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Apple Explains How to Use iPhone's New Anti-Phishing Feature
Written by Sarah Perez / September 16, 2009 6:24 AM / 5 Comments
Amid the hubbub over new iPods and iTunes' LPs announced at last week's annual Apple event, one feature that was a little under-hyped was the new "anti-phishing" protection built into Continue reading »


Latest Facebook Scare: The Cure May Be Worse Than The Disease
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 7, 2009 8:49 PM / 6 Comments
It's seems like every virus produces a list of capitalistic charlatans. During the Bubonic plague, thousands spent their hard earned savings on worthless talismans in the hopes of avoiding the Continue reading »


McAfee: Enabling Malware Distribution and Fraud
Written by Lidija Davis / May 3, 2009 10:47 PM / 47 Comments
McAfee, widely recognized as one of the leading providers of online security software for both home and business, appears to be struggling to secure its own Web sites, which at Continue reading »


Proposed Act Would Create National Cyber Security Office
Written by Jolie O'Dell / April 27, 2009 5:10 PM / 3 Comments
Tomorrow, Sen. Thomas Carper (D-Del.) will introduce the ICE (Information and Communications Enhancement) Act, which would make information security a federal priority and establish a Chief Information Security Officer to Continue reading »


Security Expert Suggests Twitter Focus on Output Escaping not Input Filtering
Written by Lidija Davis / April 18, 2009 4:38 PM / 11 Comments
Twitter's status blog this morning announced that Twitter has addressed the most recent variant of the Mikeyy worm but recommends that you still avoid viewing the profiles of users posting Continue reading »


GhostNet: Turning Computers into Giant Bugs
Written by Lidija Davis / March 28, 2009 4:10 PM / 21 Comments
Researchers from the University of Toronto have discovered an online spying operation that has infiltrated in excess of 1,200 computers in over 100 countries according to a report today in Continue reading »


7 Resources to Help You Prepare for Conficker's D-Day
Written by Lidija Davis / March 28, 2009 11:13 AM / 13 Comments
Conficker a.k.a. Downadup, is causing global concern as we move closer to D-Day; April 1st, when the latest version of the worm, Conficker.C is due to be activated. While some Continue reading »


Coding Errors that Affect Security: Sort by Language, Phyla, or Kingdom
Written by Lidija Davis / March 21, 2009 10:07 PM / 7 Comments
While most developers are proficient in several languages, today's economic climate coupled with advances in technology has meant that oftentimes developers need to pick up a new language quickly. And Continue reading »


TinyURL Being Used to Bypass Safe Browsing Filters in Firefox, Chrome
Written by Sarah Perez / January 26, 2009 5:49 AM / 11 Comments
TinyURL, one of the most popular URL-shortening services (although not our favorite) is now being used by cybercriminals to redirect web surfers to pages that contain viruses, trojans, and other Continue reading »


Your Google Docs May Be Open to Hijacking
Written by Sarah Perez / December 30, 2008 7:44 AM / 17 Comments
In July of this year, Google finally gave webmail users a way to make sure that Gmail always used SSL - the protocol that encrypts connections to prevent hijacking. Through Continue reading »


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