Combating Social Engineering Effects

Social Engineering that gets someone in a company to give out information that they should not give out is something common, so why don't more companies doing anything about it?

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Keeping Clients Within Project Boundaries

I suspect most of you have experienced “scope creep” before. Scope creep begins at the moment when your client asks for something outside of the scope of work for which you’ve contracted (you do have a contract, right?). Naturally, they’re asking for this thing to be included at no extra cost. Actually, they’re probably not asking. They’re probably acting like it’s always been understood that…

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Google Writes Up OCRopus

Google is “happy to announce” the new OCRopus OCR Project, which will focus on the cutting edge of handwriting recognition technology.  Expect the Image Understanding and Pattern Recognition (IUPR) research group to do the heavy lifting, though - Google’s role will mostly be that of a sponsor.  (The state of Rhineland Palatinate, according to IUPR, is also providing funding.)

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2007: The Year Of The Spam

Spam is the mosquito of the Internet; a pesky nuisance that will seemingly never go away, and according to a study from IDC it is only going to become worse.

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ISPs Still Ducking Clickstream Questions

The issue of data privacy has long been one of intense debate and speculation across the blogosphere. Reports have surfaced here and there of ISPs selling clickstream data to third party advertisers for mere cents per user. As journalists continue seeking answers, the ISPs are remaining conspicuously tight-lipped about their data practices.

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