Yet another attack has been released that focuses on older versions of Internet Explorer. This is why everyone should always make certain that they keep their browsers updated at all times. This doesn’t mean you have to upgrade to the latest IE though. You can always switch to an alternative browser like Mozilla Firefox or [...]
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New Exploit Targets Old Versions of IE (Why you should upgrade)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009New Computer Security Guide Can Help Safeguard Your Small Business
Thursday, October 8th, 2009Just in time for October’s Cyber Security Awareness Month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a guide to help small businesses and organizations understand how to provide basic security for their information, systems and networks. NIST has also created a video that explores the reasons small businesses need to secure their [...]
Advice on Creating and Maintaining Secure Passwords
Thursday, October 8th, 2009Author: Michael Santerre (Google.com) As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, we’d (Google) like to take this opportunity to remind you about smart password practices. Phishing, a topic that’s been in the news, is unfortunately a common way for hackers to trick you into sharing personal information like your account password. If you suspect [...]
Study Touts Internet Explorer 8 As Most Secure Browser
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009Source: Yahoo! Tech Editor: Ryan Sanders According to a recent independent study, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 has been found to be the most secure browser currently available. The study was conducted by US based security research company NSS Labs, and included testing for Google’s Chrome, Firefox 3, the beta of Opera 10, Safari 4, and [...]
Security Software Can Ferret Out Who’s a Human and Who’s a Bot
Thursday, June 4th, 2009Author: Jeremy Kirk (CIO) An Atlanta security company has come up with a technology it says can block automated programs responsible for perpetuating nuisances such as spam, fake e-mail registrations and click fraud. The software, HumanPresent, essentially ferrets out, for example, whether a human is filling out a Web-based form and stopping those actions that [...]
Security to be Tightened for .org Domains
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009Author: Carolyn Duffy Marsan (PC World) The Public Interest Registry will announce today that it has begun cryptographically signing the .org top-level domain using DNS security extensions known as DNSSEC. DNSSEC is an emerging standard that prevents spoofing attacks by letting Web sites verify their domain names and corresponding IP addresses using digital signatures and [...]
Gumblar is awake and worse than Conficker (Experts say)
Monday, June 1st, 2009Author: Elinor Mills (cnet news) Gumblar, a new attack that compromises Web sites, has added new domain names that are downloading malware onto unsuspecting computers, stealing FTP credentials to compromise more sites, and tampering with Web traffic, a security firm said on Thursday. The Gumblar attack started in March with Web sites being compromised and [...]
Safari & Opera lag behind FireFox & Chrome in Security Updates
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009Source: Brian Krebs (Washington Post) Users of the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox Web browsers are far more likely to be cruising the Web with the latest, most secure versions of the browsers than users of either Opera or Safari, a study released today found. The analysis, from researchers at Google Switzerland and the Swiss [...]
Elgamal says that SSL is not to blame for security woes
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009Source: Vivian Yeo (cnet) At the RSA Conference last month in San Francisco, Taher Elgamal was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award–only the third recipient of the award since its inception in 2004. Taher Elgamals The chief security officer of Axway has more than 25 years of experience in the security industry, starting out as a [...]
Conficker virus starts to attack computers
Monday, April 27th, 2009A malicious software program known as Conficker is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, according to computer security experts. Source: Telegraph (UK) Conficker, also known as Downadup or Kido, was expected to wreak havoc on April 1 when it was due to be activated, but it failed to cause many [...]
