When you work in the cybersecurity business, friends can make you their default — read “unpaid” — computer safety expert. Wen Tseng, research director for the Cloud Computing Alliance, really doesn’t mind, however; it gives him a chance to confirm that scammers and hackers are increasingly relying on the friendship networks spreading through social media to do their damage to bank accounts and reputations. “It’s just a form of unscientific sampling, but this is starting to reach critical mass here,” Tseng told TechNewsWorld.
Great story Renay (if I do say so myself). I have been thinking about this issue for several months and wrote a cover story for CSO magazine about it way back in October. You can find that here:
<http://www.csoonline.com/article/506309/Lifestyle_Hackers>
Also note that the VM-related solution I was alluding to is from a new company called invincea http://www.invincea.com/
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Hackers and Social Networking: A Love Story
Posted by: Renay San Miguel April 22, 2010 05:00 AMWhen you work in the cybersecurity business, friends can make you their default — read “unpaid” — computer safety expert. Wen Tseng, research director for the Cloud Computing Alliance, really doesn’t mind, however; it gives him a chance to confirm that scammers and hackers are increasingly relying on the friendship networks spreading through social media to do their damage to bank accounts and reputations. “It’s just a form of unscientific sampling, but this is starting to reach critical mass here,” Tseng told TechNewsWorld.
<http://www.csoonline.com/article/506309/Lifestyle_Hackers>
Also note that the VM-related solution I was alluding to is from a new company called invincea http://www.invincea.com/
Keep up the good work.
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