JOAN GOODCHILD
Joan Goodchild writes frequently about security leadership, social engineering, social media security and cybercrime in her role as Senior Editor with CSO.
Her previous experience in business journalism includes roles as broadcast and web editor with the Boston Business Journal and as a news writer covering the Windows OS with TechTarget. Prior to that, she worked as a television reporter and anchor for more than a decade.
Joan has a Master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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Facebook plumps security features with HTTPS, CAPTCHA solution
New enhancements will protect users from Firesheep attacks, fraudulent use of accounts
4 tips for Facebook from security and privacy experts
Suggestions from pros on how to clean up the Facebook application-development process
Digital black market offers cheap botnets for hire, stolen credit card info
Criminals now have intricate pricing system to sell other crooks bank information and botnets at bargain prices
Facebook halts controversial sharing feature -for now
After concerns about privacy and security, Facebook has disabled a new feature that gave application developers and third-party sites the ability to gather sensitive user information
Fraud incident reports down, says report
A quarterly measure of fraud reporting among employees finds violations have dropped
Rustock awakens, spam volume back up
After a brief period of low spam levels, top-dog spam botnet Rustock appears to be back in business
Facebook is biggest mobile malware threat, says security firm
Researcher claims bad links on Facebook responsible for much higher infection rate that targeted mobile malware
Social engineering attacks: Highlights from 2010
Several high-profile security incidents took place because of well-played social engineering attacks. We look back at four headline-grabbing moments in 2010.
Is Storm/Waldec botnet part of New Year spam campaign?
Researchers with Shadowserver Foundation think they are seeing some new tricks from an old botnet. And it could mean a comeback in 2011
Facebook profile helps to catch a thief
A service station manager catches a TV thief by sending him a friend request on Facebook
Reduce Email Archives up to 60%
Are you considering implementing a proactive archiving and eDiscovery solutions? This paper summarizes 15 separate soft cost savings when implementing Symantec Enterprise Vault and the Clearwell eDiscovery Platform.
Aberdeen Report: To Patch, or Not to Patch? (Not If, But How)
The report explores the correlation between the current use of patch management and the level of endpoint-related risk that companies are effectively accepting.
