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Can IT Be Trusted With Personal Devices?
Mobile device management as a path to security is a fundamentally flawed strategy. You must manage the data.
Has Anonymous Ruined Online Anonymity?
Anonymous, the hacktivist collective, has given anonymity a bad name. Yes, anonymous online services may be used to send bomb threats or abusive...
Google Wardriving: How Engineering Trumped Privacy
Blame the Street View data collection practices on a "more is more" engineering mindset. And rethink your notions about privacy for unencrypted...
After Flashback, Apple Walled Gardens Won't Help
Apple and other vendors will use the Flashback botnet as reason to move forward with desktop walled garden restrictions. Here's why that approach...
Mac Trojan Fallout: Apple Security Glory Days Gone?
Apple's reputation as an unattractive target for malware writers changed when the Flashback trojan hit more than 600,000 Macs. But Windows...
Anonymous Vs. DNS System: Lessons For Enterprise IT
A rumored attack on the world's DNS servers by Anonymous failed to materialize. But the many enterprises still ignoring persistent weaknesses...
Girls Around Me App: Not Today's Creepiest Stalker
Was the Girls Around Me app tasteless and juvenile? Of course. But we should be far more concerned about being stalked by law enforcement agencies...
Security Practices From The Front Lines
In the age of LulzSec, industrial espionage, and everyday breaches, it's more important than ever to be proactive about security. These security...
Google Big Tent: Regulation Vs. Personal Responsibility
Society should embrace the touch-the-stove approach when it comes to online common sense, explains 14-year-old Adora Svitak, author of no less...
Facebook Password Debate Stirs Deep Social Fears
Recent controversy over prospective employers requesting Facebook credentials has dredged up some big social questions.
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New FBI Surveillance Backdoors? 6 Key Points
May 18, 2012Will Congress require social networks, VoIP, and Webmail providers build in backdoors that FBI could tap for electronic surveillance purposes?...
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Fake Google Chrome Installer Steals Banking Details
May 17, 2012New polymorphic Android malware, meanwhile, disguises itself as a free virus scanner.
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Zeus Malware Seeks Facebook Users' Debit Card Data
May 16, 2012Latest Botnet-backed fraud compaign also has variations targeting Google Mail, Hotmail, and Yahoo users.
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Apple Inoculates OS X Leopard Against Flashback
May 15, 2012Apple security update for older OS 10.5 Leopard nukes Flashback variants and disables outdated Java and Flash functionality.
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Anonymous Targets Russian Sites For Putin Protest
May 10, 2012Kremlin's public-facing website knocked offline; In separate series of attacks, Anonymous Norway dismisses claims it helped Norwegian police.
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Apple Fixes Serious iOS Security Bugs
May 08, 2012Apple iOS version 5.1.1 patches three big iPhone and iPad vulnerabilities. But OS X Lion update results in FileVault passwords being stored in...
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Skype Bug Divulges IP Addresses
May 02, 2012Microsoft investigating feature that lets attacker identify the internal and external IP addresses of anyone who's logged into Skype.
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Mac Flashback Malware Bags Big Bucks
May 01, 2012Analysis of the Flashback malware code estimates that botnet operators are earning $10,000 per day. Users of older Mac operating systems remain at...
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After Flashback, Apple Walled Gardens Won't Help
April 27, 2012Apple and other vendors will use the Flashback botnet as reason to move forward with desktop walled garden restrictions. Here's why that approach...
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Anonymous Hackers' New Best Friend: Automation
April 25, 2012Anonymous hacktivists and crime syndicates favor free, automated tools to easily and quickly exploit website vulnerabilities. How can enterprises...
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