May 18, 2011 - In life one cannot reload a particular scene; however, in gaming one certainly can. This is an unfortunate time for Sony PlayStation and customers due to the recent breach. Anecdotal reports are now coming in that Sony PlayStation who (continue reading...) Read more
May 13, 2011 - A group of hackers calling themselves Lulz Security have gained access to a server belonging to the Fox Broadcasting network, and published details of hundreds of employees usernames and passwords on the net. The hackers, (continue reading...) Read more
April 13, 2011 - Millions of blog owners around the world are being advised to consider their password security, after WordPress.com was hacked. To its credit, Automattic - the company behind the WordPress.com blogging platform - didn't mince its (continue reading...) Read more
April 13, 2011 - Repeat after me: It's "Facebook", not "FaceBook". Learn that lesson and it can be one of the tricks you can use to protect yourself against a spammed-out malware campaign, which tries to trick you into believing that Facebook support has changed (continue reading...) Read more
March 3, 2011 - My attention was just grabbed by a Infosec Island post on Social Security Numbers Easily Cracked, by Robert Siciliano. That's because I remembered quite a lot of fuss about it being made back in 2009. And it turns out that the (continue reading...) Read more
March 1, 2011 - On the face of things, human nature being what it is, it sounds like it might actually work. Encourage people (well, let's be honest.. guys) to use stronger, more secure passwords by incorporating a graphic of a stripping woman. (continue reading...) Read more
February 17, 2011 - Next time you open a new web account, say a social networking, net banking or even a e-bill payment account, or operate an existing one, do spend some time pondering on the choice of your password. The findings of a survey (continue reading...) Read more
February 10, 2011 - German researchers say that they have found a way to steal passwords stored on a locked Apple iPhone in just six minutes. And they can do it it without cracking the iPhone's passcode. Researchers from the (continue reading...) Read more
January 24, 2011 - This article is the first part of a three part series on Mac OS X security tips. As the additional articles are posted, we will update (continue reading...) Read more
January 20, 2011 - Are you one of the 10 million users of Trapster, the smartphone app for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and other mobile devices whose community shares information about speed traps and enforcement cameras? If so, you'll want (continue reading...) Read more
January 13, 2011 - It was a computer security story that made headlines around the world, involving the private emails of a woman who could have become Vice President of the United States. And now, (continue reading...) Read more
December 28, 2010 - Don't just read the latest computer security news - watch it in 90 seconds! This month: the WikiLeaks show, massive Gawker password theft, an out-of-the-blue OpenBSD accusation, and virtual property stolen from Lineage II. (continue reading...) Read more
December 15, 2010 - Are you one of the many people who is using a dangerously easy-to-guess password? Maybe now's the time to fix that before it's too late. Twitter, LinkedIn, World of Warcraft and Yahoo (continue reading...) Read more
December 13, 2010 - Hundreds of thousands of Twitter accounts appear to have been compromised by hackers, who have spread spam promoting an Acai Berry diet. Typical spam messages included: I lost 9lbs using acai! RT This! (continue reading...) Read more
December 13, 2010 - Following a security breach at Gawker Media, computer users who have left comments on websites such as Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Gawker, Jezebel, io9, Jalopnik, Kotaku, Deadspin, and Fleshbot are being advised to (continue reading...) Read more
December 9, 2010 - Hackers recently gained control of an Indonesian government Twitter account to falsely broadcast an impending, yet fictitious, tsunami in Jakarta, Indonesia to over 8,000 followers. While this was by no means considered a catastrophic event it certainly, I'm (continue reading...) Read more
September 7, 2010 - I was at the CFET conference in Canterbury last week, then took a weekend off – quite a novelty… That's the city of Canterbury in the UK, by the way, not the region in New Zealand. (By the way, (continue reading...) Read more
August 26, 2010 - Time and time again security experts warn you not to share your password with anyone, yet sites like Facebook are always encouraging you to give them the password of an account that is not a Facebook account… your email account. You’ve (continue reading...) Read more
August 25, 2010 - Today in Boston is a special day. Yes it’s raining, but today the yellow buses have started their engines. It’s back to school time! I thought I might use this as (continue reading...) Read more
February 8, 2010 - I was reminded today of a problem I noticed long ago: American Express's policies for (continue reading...) Read more