Salesforce.com issue?
We've had a number of readers report that they have received very specifically targeted EEOC or FTC SPAM emails. Several commented that some of the email addresses were only available from salesforce.com DB. Most of the emails contained full names of the recipient. We're trying to confirm this through several sources, the Washington Post has also tagged onto the story.
If you have info that may assist let us know through the contact form and we'll keep you posted.
Mark H
Don't download the Dancing Skeleton!
Halloween malware is SUPPOSED to be scary. Thanks roseman.
Watch out for the dancing skeleton now! Seems the Storm gang are out and about for Halloween then. Thanks Alan.
Cheers,
Adrien de Beaupré
Bell Canada
Happy Samhain / All Hallows Eve
Things do go bump in the night, on the Internet at least.
Update 1
Have any scary stories to share?
Update 2
hxxp://us_goldbuyers_.com (deliberately mangled) is serving up some obfuscated javascript.
Boils down to a download from 81.95.145.181 which is telling me "ai siktir vee".
Update 3
A moderate earthquake hit in California, "Is this the day you review YOUR backup plans?". Thanks roseman.
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc40204628.htm
Cheers,
Adrien de Beaupré
Bell Canada
Cyber Security Awareness Tip #31: Legal Awareness (Regulatory, Statutory, etc.)
Scary stuff! Well for me anyways. As a security geek with a technical background the legal, regulatory, privacy, and liability issues revolving around Information Security are quite daunting. They speak a different language and have completely different concerns. For todays tips can you let us know what are the issues you are facing? Which laws or regulatory compliance are you facing? How are you dealing with them? Are they distracting you from doing actual security work? Are you dealing with attempting compliance with conflicting and vaguely worded interpretations of statutes and industry regulatory bodies?
Cheers,
Adrien de Beaupré
Bell Canada
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