DISC InfoSec blog - Latest Comments

Re: Credit card authorization process weakness

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Re: Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin Mitnick

Michael Rousseau — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:48:32 -0000

Interesting! I think I will pick up a copy to read.

Re: 21st Century Chinese Cyberwarfare

C++ Tutorial — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:05:31 -0000

Nice article on cyberwarfare.

Re: Top 10 Cyber Scams During Holiday Season

disc7 — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:18:01 -0000

The human link: There is an ever-widening disparity between the sophistication of a network and the people who use them. Cybercriminals often use social engineering toolkits to exploit unsuspecting employees when direct attacks on an organization's defenses fail. Educating employees on secure practices is not enough; organizations need to install the proper framework to empower and encourage employees to use these secure practices.

Re: Cloud services breached via Google code search

disc7 — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:17:41 -0000

Thanks for an informative comment

Re: Cloud services breached via Google code search

Block Websites — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:18:57 -0000

Security of information and data is very important and it is a main issue for public cloud services.

Re: Looking for a secure USB stick with hardware encryption

Block Websites — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:28:35 -0000

Thanks for sharing information about SafeStic. Nice product .....

Re: Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin Mitnick

disc7 — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:28:07 -0000

Fascinating read to overview of what really happened during Mitnick era of hacking and how he was able to wreak a havoc and get away with it for quite some time.

Re: Google warns off fake Anti-Virus programs popping up online

materials — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:43:20 -0000

we must believe what google said...

be careful of the threats.

Re: A guide to contract and commercial management for professionals

disc7 — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:14:54 -0000

This authoritative guide represents the collective expertise of some the globes most experienced organizations and is specifically designed for business managers to understand the benefits that can be achieved; including:
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Re: New Stuxnet-Like Worm Discovered

anonymous — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:57:43 -0000

Duqu Incidents Detected in Iran and Sudan | PCWorld Business Center

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Re: Businesses deemed lack of security a major concern for cloud computing

judge facciola — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:21:35 -0000

Cloud computing is one of the technology these days on which the government as well as the big and small organizations are looking forward.. Government has given the approval to such technology..

Re: eDiscovery and planning

Alvina — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:33:04 -0000

The steps you shared for the e-discovery and planning are very useful and one can easily make a plan for the future.. It's a great help to me.. I will definitely look forward to it..

Re: IT GOVERNANCE PRAISES ISO27001 BUT WARNS AGAINST COMPLACENCY

Hair Clinic — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:04:15 -0000

basically the internet do have a positive and negative result, because of the real time information and the massive information it can stored, this becomes a source everything that people wanted in just one click. but i guess, the downturn is that, we not able to control the scams and pornography which is the prevalent issue we face today.

Re: Information Security eBooks Download

Tomas — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:29:28 -0000

Good article. And some interesting links.

Re: Computer security and crime prevention tips for businesses

remove system fix virus — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:24:09 -0000

there are a great deal of secrets in business so security is very important.....

Re: Risk Assessment Critical for the Security of Information Assets

anonymous — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:59:48 -0000

Managing the risk to critical information assets within the ISMS scope is one of the main activity of an of an information security officer which ultimately helps to select the controls to manage the appropriate risks based on risk appetite and also assist in making the reasonable correct decisions as far as ROI is concerned.

Re: Laptop Heist Exposes Doctors’ Personal Data

Rettege66 — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:34:00 -0000

It also found that the average large company has 640 laptops, 1,985 USB
memory sticks, 1,075 smart phones and 1,324 other various data devices
stolen or lost each year

Re: HIPAA and business associate

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Re: UCSF laptop containing patient files stolen

Rettege66 — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:32:51 -0000

The files contained patients’ names, medical record numbers, ages and
clinical information, but no Social Security numbers or financial data.

Re: The weakest link in computer hacking?

First Hour Trading — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:34:01 -0000

I totally agree with you. Human factor will the weakest link in computer hacking. It is the job to put security on them.

Re: California computer glitch releases violent criminals

data restore virus removal — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:28:18 -0000

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Re: Computer security and crime prevention tips for businesses

OpenCloud AV virus removal — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:49:40 -0000

thanks for sharing

Re: The End of Online Privacy? Fight the Internet Snooping Bill!

disc7 — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:51:18 -0000

Must watch, if you care about your privacy.

Re: Phishing emerges as major corporate security threat

Data Recovery virus removal — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:45:10 -0000

we should be careful!