Financial Fraud and Internet Banking

Posted by on Aug 24, 2009 in Business, Security | 0 comments

McAfee recently released a comprehensive report on the array of threats facing banks and their customers.  It includes topics such as card skimming, money laundering, the Nigerian 419 fraud, auctions, and online banking.  The report also provides a good overview of current countermeasures.

Highly recommended reading!

The full report is available for download here.

Computer security for the average user

Posted by on Aug 17, 2009 in Security | 0 comments

As a security professional, I spend a lot of my time contemplating how to manage security risk in the corporate and government space.  But there is another challenge that greatly interests me:  Protecting the average user.

Unless you have an IT guy or gal in the family, it can be hard to get the right information.  And there are definitely challenges.  For example, check out Justin Foster’s blog post on Keeping Granny Safe.

One of the great tidbits in it is the link to Secuna’s free vulnerability scannersfor home users.  They offer both a web-based and a downloadable package.  I installed the latter on my notebook and it quickly identified a few products on my computer that needed updating.