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Anti-Piracy – First Internet Cafe Arrest In Japan

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This Japanese news article reports the first “internet cafe” arrest in Japan since the anti-piracy download law went into effect on Jan. 1, 2010. However, I am fairly certain that this is the first such arrest altogether – somebody please comment if I am wrong. Toward the end of last year and the first days of the new year, many blogs and statistic sites were reporting on the number of shares on peer-to-peer software available on the internet. Remarkably, most of the numbers did not change a bit. I find this unusual since Japanese go to great lengths to stay … Continue reading Anti-Piracy – First Internet Cafe Arrest In Japan

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Facebook As Biggest Security Threat

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Yes, I know… ‘Another Network World article’, you say. Yes, because lately they have been hitting trends fairly accurately…. read on!This article outlines a Sophos survey of businesses that  ranks Facebook as the biggest threat simply (at 60% surveyed) because it has become the biggest social network, followed by MySpace (t 18%, then Twitter at17%. Well, I tend to agree with that reasoning, but think the threat is somewhat limited on a couple of levels. In more secure environments in the financial industry, we have seen much broader implementation of Websense that keeps employees out of such sites through filtering … Continue reading Facebook As Biggest Security Threat

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WorkPapers – Latest Version Now Freeware

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This title is a bit misleading since I stopped development of this software back in late 2006. Recent reports indicate that version still runs on the latest OS X and all versions of Windows, so due to an overwhelming number of requests from potential users for me to hurry up and setup a Sourceforge site and pull the registration encryption, we are now offering the software for download (both Mac and Windows) with a free version registration key. Workpapers was designed to be a personal audit software for teams in small to medium sized practices. All of the data calls … Continue reading WorkPapers – Latest Version Now Freeware

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Security Through Obscurity – Word Processor Redaction

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A couple weeks ago I had a small rant about the HSBC bankruptcy leak, where I found the bank’s reaction to the issue rather surprising. Then this morning as I go through my reading list (it’s Monday), this article from Network World shows that TSA fell into the same problem. However, this most recent article goes into the problem much deeper, especially on the second page of the article. The problem lies in developers, users, and security managers alike not knowing the process of document redaction, and what will and will not properly redact a document. Many people think that … Continue reading Security Through Obscurity – Word Processor Redaction