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Privacy and Security in Today’s Web World. Coy Thorp Security Engineer, WatchGuard Technologies. http:// goo.gl/Hsxsn. Social Networking – 7 Deadly Sins By Bill Brenner , Senior Editor - CSOonline. Over-sharing company activities Over-sharing personal activities
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Privacy and Security in Today’s Web World Coy Thorp Security Engineer, WatchGuard Technologies
Social Networking – 7 Deadly SinsBy Bill Brenner, Senior Editor - CSOonline Over-sharing company activities Over-sharing personal activities Mixing personal with professional Engaging in Tweet / Update Rage Believing he/she who dies with the most friends wins Password sloth – one master password Trigger finger
BotnetWhen Your Computer is Owned By Someone Else A botnetis a network of compromised computers under the control of a remote attacker/s. Botnets are the Swiss Army knife of the malware world, and bot-herders have many blades to choose from.
Pump Up The Volume FBI Busts Alleged Mega D Botnet Mastermind More than 500,000 infected computers Oleg Nikolaenko Paid $475,000 . Ten Billion Spam e-mails a day. = 30% OF ALL SPAM WORLDWIDE
Coy Thorp Security Systems Engineer Coy.Thorp@WatchGuard.com