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Re: Linked-in and its Phishing-like contacts option!
From: Bruce Platt <bruce () ei3 com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:41:19 -0400
I have a love/hate relationship with these as well. I was only tempted down this perfidious path a few years ago when a set of my Grandchildren asked me to get a Facebook account so we could interact that way as they live on the other coast from me. I started disliking it within five minutes when a former employer sent me a request to "friend" him. Then it became an issue of who can I not be "friends" with among my contemporaries. Same with Linked-In, same with Twitter. Up to this point I'm just addressing the personal inconvenience aspect of it, which is why I chose Crispan's post to which to reply. But, the larger issue is really the risk of exposing all sorts of personal / corporate information in a variety of unwitting ways. This is the part I hate. We've had many discussions about the risks of allowing people to use social media web sites from work. It's a losing battle. Entering one's email password is just one, and Linked-In is not the only villain. I just made some flight reservations yesterday. The airline website offered to add the reservation to my Calendar. Not let me download a .cal file, but to directly insert it into my calendar. Uh, no. Not today. But, this now get's added to our list of worst practices and meet's Paul's criteria of being part of overall operational security. I'm honestly not sure how we could block this stuff in a web-proxy, or be alerted by an IDS rule short of just blocking the sites. (Maybe this will start more discussion. How would one try this?) Mix these with BYOD, and it makes a daunting task indeed. Cheers -- +------------------------------------+ Bruce B. Platt, Ph.D. V.P. Research ei3 Corporation 136 Summit Avenue Montvale, NJ 07645 Phone: +1-201-802-9080 ext. 404 Facsimile: +1-201-802-9099 On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 12:53 AM, Crispin Cowan <crispin () crispincowan com>wrote:
I boycott all social media. I’m not opposed to social networking, but I am opposed to some dot.com monetizing my relationships; I do all my social networking via open protocols like e-mail, and having a beer with a friend 😊 I broke this rule once, joining LinkedIn 5 years ago, because I needed a job. LinkedIn was a total failure at getting a job, but attending ToorCon and having a beer with someone I met there worked. I deleted my LinkedIn account when I got tired of the “Foo wants to connect with you” spam. I’m *still* getting LinkedIn spam. Screw social networking web sites. I don’t have a FaceBook page or a Twitter account, and never will. Funny, I never envisioned myself as Clint Eastwood yelling at kids to get off my lawn, but here I am 😊 Sent from Windows Mail *From:* Gautier . Rich *Sent:* Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:28 PM *To:* Firewall Wizards Security Mailing List Thoughts? I’m wondering why User Operational Security falls under the realm of Firewall Wizards.. Other than that, I’d say – They’re not alone by any stretch of the imagination, and plenty of users seem to be perfectly willing to accept the risk (or be unaware of it). However, not much you can do on the firewall side other than turning off webmail access... *Richard Gautier, CISSP* Enterprise Architect, Federal Group [image: drc-logo] 650 Massachusetts Avenue NW Suite 510 Washington, DC 20001 Office: (571) 226-8828 *|* Cell: (703) 231-2156 rgautier () drc com *|** * www.drc.com *From:* firewall-wizards-bounces () listserv icsalabs com [mailto: firewall-wizards-bounces () listserv icsalabs com] *On Behalf Of *Mathew Want *Sent:* Monday, April 22, 2013 7:30 PM *To:* Firewall Wizards Security Mailing List *Subject:* [fw-wiz] Linked-in and its Phishing-like contacts option! Hiya all. Has anyone else noticed the option to see who else they know is connected on Linked-in? Have you noticed that if you click on the outlook button it asks you for your WORK EMAIL PASSWORD!!!!! Bloody hell! It's not like the job of getting users to not submit this information to other sites isn't already hard enough without this!!! The "can't put brains in pumpkins " department must be having a field day over this. Am I the only one that think this is a touch negligent on the part of Linked-in? Or should I just accept that it is corporate facebook, accepts that they have the dame moral fibre and move on? Maybe I am expecting too much? Thoughts? -- Regards, M@ -- "Some things are eternal by nature, others by consequence" ------------------------------ This electronic message transmission and any attachments that accompany it contain information from DRC® (Dynamics Research Corporation) or its subsidiaries, or the intended recipient, which is privileged, proprietary, business confidential, or otherwise protected from disclosure and is the exclusive property of DRC and/or the intended recipient. The information in this email is solely intended for the use of the individual or entity that is the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution, retention, or copying of this communication, attachments, or substance is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please immediately reply to the author via email that you received the message by mistake and also promptly and permanently delete this message and all copies of this email and any attachments. We thank you for your assistance and apologize for any inconvenience. _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () listserv icsalabs com https://listserv.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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- Re: [fw-wiz] Linked-in and its Phishing-like contacts option! Crispin Cowan (Apr 25)
- Re: Linked-in and its Phishing-like contacts option! Bruce Platt (Apr 26)
- Re: Linked-in and its Phishing-like contacts option! lordchariot (Apr 30)
- Re: Linked-in and its Phishing-like contacts option! Bruce Platt (Apr 26)