Man gets serious jail time for identity theft scheme
Martel T. Kirkland was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for conspiracy, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, credit card fraud, wire fraud, uttering a forged security, …
Beware of Chinese bearing gifts
UK businessmen have been warned by the British security service against using “gifts” such as memory sticks or cameras given to them when attending exhibitions or …
SecretBox: Keep your secrets safe
An alternative to 1Password, App4Mac’s SecretBox lets you store all sorts of information: credit card details, SSN numbers, software licenses, e-mail account details, …
Facebook tops the list of risky social networking sites
Social networks may represent one of the most common infection and data loss vectors today, but it’s patently obvious that they are here to stay. Looking at them from a …
Netgear releases new gateway security appliance
Netgear unveiled a new gateway security appliance – the ProSecure UTM5, which enables small companies to protect themselves using a wide array of defenses including …
Cloud computing not as safe as they want you to think
Cloud computing has been touted as the perfect solution for our increasingly mobile life-style – everything we need is always online and always accessible. The …
Multi-purpose fuzzer zzuf
zzuf is a transparent application input fuzzer. Its purpose is to find bugs in applications by corrupting their user-contributed data (which more than often comes from …
Rogue software details: WiniFixer
WiniFixer is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Files …
SecureCloud 2010: The future of cloud security
SecureCloud 2010 is a premier educational and networking event hosted by ENISA, the Cloud Security Alliance and ISACA, three of the leading organizations shaping the future of …
Week in review: critical IE security issues, cybercrime increase and Facebook risks
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and interviews: Blippy, a great service for phishers? Blippy, a new service that lets you twitter …
New Google Chrome security features
The latest release of Google Chrome has integrated five new security features that “make it easier for developers to build secure web sites,” writes Adam Barth, …
Congressional web sites defaced
Visitors of websites of some Congressional representatives and of a few committees were greeted on Wednesday evening by a short message with colorful language. The websites …
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