Thor Olavsrud, Author at eSecurity Planet

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Thor Olavsrund is a journalist covering data analytics, security, infrastructure, and networking for CIO.com. He’s especially interested in companies that use data to transform their business to tackle problems in innovative ways. As senior writer, his articles focus on practical insights, analysis, and business use cases that can help CIOs and other IT leaders navigate the shifting IT landscape.

How Cybercriminals Make Their Millions

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December 22, 2010

Botnets have been getting a lot of headlines lately, whether from last month’s arrest of the man allegedly behind the Mega-D botnet, or angry supporters of the WikiLeaks organization who have voluntarily allowed their computers to become part of the Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) as part of Operation Payback. Most botnets are used as […]
9 Best Defenses Against Social Engineering Attacks

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October 19, 2010

No matter how much expertise and money you put into your network security and preventing data theft — firewalls, security appliances, encryption, etc. — the human element remains vulnerable to hackers who apply social engineering techniques. Social-Engineer.org, a non-profit organization of security experts seeking to raise awareness of the data theft threat posed by […]