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How do spammers, credit card thieves, spyware creators make money?

By exploiting laziness, stupidity and greed. Most “Work-at-home” job offers are scams…pure and simple. Unfortunately, gullible idiots, unwitting dupes and willing thieves refuse to look the gift horse in the […]

Facebook: Releasing your personal data reveals our trade secrets

We’ve said for years that the internet remembers forever.  Here’s proof that Facebook embodies that ethos…   Here’s a SMALL sampling of what Zuckerberg collects, repacages and sells…but never deletes…. […]

Amazon Silk Web Browser – is just another invasion of privacy

Amazon has a new eReader/tablet out called the Fire. And judging from pre-sales order, this is one hot item.   As a reader, I’m delighted that the collapse of civilization […]

Kim Jong-Il's Teenage Grandson Is Having a Facebook Scandal

Need proof that no one is immune from Privacy Erosion caused by Social Media? Apparently, having a grandfather who has his own nukes, and an uncle who’s killed or starved […]

How much does Facebook know about you? About 800 pages

In the EU, the citizens own their data.  In the US, the corporations own the data.   If you ask Facebook profile data in the US, you’ll get laughed at. […]

Written Information Security Policy is INSUFFICIENT to comply with Massachusetts Data Privacy Law

Massachusetts AG Says Having a WISP is Not Enough to Comply With Massachusetts Data Security Regulations The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and Belmont Savings Bank have agreed to resolve allegations […]

CIGNET's HIPAA Penalty – $946 per record

Raj Goel, CISSPCTO Brainlink International, Inc. raj@brainlink.com 917-685-7731 Raj’s LinkedIn profile   Since 2005, the Ponemon institute has released an annual study comparing the costs of data breach. According to […]

Backing Up Documents in the Cloud

Raj Goel, CISSPCTOBrainlink International, Inc.raj@brainlink.com 917-685-7731 Raj’s LinkedIn profile This article appeared on LAW.com   John Edwards (no, not THAT John Edwards) did a great job of summarizing various backup […]

Creating Strong Passwords

As Featured in ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE, March 2011 It should not surprise you that a LOT of online sites are tied together. In November 2010, Gawker.com was attacked, and their entire […]

InfoSecurity Issue 7 – Trends In Financial Crimes

InfoSecurity Issue 7 – Trends In Financial Crimes Raj Goel, CISSP CTOBrainlink International, Inc.raj@brainlink.com 917-685-7731 Raj’s LinkedIn profile This article appeared in InfoSecurity Magazine Issue 7 PROESSIONAL, High-tech professional criminals […]