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Over at Security Focus, Brian Krebs has published a report from the FDIC detailing the overall trend in computer crimes for 2007. It may look heavy, but just glancing over it provides some good data. Although the report focuses on the financial sector mostly there are some interesting points that it makes.
Some interesting points in the report:
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Maybe you have heard of Tor, a way to anonymize your internet traffic. Maybe you have even used it. I have and occasionally do. But as it gains popularity, it becomes more important to understand the limitations of Tor and internet anonymity. Most users confuse anonymity and privacy. Tor provides anonymity, but not privacy.
If that statement is confusing to you, your not alone. Recently a Swedish security researcher set up a sniffer (a computer with a network card that captures all network traffic) on the 5 Tor servers his company ran. He ended up capturing login credentials and messages, from embassies, human rights groups and corporations.
Tags: networks, Privacy, Security, torPreviously I had written about some ways to slow down some of the dead tree spam that everyone gets. Yesterday I saw an announcement on lifehacker that could cut this down even more.The DMA (Direct Marketing Association) has removed a small but inconvenient barrier for getting off of their mailing lists. Previously they would charge a dollar for removal of your name and address from there lists. No longer though. They will now remove your name for free. You can opt-out here:
https://www.dmachoice.org/MPS/mps_consumer_description.php
Note: The DMA does require a credit card for validation, but they will not charge anything according to the site.
Tags: junk mail, Privacy, spam
