A couple of days ago someone hacked into Sarah Palin’s e-mail account… … her personal e-mail account, not her official Alaska-government one. It was a Yahoo! account that she used for both personal and government business. The hacker has posted an account of how he or she hacked into the account. Magic? No, the hacker [...]
If you’ve got a Hotmail, Yahoo or Google account you’ll probably of come across “captchas” before — the pictures of distorted text that you have to decipher and type into a box when you create an account. This is a device to prove you’re human rather than a program signing up for an account from [...]
Adobe has issued a call-to-arms for users to validate installers before downloading Adobe Flash software updates. This has become necessary due to confirmed reports that malicious hackers are starting to use fake Flash Player downloads as social engineering lures for malware. The company’s notice comes as a result of malware attacks on Facebook, MySpace and [...]
You don’t need to be reminded by me that you need to protect your PC with an anti-virus programme, keep your anti-virus definitions up to date and act on any warnings about infections by malware / crapware. However, if you find yourself receiving warnings from a program called XP Antivirus 2008 or Vista Antivirus 2008 [...]
Network security is only as good as its weakest link – often users’ home Wi-Fi networks. IT managers must examine their exposure to unsecured Wi-Fi networks and take steps to mitigate any risks, such as helping users protect their networks, implementing a good remote access policy, and addressing any compliance issues. ——————————————————————————————————————- In his Time.com [...]
The case of a Massachusetts state worker who was fired for having pornography on his laptop but later discovered to be innocent because the security software wasn’t working and the computer was filled with malware should be a sobering anecdote for IT departments. After child pornography was discovered on his laptop, Michael Fiola, a state [...]
BT has admitted that it secretly used customer data to test Phorm’s advertising targeting technology last summer, and that it covered it up when customers and The Register raised questions over the suspicious redirects. The national telecoms provider now faces legal action from customers who are angry their web traffic was compromised. Stephen Mainwaring, a [...]
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued a warning on the dangers of “vishing”, similar to phishing, claiming that instances of the scam are increasing at an unnerving rate. Alert Prepared by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) January 17, 2008 VISHING ATTACKS INCREASE Are you one of many who have received an [...]
E-mail spam, also known as “bulk e-mail” or “junk e-mail,” is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e-mail. A common synonym for spam is unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE). Definitions of spam usually include the aspects that email is unsolicited and sent in bulk. “UCE” refers specifically to [...]
Dreamlab Technologies claims that it has cracked the encryption used by Microsoft’s wireless keyboards and its base station. As a result, Dreamlab can now sniff all keystrokes sent from Microsoft’s keyboards on the 27 MHz band. Dreamlab Technologies was able to tap and decode the radio frequencies by using just a simple radio receiver, a [...]
