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Facebook used to sell Zeus botnet console, showing cyber crooks are getting considerably more brazen
Malware Pusher Cocky Enough To Sell Wares On Facebook
Home network routers may contain vulnerabilities | Experts Exchange Tech News Blog
Home network routers may contain vulnerabilities and some can even invite intruders into your home.
Automatically secure your site with keys and salts! | VaultPress Blog
WordPress has a lot of excellent security features. One of these features is the ability to specify randomized keys and salts to help keep cookies and form nonces secure. Sadly, there are a lot of WordPress users who miss out on this extra security because they haven’t configured it for their site.
That Really Cool App You Put on Your Smart Phone is Probably Collecting All Sorts of Information – and You Don’t Even Know It
A few weeks ago I warned that mobile applications may not behave the way that users expect them to. (See “ App Happy Downloaders May Get More Than They Expect .”) As a follow-up to that post, I talked more in-depth with Domingo Guerra, president and co-founder of Appthority.
The threat landscape of 2013 will continue to amp up the security battleground…
Cocoon: Top 10 Security Threats For 2013
Wikipedia describes ransomware as a class of malware which restricts access to the computer system that it infects, and demands a ransom be paid to the creator of the malware in order for the restriction to be removed.
Ransomware, a growing threat in the U.S.…
Do you have a Windows computer currently in use or an old box that accepts Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)? Most enterprises do allow RDP, so the client box can connect to a remote host computer.
Do you allow RDP connections? Cybercrime service sells hacked Fortune 500 access
Cocoon privacy plug-in for Chrome watches your back as you browse
Cocoon, a browser plug-in designed to protect your privacy and security online, is now available for Google's Chrome browser, according to its maker Virtual World Computing. The software is offered as a free plug-in with advertising, as well as in a paid premium version with added features, and works by placing Cocoon's servers between a consumer and the Internet.
Show me any piece of security technology on this planet and tell me it's bullet-proof and I'll call you a liar.
Give Sophos credit for its loud glitch warning
10 Ways To Beef Up iPhone Security
My iPhone is like a third hand when I am in public space; I never let it out of my sight.
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Version 3.4.2 Languages : English • 中文(简体) • 中文(繁體) • Русский • ( Add your language ) On September 6, 2012, WordPress 3.4.2 was released to the public.Cryptography recently joined forces with neuroscience to propose a groundbreaking innovation in authentication. Hristo Bojinov of Stanford University along with Daniel Sanchez and Paul Reber of Northwestern, Dan Boneh of Stanford, and Patrick Lincoln of SRI published a paper on “ Designing Crypto Primitives Secure Against Rubber Hose Attacks .” Passwords, encryption keys, and other methods of verification are critical to keeping secrets in the digital era but have a number of major weaknesses.
Implicit Learning Passwords Are Like Riding a Bike
Windows worm slips into iOS App Store, climbs into hipsters' pockets
An item of Windows malware has managed to make its way onto Apple's iOS App Store. It's likely to have been an accidental screw-up, but it nonetheless raises concerns about Apple's app-screening process. The malicious Windows executable was found by a user who downloaded an app called "Instaquotes-Quotes Cards For Instagram" from iTunes before his security software warned him that the file was infected with a worm.A typical child in the 21st century is practically raised on technology. Tablets, smartphones and multiple computers in most American homes virtually ensure a technologically groomed child. Our tech savvy offspring still need the guidance of parents to teach them about online safety and to help them recognize the threats that loom beyond their LCD screen. So what exactly do we have to worry about?
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The Vulnerabilities Market and the Future of Security
A blog covering security and security technology. « Tax Return Identity Theft | Main | Obama's Role in Stuxnet and Iranian Cyberattacks » The Vulnerabilities Market and the Future of Security Recently, there have been several articles about the new market in zero-day exploits: new and unpatched computer vulnerabilities.Infosec Security