One way to improve online account security is to use so called 2-step verification systems when they are offered by companies and services. Companies like Google, PayPal or Yahoo are already offering multifactor authentication systems to their users. These systems are optional for now and improve security by combining standard log ins with a second [...]

Categories: Google

A recently conducted and published browser security comparison by Accuvant Labs comes to the conclusion that Google’s Chrome browser is more secure than Firefox and Internet Explorer. The researchers looked at specific browser security technologies and their implementation in web browsers. That’s an analytical what-if approach, and fundamentally different from analyzing a browser’s vulnerabilities in [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer

It’s been a top secret project I’ve been working on with several people including veteran author and ZD Net blogger Ed Bott.  But today my new eBook, “Need to Know: Office 365 Security Essentials” has gone on sale for the paltry price of $11.45 (£7.42) on Amazon US and UK or just $9.95 direct from [...]

Categories: ghacks

Many electronic devices ship with Internet access these days. And I’m not talking about traditional devices like PCs or even gaming consoles, but more about peripherals like printers and household items such as fridges or microwaves. Columbia University researchers have discovered a vulnerability in some Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printer lines that could allow attackers to install [...]

Categories: Security

The more we use our smartphones and the more personal and sensitive data we keep on them you’d think the greater target they are for thieves and hackers, right?  Well, the fact is that mobile phones are already the number one target for thieves at the very least.  Your new phone could be valuable and [...]

Categories: Advice

Users with the file synchronization and hosting service Dropbox running on their system needed to take good care of the authentication files of the service. These files were generated during first authentication on the system. The issue here for many users was that a third party could copy the authentication files to sync all of [...]

Categories: Online Services, Security

The autocomplete feature can be pretty handy at times. It helps you log in on your favorite website faster or load a website in your browser without having to enter the full web address. Researchers from Minded Security Labs have released a proof of concept that demonstrates how a third party website can get access [...]

Categories: Browsing, Security

If there is one Firefox add-on that I don’t want to live without it is the NoScript extension. It is a security add-on that will block all scripts by default which are one of the main attack vectors on today’s Internet. Users can whitelist scripts on specific domains temporarily, e.g. for a browsing session, or [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Android, Mobiles, Nokia

About two weeks ago word got out that the Chaos Computer Club got their hands on what they identified as a German state-sponsored trojan. The initial analysis assumed that the trojan would only run on 32-bit Windows systems. We reviewed a software that would detect the trojan on the system. Two weeks later things have [...]

Categories: Security