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Security News- Anonymous Hacks, Posts FBI/Scotland Yard Conference Call About Hackers–The Telegraph
- FBI Director: “The Cyber Threat Will Equal or Surpass the Threat From Counter Terrorism In the Foreseeable Future.”—CBS News
- 45 Percent of Experts Say Cyber Security Is As Important As Border Security, Among Other Things—Govtech
- Security Professionals Should Focus On Defense Not Offense, Says Adobe Security Director—Dark Reading
- CAPTCHA Can’t Capture Trojan, Code Broken In Minutes—CSO Online
- According to Microsoft Researchers, Anonymous Data Can Still Threaten Privacy—Network World
- Anonymous Hits American Nazi Party Web Site—MSNBC/Security News Daily
Category Archives: Security
You practice safe computing, so why do you still see malware?
…just being connected to the internet and using email or doing some web browsing especially if you do image searches is likely to expose you to this darker side of computing. Second, a number of these pieces of malware point … Continue reading
Google hacking 2011
An interview with Johnny Long, “regarded as a leading authority on Google hacking. Between his speaking engagements and returning to Uganda, Long found time to straighten out my misperceptions”. via Google hacking: It’s all about the dorks | TechRepublic.
Microsoft falsely labels Chrome as malware
“Wow, that’s certainly one way to win the browser war,” said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Security, over on Network World. Google has released a new version of Chrome after Microsofts antivirus software flagged the browser as … Continue reading
Romance scams plague UK: 200,000 victims
Research out of the UK today says that perhaps as many as 200,00 people in that country have been victims of online romance scams and the same study says over 1 million people personally know someone who has been scammed … Continue reading
How Researchers “Stole” 20GB of E-Mail from Fortune 500 Companies
Two researchers who set up doppelganger domains to mimic legitimate domains belonging to Fortune 500 companies say they managed to vacuum up 20 gigabytes of misaddressed e-mail over six months. The intercepted correspondence included employee usernames and passwords, sensitive security … Continue reading
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Great quote: The entire purpose of security is to support your ability to do business in a secure manner. Security is an enabler, not a limiter. If security is a limiter, you are using it wrong/abusing it. by Jon-Louis Heimerl in … Continue reading
Windows 8 to offer built-in malware protection
Microsoft is including a beefier version of its malware protection in Windows 8. The company is tweaking its Windows Defender tool, which has been part of the last few versions of Windows, by essentially adding some of the more robust … Continue reading