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WikiLeaks [Schneier on Security]
security  wikileaks  government  secrecy  politics  internet 
december 2010 by adriancooke
How to protect your login information from Firesheep [TechCrunch]
firefox  security  plugins  http  https  ssl  tls  wifi 
november 2010 by adriancooke
5 Facebook privacy tips you need to know now [AllFacebook]
Nick O’Neill’s overview from before the simplified settings still has a lot of good information especially on the fine-grained Custom settings.
privacy  facebook  information  security  howto 
september 2010 by adriancooke
The Facebook places privacy settings you need to know [AllFacebook]
Nick O’Neill with suggested settings for the new Places feature. Most important thing here is probably to prevent other people from being able to check you in to places.
facebook  places  privacy  howto  reference  information  security 
september 2010 by adriancooke
How to change your name on Facebook [AllFacebook]
Apparently you can. Brian Ward explains howto.
facebook  privacy  names  howto  information  security  identity 
september 2010 by adriancooke
evercookie - virtually irrevocable persistent cookies
Samy Kamkar’s detailed run-down of evercookies.
cookies  javascript  privacy  security  code  examples 
september 2010 by adriancooke
Über-zombie cookies give us the fear [The Register]
John Leyden on the use of redundant cookie storage methods that make deleting cookies very difficult.
cookies  security  privacy  browsers 
september 2010 by adriancooke
10 useful WordPress security tweaks [Smashing Magazine]
By Jean-Baptiste Jung.
development  security  wordpress  php  javascript  htaccess 
july 2010 by adriancooke
Facebook Privacy Scanner [ReclaimPrivacy.org]
Privacy bookmarklet from Matt Pizzimenti.
facebook  privacy  security  tools  javascript  bookmarklet  browsers 
may 2010 by adriancooke
10 reasons to delete your Facebook account [Business Insider]
Contains a link to the account deletion page, which is apparently quite difficult to find.
facebook  privacy  information  security  user  data 
may 2010 by adriancooke
High-tech copy machines a gold mine for data thieves [The Star]
Office photocopiers are a significant information security problem because of their hard drives and network openness.
information  security  photocopiers  office  drives  networks  disposal 
march 2010 by adriancooke
Yes, another backup lecture [43 Folders]
Merlin Mann on backing up with off-site rotation.
backup  mac  osx  redundancy  information  security 
march 2010 by adriancooke
PCI stresses small business and web hosting companies [philosecurity]
Sherri Davidoff interviews the owner of a small mid-west web hosting company on PCI/DSS compliance and the future of web hosting and credit cards.
hosting  credit  cards  business  ecommerce  infosec  data  security  customer 
february 2010 by adriancooke
Web security: are you part of the problem? [Smashing Magazine]
Overview article that looks at the most common types of web site and web application vulnerabilities.
javascript  php  security  web  scripting  xss  urls  information  development 
january 2010 by adriancooke
20+ .htaccess hacks every web developer should know about [DevMoose]
apache  htaccess  security  server  development 
january 2010 by adriancooke
Are login boxes on http:// pages secure? [Ask MetaFilter]
security  http  protocols  browsers  authentication  scripting  javascript 
december 2009 by adriancooke
Psychology and Security Resource Page
By UK academic Ross Anderson.
security  psychology  reference  lists 
november 2009 by adriancooke
Using WordPress to generate flat files [Idle Words]
Maciej Cegłowski on the bullet-proof way to secure WordPress using flat files and by not exposing any admin tools to the Internet.
wordpress  security  curl  wget  static  backup  local  flat  files 
september 2009 by adriancooke
Indie Software Security: A ~12 Step Program [Matasano Security]
Pragmatic discussion of security for indie developers.
security  problem  solving  software  tips  pragmatism 
september 2009 by adriancooke
Multiple vulnerabilities in bit.ly service [TwitPwn]
Four bit.ly XSS vulnerabilities discovered in Month of Twitter Bugs, and it took betaworks a while to fix them.
