Per Olav Førland
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Famous (?) last words
After more than 15 years as a Norman employee, the time has arrived for me to look for other challenges. Friday 18 November will be my last day in Norman’s premises. Thus, it seems appropriate to sum up my experiences in a final blog posting. What is the most important security … Read More
The insecurity paradox
The formula here attempts to explain a paradox in security analysis: If it is true that security is only as strong as its weakest link, why are not those who use insecure passwords, skip installing security patches, avoid updating or using antivirus software, and in general act insecure – not hacked and exploited continuously? … Read More
The 10 Most Insecure Passcodes
Earlier this week I read an extremely interesting and impressing blog item by Daniel Amitay: Most Common iPhone Passcodes. Amitay has analyzed more than 200 000 passcodes used in an app with a similar passcode setup screen to iPhone. His findings are astonishing and scary. Let me go through some … Read More
Purchasing and Downloading Outdated Software
Last week in the “JoshMeister On Security” blog, the topic was about Apple’s Mac App Store, and the fact that software available from this store may not be the latest version. The blog’s author – Joshua Long – uses the web browser Opera to illustrate his point. While Opera software … Read More
Scams Utilizing Google Music Beta
It is a fact that cybercriminals and other persons who attempt to trick you react quickly when a new product or service enter the market. The latest example shows that these individuals react even before release – in the beta phase. Google Music is a new offering from Google, released … Read More
Guilty Until Proven Innocent?
During the years, Norman has written several articles about the danger of using and having unsecured wireless networks. Some selected articles are at the end of this blog item. A news story from Associated Press reveals a horror story about a person with a new wireless router, which was not … Read More
Zero Day – a Review
For some strange reason Easter in Norway is traditionally the high season for reading crime and thrillers. One reason may be the need to fill several consecutive days away from work (the public holiday lasts five days!) with some action. This Easter I had targeted a book that turned out … Read More
Life After Death – Online
The Christian Easter may be the appropriate time to bring up: What happens with my online presence when I die? This is a matter that I must (shamefully) admit I did not reflect upon until I earlier this week read SecurityNewsDaily’s post “Digital Afterlife: How to Safeguard Online Accounts After … Read More
“Successful” Twitter Malware Proves it Once More
Earlier this week new Twitter malware spread very quickly in the Twitter community. The malicious application tweeted two messages similar to the following to the infected users’ followers: directly followed by: Those who clicked the link and allowed the application to connect to their Twitter account were infected. The point … Read More
.XXX Top Level Domain Approved
My blog item 29 June last year, was titled Red Light District on the Internet. This was about the fact that The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), had taken a major step in allowing .XXX as a sponsored top level domain (sTLD). This top level domain was … Read More
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