February 8, 2010 - I was reminded today of a problem I noticed long ago: American Express's policies for Read more
February 2, 2010 - It's standard operating procedure for most users to have a small number of passwords, perhaps only one, that they use on every site that requires a username and password. This is, of Read more
January 27, 2010 - The Tools-Internet Options dialog box in Internet Explorer has a wealth of important settings in it, some which affect the system outside of Internet Explorer. This dialog box is also available as Read more
January 27, 2010 - Tomorrow, Thursday, January 28, 2010, is Data Privacy Day in North America and Europe. (Sorry I didn't get you a card. What's your address and social security number so I can Read more
January 25, 2010 - We have reported on Ben Edelman's research in the past, including the recent past. The spyware researcher and Harvard B-School professor has demonstrated that the Google Toolbar continues to track a Read more
January 22, 2010 - Upromise has announced that they moved immediately to address the privacy problems identified by Ben Edelman yesterday in their toolbar, TurboSaver.Only TurboSaver users who selected personalized offers were affected, although this Read more
January 22, 2010 - Say you're bringing your notebook through airport security in the US. Can the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) personnel copy your hard disk and/or search the data on it?No, says Blogger Bob Read more
January 21, 2010 - Privacy researcher and Harvard Business School Professor Ben Edelman has written a report on the practices of the Upromise Toolbar, called TurboSaver by the company.Upromise is a membership system through which Read more
January 15, 2010 - One of the big security stories of last month was that Facebook changed their Read more
January 12, 2010 - It's an eventful day. Just as they release an important new version of Acrobat, Adobe has also revealed that "...a sophisticated, coordinated attack..." was mounted "...against corporate network systems managed by Read more
December 27, 2009 - Security services firm infySEC has a cool list of what they call the Top 10 of the most infamous unsolved computer crimes.These aren't all famous, or infamous crimes, but the unsolved Read more
December 22, 2009 - Thanks to reader Roberto Perez for pointing out an error in my recent entry on How the New Facebook Privacy Settings Work (since corrected).I was bothered that restrictions on Read more
December 21, 2009 - The People's Daily Online (citing Xinhua) is reporting that 11 people in east China have been convicted of writing and distributing malware designed to steal usernames and passwords for online games.The Read more
December 21, 2009 - McAfee Labs blogger David Marcus got some strange IMs in Facebook from a friend over the weekend. His friend's IMs extolled the virtues of a particular colon-cleansing product, a "funny video" that led to a Facebook phishing site, and Read more
December 21, 2009 - When Amit Agarwal realized that someone had successfully taken control of his Google accounts, including GMail, he got that sinking feeling that his private life and his business were compromised. But Read more
December 18, 2009 - If you don't know, as of today, Facebook will automatically start plunging the Earth into the Sun. To change this option, go to Settings --> Planetary Settings --> Trajectory then UN-CLICK the Read more
December 16, 2009 - Mozilla has released Firefox 3.5.6, 3.0.16, and SeaMonkey 2.0.1 to address 7 newly-disclosed vulnerabilities, 3 of Read more
December 15, 2009 - It used to be that end-of-year security predictions were bold and almost science-fictiony. They have become more conservative this year and therefore more reasonable. I've been barraged with them and have attempted to collect the best here.It's clear to me Read more
December 15, 2009 - Starting in 2011, Internet safety will be a mandatory part of the curriculum in English schools, according to a BBC article.A filtering system is also involved with the same government strategy called "Click Clever, Click Safe". Children will be Read more