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Top Ten Security/Investigation Predictions for 2012. Part I of II.

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Lina Maini

 Hoping to give our readers an edge on awareness and combatting security and investigation concerns in 2012, below are our top five predictions in the area of information and data security management. (Next week, in II of this two-part series, we will cover the remaining five predictions, focused on evolving investigation concepts.) 1. Social networking redefining “privacy”. [...]

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The Best Things In Life Are Free (Software)

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Lina Maini

This week’s Bulletin comes from our IT head, Jonathan Caspian (not the above feature); a timely update regarding computer virus software. Most firms have fairly good firewalls in place but that protection generally does not extend to individual laptops, home PCs, smart phones… This week’s Bulletin is a short and sweet list of free security [...]

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New Google App – Your Name, Address, Email… From Just Your Pic.

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Lina Maini

You are sitting at a crowded cafe, chatting up a hottie sitting next to you.  Unbeknownst to either of you, the jealous stalking ex has taken a photo of the two of you. Act I, Scene I Several days later you arrive home to your spouse standing in the front doorway, fanning an 8×11 photo.  You wave, reach [...]

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Taming of the Shrewd

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Lina Maini

(Updated Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. 9:20 a.m., EST.  See  below.) Many of us will be traveling via plane this holiday week amidst the huge uproar prompted by the TSA’s new screening procedures of AIT (Advanced Imaging Technology) and enhanced pat downs.  In fulfilling this newsletter’s title, Where the TSA went wrong (thus far): 1.  Announcements like “AIT [...]

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ICanStalkU.com or How Your Own Posts Enable Burglars

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Lina Maini

Just about everyone I know has posted a pic or video on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr and or on the  many other social networking sites online.  People post visual shares of themselves standing by their expensive new cars, daughters in prom dresses and of course, the countless family dog chasing the squirrel (yet never the catch.. odd, isn’t [...]

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Ancestry Sites – The Start of a Very Bitter Relationship.

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Lina Maini

During the holiday season, we often run into relatives that we rarely see, might never have known and recap the year’s changes re: births, deaths… within the family.  We make promises to be in touch and oftentimes, we now turn to technology – in the form of ancestry sites, to help us maintain our family ties. There [...]

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Small Phones; Big Ears: Phone Security Breaches

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Lina Maini

by Lina M. Maini (This week’s Bulletin carries updates to our BB Vol. 7, May 12, 2008 edition regarding widespread telephone tapping and how to avoid having your firm fall victim to cell phone security breaches. The related video below cotains an actual conversation between a TV producer and her attorney. They are on the [...]

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LockPicking Courses OnLine – From Your House to the White House

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Lina Maini

As the above video clearly displays, opening any locked door, is very easy – even for a non-professional lock picker. The Slate article in this Bulletin reports how popular lockpicking (known as locksport) has now become – with training videos and clubs – springing up all over the nation. Pick a Lock, Any LockYouTube makes [...]

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