Bad medicine: Can poor data security result in death?
Medical records could become compromised during transmission, on the patient’s computer, or at any number of multiple points of storage.
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Most recent articles by Charles Jeter, ESET cybercrime investigator
Social networks: Criminal enterprise, Part 1
Far from being Doctor Evil’s Facebook page, social networks for criminals cover multiple facets of global crime. Should countering cybercrime be a goal of corporate business or is it merely a job for law enforcement?
Spy vs. spy: Competitive intelligence risks
When fiction meets reality: Competitive Intelligence and corporate interests merge with nation state espionage priorities targeting private sector industry.
Future Crimes: Will the lights stay on past 2013?
Stuxnet has radically changed the global perception of cyberwarfare leveraging internet-connected SCADA vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure. Will the lights stay on or are we in for trouble?
Spy vs. spy: Laptop is the espionage goldmine
As the technical evaluator for more than 200 wireless developer partners, my laptop was an espionage goldmine and I knew it. So I made a point not to bring it.
Spy vs. Spy: Hotels and business travelers
Hotels are the spots where industrial spies used to crouch like lions around a waterhole on the business savannah. Do these old school threats still exist?
Spy vs. spy: Easy cell phone policy for corporate travelers
With four billion mobile phones compared to one billion computers, cell phones remain a primary espionage target. You can eliminate most traveler-related cell phone risk with one step.
Amsterdam Win2008 Servers: PWNed by the Jarhead Clan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Sint Maarten, Suriname, and Netherlands Antilles all may want to check out this .nl Windows Server 2008 vulnerability.
Stuxnet: Lessons not yet learned?
According to Iran, Stuxnet is no longer a threat – however use of a new zero-day exploit has extended its life cycle.
Murky FinCEN SAR reporting: Is malware responsible?
In a direct 10-year comparison, the Delaware banking industry’s overuse of the FinCEN SAR category of ‘Other’ mirrors the growth pattern of the malware industry year after year. Are these related?
