points might be the offerings at -http://free.grisoft.com, -http://www.safer-networking.org, and -http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php. They all offer their tools free of charge for personal home use and are reputable sources. ] </blockquote> <ul> <li> After a note about a fellow convicted for stealing credit card data, Ed Skoudis had this to say about VoIP phishing and how banks may be unwittingly contributing. I think VoIP phishing needs much more publicity, and I&#8217;ve not heard it mentioned in recent media coverage of spam and phishig.</li> </ul> <blockquote> [Editor&#8217;s Note (Skoudis): Credit card theft remains a major issue. Just last Friday, I got an automated call from my bank, one of the biggest in the world, about a fraud warning. The voice mail was comically synthetic, with a tinny machine mispronouncing my name, urging me to call my bank at a phone number that didn&#8217;t match the one on my credit card. Given the rise of VoIP phishing, I was instantly suspicious. I called the number printed on my card. As it turns out, the call was legit, and there was a real fraud warning on my card. I was disappointed in my bank for opening themselves to VoIP phishing this way. If you get a fraud warning call, do not dial back to the number in the voice mail. Instead, call only the number printed on the back of your card, or, if the card isn&#8217;t available, call the number on your last statement. ] </blockquote> <ul> <li>Colorado gets a statewide laptop encryption contract. Way to go Colorado (and maybe a bit of Mark Weatherford tooting his own horn as Colo&#8217;s <span class="caps">CISO</span>).</li> </ul> Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:25:00 -0800 urn:uuid:f69aae1a-e264-45c4-b44c-89a106705cc6 Peter Burkholder http://typo.pburkholder.com/articles/2006/12/13/interesting-sans-newsbites Security sans Preparati per un divertimento elettrizzante! Tuffati nel mondo dei giochi d’azzardo su Internet con i migliori casino online disponibili, con tutte le guide necessarie per vincere i migliori Bonus e guadagnare i migliori pagamenti. Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:41:33 -0800 urn:uuid:bfff39bb-b525-454f-a74b-5b9107a53ec1 http://typo.pburkholder.com/articles/2006/12/13/interesting-sans-newsbites#comment-3978 Lesen Sie unsere Casinoreviews und entscheiden Sie sich für Ihr persönliches Online Casino. Roter Teppich inklusive. Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:47:12 -0800 urn:uuid:e93d7196-34b2-4f48-ae19-4a12761e6710 http://typo.pburkholder.com/articles/2006/12/13/interesting-sans-newsbites#comment-3967