Thursday, January 22, 2009

Now I'm in Facebook

I registered in Facebook November 2007 but was never active in this Social Networking site until last night. My friend, asked me why I am not his "friend" in facebook if I have an account in facebook. I said never use the site actively. That prompt me to check my account there.

I have several SN site, facebook, friendster, linkedin, multiply, tagged, hi5 etc. So many to keep them up to date. Read more!

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Mobile Banking Best Practices

Last year I was invited to talk about Mobile Banking security and best practices. The event was organized and attended by BAIPHIL, a bankers association. The event was well attended and saw familiar faces during the event.

I discussed about using SMS in mobile banking. Although SMS is one great tool to use for Mobile Banking, I displayed that SMS is not quite secure if not properly implemented.

I demonstrated how I managed to change the SMS' originating mobile number to a different number, thus successfully faking a message. The same time, I discussed also the solution for this one. Read more!