January 20, 2012 - On the heels of the Zappos cyber robbery last Sunday that left 24M customers fretting over stolen passwords and email addresses, articles are being published about how people can (continue reading...) Read more
January 12, 2012 - I recently went in for my yearly check up. It got me thinking… what are the things I can do to keep my computer and my identity healthy? You know your computer always has some major servicing when you’ve been meaning (continue reading...) Read more
January 10, 2012 - Paul Ducklin joins Chet for the first Chet Chat of 2012. This week they discuss the privacy implications of smart meters, the recent research showing how WiFi routers are vulnerable due to an easy setup feature and password hashes. (continue reading...) Read more
January 9, 2012 - Ramona Fricosu, accused of committing financial fraud, is currently in a court battle fighting to keep her encrypted data private. The prosecution say that if the government fail to demand data decryption, it will harm public interests. This article looks (continue reading...) Read more
January 4, 2012 - A professor at Utah Valley University analyzed the leaked password hashes stolen by Anonymous from security firm Stratfor and determined even their security minded customers choose weak passwords. Read more
December 30, 2011 - As 2011 comes to a close it is clear there is much to be done to better secure our information in the "cloud". I look back at the major data loss incidents of the year and speculate this isn't the (continue reading...) Read more
November 23, 2011 - Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the busiest shopping day of the year, starts at midnight November 25th with mega-sales running throughout the weekend. Cyber Monday, the online (continue reading...) Read more
November 2, 2011 - Are you worried that your online accounts might have been compromised? A new service called PwnedList claims to scoop up compromised email addresses and usernames and letting us the public go and check whether theirs is listed. (continue reading...) Read more
October 12, 2011 - News that the FBI has arrested the Florida man they suspect of criminally hacking into devices belonging to celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson and Christina Aguilera is welcome, definitely a win for law enforcement and society at large. But (continue reading...) Read more
October 8, 2011 - Enjoy the latest security news in brief by watching 60 Second Security! This episode: learning from the 10-year-old Nimda virus, finding a password hole in Lion, taking down support scammers and the dot CZ dot CC domain, and farewelling Steve Jobs. (continue reading...) Read more
September 19, 2011 - A researcher at the Defense in Depth blog has (continue reading...) Read more
June 29, 2011 - Digital discount site Groupon is well known in the USA, but operates through subsidiaries in other parts of the world. The company recently acquired Indian digital discount operator SoSasta, which (continue reading...) Read more
June 22, 2011 - Introduction LinkedIn is a social network platform whose specialty is connecting professionals together to build relationships and create business opportunity. Recently the company became publicly traded and grabbed the attention of the world as its (continue reading...) Read more
June 22, 2011 - Survey Reveals Chasm between Users’ Concerns and Behavior A recent Survey commissioned by ESET and conducted online by Harris Interactive from May 31-June 2, 2011 among 2,027 U.S. adults 18+ found a startling disconnect between user concerns about privacy and security (continue reading...) Read more
June 7, 2011 - First: a link to another article for SC Magazine's Cybercrime Corner on password issues: Good passwords are no joke. However good your password is, your privacy still depends on rational implementation by the service provider. Also, one of the articles (continue reading...) Read more
June 3, 2011 - Story updated 5-June-2011: Information on the SonyPictures.RU attack can be found at the end of the post. By my count this is unlucky hack number 13 for Sony. A Lebanese hacker known as Idahc dumped another user database at Sony Europe (continue reading...) Read more
June 2, 2011 - The same hackers who recently attacked PBS.org have turned their attention back to Sony by releasing the latest dump (continue reading...) Read more
May 28, 2011 - In an unfortunate series of events related to the RSA SecurID technology, reports are coming in that Lockheed Martin's networks have been broken into (continue reading...) Read more
May 25, 2011 - Introduction As the sun is setting and I breathe some of the night time air I am inspired to write about Facebook. Yes, *the* Facebook, the third largest country if it were a physical place with boundaries under a common (continue reading...) Read more
May 24, 2011 - Yes, it is Sony again. This time it is their Canada web site and their Japan website. According to thehackernews.com, which I cannot vouch for, this is the 10th Sony hack. While we don’t know how the PlayStation Network (continue reading...) Read more