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Robert Vamosi

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I am currently writing about the security of every day gadgets for Basic Books.

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    I'm an award-winning journalist with more than nine years of major news organization experience specializing in computer security, cybercrime, and computer viruses. Additional skills include editing, product review, on-camera talent, and podcast host.

    I've written extensively about computer security, criminal hacking, incident response, vulnerability disclosure, data loss prevention, botnets, malware, virus writers, cross-site scripting attacks, and flaws within DNS.

    I've received professional training in securing wireless networks, how attackers profile and exploit social engineering, and digital forensics and incident response.

    E-mail: robvamosi "at" gmail dot com

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    • Cybercriminals phone it in September 8, 2010
      The mobile phone provides additional customer security for financial transactions. Either by voice or text, banks–in real time–may question account holders about large transfers of funds, potentially stopping fraud in process. While attending a recent public-private summit for the financial services industry, however, I heard of several ways that crimina […]
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    • The Dangers in Following the Crowd September 8, 2010
      When Benjamin Jun received a winter catalog in the mail from Nike with a personal URL on the cover, he didn’t realize the wealth of information that would soon be available to him online. Jun, Vice President of technology at Cryptography Research, said that once online he was able to access a database showing what those he knew had purchased at various Nik […]
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    • Be Careful Who You Know September 8, 2010
      Beyond date of birth, what other personal information are we giving away on social network sites? In a talk a few weeks ago at the 2010 RSA Conference, security researcher Nitesh Dhanjani explored some non-traditional ways social networking could be used to profile individuals. He says just by studying your social networking presence one can identify, for ex […]
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