security

Phishing with VoIP

April 26, 2006

Here’s a fascinating new development. Cloudmark has announced anti-phishing software for VoIP systems. The latest new criminal scam is to clone a bank’s IVR using Asterisk, or some other inexpensive IVR system, and then send email to users asking them to call the bank’s (er scammers) number, and enter in account and PIN information. Adam J. [...]

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Dan York BlueBox Podcast: iotum

February 26, 2006

Dan York and I sat down at ETel a month ago, and recorded a podcast about security and iotum. As I was thinking about this in advance of the talk, I came to the conclusion that privacy was probably the bigger issue, and that’s what we talked about mostly. Enjoy!

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Spoofing Caller ID

November 15, 2005

Don’t try this at home: Spoofing Caller ID with Asterisk. SPIT. It’s coming. ‘Nuff said.

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Oh SPIT!

September 26, 2005

It’s really remarkable the complete and utter tripe that some "news" organizations will publish. The object of my disdain today is the Vancouver Sun. Writer Gillian Shaw has published one of the silliest, and most hysterical pieces on phone spam that one could imagine. Titled "Phone spam a security risk", it purports to be about [...]

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Stop using passwords!

December 7, 2004

This is well worth reading. New Microsoft Blogger Robert Hensing on why passwords are such a bad idea, how easy they are to crack, and how to solve the problem.

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