Microsoft was apparently so concerned about Windows Vista passing the test of IT security and being useful in as many applications as possible that they called in probably the most proficient group of professionals they could find: The National Security…
2006: The Year in Security
PC World’s security report for the year highlights some of the biggest threats to personal and network security we saw online this year, including new kinds of spam engineered to evade common filters, a more phishing attacks, crackers extorting site…
Humans Called Weak Link in Tech Security
There’s nothing new about this, but in the end, human beings really are the weak link when it comes to keeping sensitive information safe online. Where it comes to keeping critical information safe, most people are both horribly naive and…
Symantec’s OS X Spyware Prediction in Flames
Over at ZDNet Australia, blogger Munir Kotadia points out that Symantec made the prediction 18 months ago in their last Internet Threat Report that by this time Mac OS X would be riddled with spyware, viruses, and security threats. Symantec…
HP Chairman to Step Down Amid Scandal
HP announced that its chairwoman, Patricia Dunn, will resign her position as chair of HP’s board to smooth things over over the scandal that has embroiled the company for the past several weeks. The scandal started when someone at HP,…
The Plot to Hijack Your Computer
Businessweek, of all places, has an excellent expose of spam and spyware king company Direct Revenue, which was one of the pioneering companies to design software that would monitor what you do on your computer and where you go on…
Insecure.org’s 2006 Top 100 Network Security Tools
Insecure.org [ http://www.insecure.org/ ] has published its 2006 list of its top 100 network security tools, it’s first since 2003. Among the winners are expected high profile (and high powered) tools like Nessus, Snort, TCPdump, and Ettercap, to name a…
AT&T Rewrites Rules: Your Data Isn’t Yours
(image courtesy of the Electronic Frontier Foundation) Wow. Not only did AT&T (now the megacompany that includes SBC and Bell South and what was AT&T) collaborate freely and without court order with the NSA’s spying program of eavesdropping on both…
14-Year Old Sues MySpace Over Sexual Assault
(image courtesy of CNN) A 14 year old girl, who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 19 year old who lied in his MySpace profile to gain her trust, has filed a lawsuit against MySpace for failing to take sufficient…
How to Encrypt Your Email
Looking to make sure your emails are protected from prying eyes, whether those eyes be government “data miners” or just anyone who might be spoofing your identity and looking for juicy information with which to open a credit card in…