Hakin9: Identity Theft!

 

• Identity Proof Your Personal Data by Julian Evans
  There doesn’t appear to be a day that passes where we don’t hear about a corporate or government network data breach in the media. Whatever individuals or businesses do, we all fail miserably when it comes to protecting our most valued assets – personal and financial information. So what is a data breach and how will it affect businesses, government and individuals?
• Guarding Against Identity Theft by Gary Miliefsky
  In my last article I made predictions on the ever growing and dynamic landscape of cyberwar and cybercrime – bottom line, some of my predictions are already coming true this year so it’s time to become even more vigilant to guard your personal identity and for your organization to do the same.
• The Best Way to Learn and Apply Cryptography by Arkadius C. Litwinczuk
  The CrypTool project is about making the sometimes daunting subject of cryptography more accessible and easy to understand. It is the most comprehensive cryptography learning tool worldwide.
• Analysis of a Scam by Rich Hoggan
  It’s all to often that we hear about being scammed on the Internet especially when using Craigslist – the popular website for selling and buying almost anything on the Internet. But it seems as though the majority of the website has become devoted to messages warning us of the potential for getting scammed.
• Secure Env for PT by Antonio Merola
  Security awareness guideline about setting a controlled environment to conduct technical security testing and assessments, in order to protect companies and professionals from possible legal implications.
• Knowing VoIP – part III by Winston Santos
  In previous chapters we have talked about the marvelous world of VoIP, what it allows us to do, accomplish and so on. Now let’s focus on the dangers that we need to be aware of and the countermeasure as well.
• Bluetooth Mice Can Leak Your Passwords! by Aniket Pingley, Xian Pan, Nan Zhang, Xinwen Fu
  In this article, we will introduce a hidden vulnerability in Bluetooth mouse communication that may leak critical information including passwords. Bluetooth mouse communication is generally unencrypted. By sniffing raw Bluetooth mouse communication, we are able to reconstruct the mouse trajectory on screen with default mouse acceleration enabled. Therefore, if passwords are typed through a software keyboard, the sniffed mouse movement will expose the passwords.