bug  security  twitter  url  vulnerability  xss 
july 2009 by adriancooke
A chronology of data breaches
Reference of reported data breaches.
data  breach  identity  information  security  privacy  reference 
june 2009 by adriancooke
Web browsers face crisis of security confidence [The Register]
Dan Goodin on the state of browser security in mid-2008.
browser  data  information  internet  privacy  security 
may 2009 by adriancooke
What drives people to steal precious books [Financial Times]
Tim Richardson on library security and the theft of pages from rare books.
security  rare  books  libraries  theft 
march 2009 by adriancooke
The kindness of strangers [Schneier on Security]
Bruce Schneier on how strangers usually help one another.
security  internet  culture  trust  social  psychology 
march 2009 by adriancooke
Facebook ads to target you by location and language [ReadWriteWeb]
Facebook gets in on the demographic and behavioural ad targeting action. What are you doing right now? The advertisers are listening…
advertising  facebook  user  data  privacy  information  security 
march 2009 by adriancooke
Google Docs suffers serious security lapse [The Register]
Kelly Fiveash on a recent Google Docs fuckup.
user  data  google  information  security  breach 
march 2009 by adriancooke
What is SSL? [Newfangled]
Nolan Caudill explains SSL.
internet  security  ssl  web  encryption 
march 2009 by adriancooke
Hacker pokes new hole in secure sockets layer [The Register]
Dan Goodin at the Black Hat security conference in Washington on a new man in the middle vulnerability in SSL.
web  security  encryption  ssl  conferences 
february 2009 by adriancooke
Privacy in the Age of Persistence [Schneier on Security]
Bruce Schneier on data as risk, and the pollution of the Information Age. He talks about the need for discussion, planning and policy to deal with the impact of data persistence on privacy as a significant moment of societal change.
information  security  data  privacy  technology  persistence  societas 
february 2009 by adriancooke
Insiders [Schneier on Security]
Bruce Schneier about the increasingly dangerous security problem posed by insiders.
economics  business  security  research  risk  trust 
february 2009 by adriancooke
Google’s User Data Empire [Slightly Shady SEO]
XMCP's "why be scared of Google" article.
privacy  google  information  security 
february 2009 by adriancooke
Passwords: Most People Do It Wrong [SitePoint]
Josh Catone on password security.
web  information  security  passwords  authentication 
february 2009 by adriancooke
Heartland data breach hit 160 banks (and rising) [The Register]
John Leyden on a rather serious bank data breach.
information  security  business 
february 2009 by adriancooke
Do We Need a New Internet? [New York Times]
John Markoff on whether the Internet needs to start over to make it more secure and more scalable.
security  internet  architecture  networks 
february 2009 by adriancooke
Clickjacking [SecTheory]
Robert Hansen and Jeremiah Grossman explain clickjacking in detail.
browsers  information  security  javascript  iframe  clickjacking 
february 2009 by adriancooke
Twitter attack exposes awesome power of clickjacking [The Register]
Dan Goodin on the Twitter clickjacking incident.
browsers  information  security  twitter 
february 2009 by adriancooke
Firefox (In)Security Update Dynamics Exposed [Techzoom]
Stefan Frei, Thomas Dübendorfer and Bernhard Plattner on how strongly auto-update software usability impacts on browser patch rates.
design  browsers  security  ui  firefox  opera  patch 
february 2009 by adriancooke
10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know [AllFacebook]
Nick O'Neill with Facebook privacy settings and tips.
information  security  web  privacy  identity  tutorial  facebook 
february 2009 by adriancooke
That "Don't Click" Twitter virus thing [Scott Schiller]
Scott Schiller shows that the Twitter clickjack scam uses iframes to position a hidden link over the "Don't click" text—if you're logged in to Twitter when you click it, then your browser would generate a post on Twitter that propagates the message further.
browsers  information  security  twitter  iframe  clickjacking 
february 2009 by adriancooke

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