December 21, 2009 - A spokes-elf for Santa Claus has acknowledged that the database posted recently at WikiLeaks was indeed the (continue reading...) 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 (continue reading...) 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 (continue reading...) 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 (continue reading...) 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 (continue reading...) 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 (continue reading...) 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 (continue reading...) Read more
December 14, 2009 - Security icon Roger Thompson of AVG recently had a problem with his credit card while on the road for business. Because he was in London the bank (continue reading...) Read more
December 12, 2009 - Pavel Valkovich of Sherman Oaks, CA has pleaded guilty to solicitation of murder, admitting that he attempted to hire hitmen to kill witnesses working with Federal authorities in their investigation of Valkovich's ID theft activities and subsequent crimes.According to (continue reading...) Read more
December 8, 2009 - Hidden behind the Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft released two separate security advisories and one set of updates that were not mentioned in the advance notification. The first one, "Microsoft Security Advisory (continue reading...) Read more
December 8, 2009 - Microsoft has issued 6 updates, 3 of which are rated critical, to address a total of 11 (or 12, depending on how you count them) vulnerabilities in components of Windows and (continue reading...) Read more
December 7, 2009 - Our readers are a savvy bunch who aren't likely to be taken in by an online scam—but we've all got those friends and relatives we worry about. Here's our definitive guide to helping them stay (continue reading...) Read more
December 7, 2009 - AOL was praised by security experts in 2004 when they began offering support for RSA SecurID 2-factor authentication tokens for logging on to their services. Such tokens make phishing much, much harder. Now AOL is ending support for them.2-factor (continue reading...) Read more
December 5, 2009 - Actually, the headline is a teeny bit misleading, even if it's true, strictly speaking. Randy Abrams of ESET, a security software company, received an e-mail from PayPal that included a link in (continue reading...) Read more
December 5, 2009 - Intuit has warned that a phishing e-mail targeting QuickBooks users is circulating. The real Intuit alert describes and quotes a fake Intuit alert sent out by e-mail. The fake alert says that (continue reading...) Read more
December 2, 2009 - In an open letter to Facebook users from his blog, Founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced a major change in privacy on Facebook. One of the important features in the growth of facebook (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - McAfee Labs is reporting a new and versatile variant of the Koobface worm. Like some other recent malware, this attack uses Google Reader to host the malware. The user sees a (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Netcraft reports that 24 of the top 100 HTTPS sites have disabled renegotiation, blocking a recently-revealed flaw in the SSL3/TLS protocols. There is some controversy over how much of a real-world (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Today is Cyber Monday, a marketing creation of the National Retail Federation as the Monday after Black Friday. The Internet is full of deals! deals! deals! Sadly, it's full of scams (continue reading...) Read more
May 1, 2009 - Identity theft is a thing that most people be fright of now. Actually, identity theft is impersonating someone for some illicit purposes. Commonly, identity theft is carried out in the favor of financial, job or occasionally medical insurance. (continue reading...) Read more