Hacking Group LulzSec's Activity Over The Weekend
LulzSec is certainly going to make a name for themselves at the rate they are going.
Security - Latest Posts
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Sony Hacked Again
It is no secret to anyone that between the dates of April 17th and 19th, still as yet unnamed hackers broke into Sony’s database and stole the personal d
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G Data CloudSecurity, Web Browser Protection Plugin
Internet users have lots of choice to add extra protection to their web browser.
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Text Encryption Made Easy With Scrambled Egg
As kids, we had our own secret codes and words that we used to communicate when outsiders were around.
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PayPal, Your Account Has Been Temporarily Limited!
Once a week or so I receive an email from the payment processing service PayPal that notifies me that my PayPal account has been temporarily limited.
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Sony’s back up! Sort of...
Sony’s PSN services are finally being restored.
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Microsoft Report Confirms Lower Infection Rate On Windows 7
If you were looking for a reason to make the switch to Windows 7, you may have found it in form of Microsoft's latest Security Intelligence Report.
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Facebook Login Approvals, Optional Two-Factor Authentication
Facebook began to roll out a two-factor authentication system designed to protect user accounts from unauthorized access in 2011.
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Spybot-Search & Destroy 2.0 Beta Released
The developers of the popular antispyware scanner and cleaner Spybot-Search & Destroy have released a first public beta version of the soon to be released v
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You Got That Wrong, Say Google And Facebook
When it comes to security on the Internet, it can be extremely complicated for end-users to find out who is telling the truth, who is not and who is bending it.
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Microsoft May 2011 Patch Day Overview
Microsoft released two security bulletins on this month's patch day.
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LastPass Passes Sony Fails
The cloud has been rather rainy, lately.
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SecretSync, Security Layer To Protect Sensitive Files On Dropbox
The popular file synchronization and hosting service Dropbox encrypts all uploaded files and folders automatically to protect network snooping and other forms o
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The LastPass Security Incident, What I Did
After finding out that there might have been a security breach at LastPass, a company known for their online password management solution, I quickly changed my
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Have the biggest players dropped the ball on AV Protection?
The latest anti-virus test figures for Windows 7 are out and there are a good few shocks to be seen in the results.
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LastPass Security Breach?
You know that I'm using LastPass as my password manager.
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Why Websites Never Need Your Password
It is common knowledge that a website, such as PayPal or eBay, will never ask for your password.
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Attention Webmasters: Fake Domain Renewal Emails Spotted
I have a lot of domains.
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Lastpass Security Challenge , Test Your Last Pass Passwords
Using secure, unique passwords for every Internet site or service is one of the best security practices out there.
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Keeping Your Information Safe Online, Some Strategies
>In light of Sony's security breach last week it's clear that Internet security is a major issue and work clearly needs to be done, and done quickly, on impl
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Dropbox 1.2 Experimental Build Fixes Security Issue
In Dropbox Insecure?, we reported on a security issue that affected all Dropbox users.
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Why You Should Check Your Public Dropbox Folders
Here is a task for you.
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Sony PSN Hack, What You Need To Know Right Now
Maybe you have heard that Sony has taken their Playstation Network (PSN) offline on April 20.
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Storing Data In The Cloud With Dropbox And TrueCrypt
In Why You Need To Protect Your Data In The Cloud I have explained why it is important to protect data that you upload to the cloud.
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Why You Need To Protect Your Data In The Cloud
Several events recently have shown some of the weaknesses, or dangers, of cloud based hosting, and the need for information and guides to aid users in protectin
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Ashampoo Hacked, Watch Out For Fake Customer Emails
Popular software developer Ashampoo is currently emailing their customers about a recently discovered successful hack on one of their servers.
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Toshiba Self-Encrypting Hard Drives With Host Authorization
The best way to protect data on one of your storage devices is to encrypt it.
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How Web Accounts Get Hacked
Hacking into an e-mail, Facebook, or other account is often a crime of opportunity.
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VLC Media Player Security Update
VLC Media Player is one of the most popular media players, next to Windows Media Player and MPlayer frontends.
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Dropbox Insecure?
The article Dropbox authentication: insecure by design by Derek Newton got quite the press in the past week or so.
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Disguising True Crypt Volumes In MP4 Videos
I have reviewed TCHunt yesterday, a free program to scan a computer system for unmounted True Crypt containers.
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TCHunt, Search For TrueCrypt Volumes
TCHunt is a small portable application that can be used to find encrypted True Crypt volumes on the system.
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What To Do When Your Email Account is Compromised
I see more and more spam coming from the email accounts of contacts and friends when I open my e-mail program.
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Manage Third Party Access To Google, Twitter, Facebook And Dropbox
Apis of popular web applications like Facebook, Google, Dropbox or Twitter allow third party developers to create services and tools that offer additional featu
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This File Appears To Be Malicious, Google Chrome Safe Browsing Protection
Google introduced Safe Browsing, a new API designed to protect Chrome users from malicious sites and downloads, in development versions of the web browser in 20
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Encrypt Your Windows Pagefile To Improve Security
There is nothing better than encrypting the system partition and all other partitions if you want to protect your files from unauthorized access.
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How To Backup True Crypt Data To Be Prepared For Emergencies
I have been using the encryption software True Crypt for years and ran only once into a situation where I nearly lost all the data on one of the partitions.
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Microsoft Updates Windows To Block Fraudulent Digital Certificates
If you follow this blog closely you may have noticed that several browser developers have pushed security updates in the past week (see Mozilla Releases Firefox
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Microsoft March 2011 Patch Day Overview
Microsoft has released new security patches on yesterday's Patch Day that address vulnerabilities in various Microsoft products including Microsoft Windows and
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MultiScan, Scan Local Files With Multiple Antivirus Programs
The idea to scan files with multiple antivirus engines is not new, online portals such as Virustotal offer that feature for quite some time.
