Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts

Monday, November 3, 2008

Passive ID Theft

Keeping with our passive information theme, read this article on Passive ID Theft.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Myspace Passwords

Here are a couple of articles about Myspace password analysis:

Bruce Schneier's blog

Brian Kreb's blog

They also talk about a few exploits that were used to obtain the account names and passwords.

There was a recent case about a stalker who harassed Amor Hilton on Myspace.

Also, don't think that you are safe just because you have a ``Private Profile.'' Weaknesses in the Myspace website allowed access to people's private pictures and information. Myspace had known about the flaw for sometime, but still hadn't fixed it.