Danger Of Sharing Information On Social Networking Sites
Dr. Herbert (Hugh) Thompson is Chief Security Strategist at People Security and a world-renown expert on application security. Explained in RSA Conference Europe 2009 how sharing personal information over social networking site can cause problems. Listen Podcast KEY-102 Beyond Credit Card Numbers: The New Threat of Gateway Data There are some types of data that appear to have no value such as someone’s favorite color, their address, or the name of their childhood pet. Employees may give this data away freely through social networking sites, or the enterprise as a whole may treat it with minimal scrutiny.
What Are You Worth On The Black Market?
Ever wondered how much your online identity is worth to a cyber criminal? A new tool from Symantec Corp. will perform the calculation for you. The Norton Online Risk Calculator, unveiled within a microsite to coincide with the launch of Norton 2010, calculates your net worth on the black market by asking a few questions about your personal Internet use. It takes a few minutes to answer the questions, after which you get three results: how much your online assets are worth, how much your online identity would sell for on the black market, and your risk of becoming a [...]
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