20. November 2007 by Winn Schwartau.

Regions Bank bought AmSouth Bank. AmSouth is/was… awful. Security seriously sucked and I will be posting the history of that.

This AM I received a whole slew of Phishing attacks from Regions… my new bank. Hmm… what causes that? This is a first. My correct email address from the data bases inside of Regions/AmSouth… and how did that information get out? Makes one wonder, doesn’t it, about their security, too.

Stay aware people. Stay aware.

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19. November 2007 by admin.

You’d think that they would learn. 15 years of telling them what they are doing wrong with security… and now this? Arrgghhh…

At my bank’s drive through they are security aware. Concerned for their customer’s security. So they have added an additional layer of security on some transactions. In an effort to add proof positive ID, they ask some customers (like my wife and I and the other folks in the drive through…) to shout out their social security numbers (SSNs) into the speaker box.

Wow. And I thought they didn’t get it. Oh yeah? Which bank is it? Still, voted the Least Secure Bank in America 15 years running: AmSouth, now owned and insecurity provided by Regions. So help me, this is the truth. Shouting out SSNs in public as a form of ID. Phew.

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19. November 2007 by admin.

I got sick and tired of writing what other people wanted me to write in the style they wanted with the flavor and tone they wanted. Sick and tired.

I wanted to return to the edge. Say what I wanted about anything and everything I wanted to talk about.

Welcome to my words and wrants.

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