Whenever somebody comes up with a new business idea involving social media it’s usually time to cover your private parts. To the extent that you can. Take this idea from Hong Kong-based microlending startup Lenddo as described in this article in The Observer. [Lendo] calls itself “the first credit scoring service that uses your online social network to [...]
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Thanks for all the phishing in 2011
Posted: November 24, 2011 in general, securityTags: Nigerian 419, phishing, Thanksgiving, Unemployment
So thank you for showing me, That best friends can not be trusted, And thank you for lying to me, Your friendship and good times we had you can have them back. From Thank You by Simple Plan In 2009, the first year of this blog, in honor of Thanksgiving here in the USA I [...]
Hiding in Glass Houses
Posted: October 26, 2011 in general, professional, securityTags: Find My Friends, iphone, privacy
You’re building glass houses on the sand Then you stand around and shake your head When they all fall down From Glass Houses by Steel Magnolias So the big tech and style news this month, in case you missed it, was Apple’s hyperbole laden and new(ish) iPhone 4s and iOS5. This baby boasts everything better, faster [...]
Security For All is three years old!
Posted: October 9, 2011 in general, professional, security, UncategorizedTags: Security for All, third birthday
Happy Birthday, now your one year older. Happy Birthday, your life still isn’t over. Happy Birthday, you did not accomplish much. But you didn’t die this year i guess that’s good enough. From Funny Happy Birthday Song by Adam Sandler Hard to believe that last month marked the third anniversary of Security For All. Actually [...]
So they exposed your personal info in a breach. Now what?
Posted: August 22, 2011 in general, professional, securityTags: data breach, personal information, PII, PlayStation Network
And now – what do I do now? Oh, I don’t know Oh, I’m leaving And now, who’s gonna save me next time? From Now What by Lisa Marie Presley So there you are just minding your own business and chilling on PlayStation Network when… Yikes! PSN has been breached! And now you and 100 [...]
Captain X-Ploit: Sara and Maxi’s magnificent monetary mischievous maneuver.
Posted: August 12, 2011 in general, professional, securityTags: Captain X-Ploit, exploit, extraterrestrials, hacker, Trustonia
The Adventures of Captain X-Ploit: Sara and Maxi’s magnificent monetary mischievous maneuver. – Part 4 of the epic chronicle – Strangers are just Enemies you haven’t met. After the alien left, restoring time to its usual single dimensional, flowy self, Max and Sara found themselves at the library. Hunched over a computer, Sara was reading her [...]
Captain X-Ploit: Maxwell D. Higgens
Posted: July 15, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Captain X-Ploit, exploit, extraterrestrials, hacker, Trustonia
The Adventures of Captain X-Ploit: A life without love is a life wasted… or whatever. ~ Maxwell D. Higgens – Special Edition – This is a story about Maxwell, it begins in the lab of an alien ship floating somewhere in the Betelgeuse system. Stan cast his eyes around the lab looking for someone to [...]
Captain X-Ploit: Put your hands together for Sara Boulder
Posted: May 20, 2011 in general, music, professional, securityTags: Captain X-Ploit, exploit, hacker
The Adventures of Captain X-Ploit: “Ladies and gentlemen put your hands together for Sara Rachel Boulder” – Part 3 of the epic chronicle – Strangers are just Enemies you haven’t met. Sara Boulder awoke on that shimmering morning in the softest bed she had scammed her way into yet. She wandered over to her victim’s [...]
