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- Beware of malicious freebies
- The cloudy world of passwords
- 11 Chrome flaws patched, browser ready to survive Pwn2Own contest?
- Cybersecurity bill changes, US president not permitted to shut down the Internet
- Keynesis Lockngo Professional 4.0
- Should major ISPs join the fight against botnets?
- Facebook "password reset" scam hits inboxes
- Barclays under strong phishing shower
- Malware through hardware still around
- Rogue software details: DoubleVaccine
- Understanding social engineering
- 1 in 4 kids have tried hacking
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With the growth of social networking, online media consumption and cloud computing, every day millions of people log in to a variety of different sites using a username and password or PIN combination. However, over the last few months there have been a number of high-profile hacking attacks that have pointed to the inherent weakness of the fixed password authentication systems that control access to these services.
Keynesis Lockngo is a portable application that encrypts and hides your portable drive on Windows AND Mac without any installation. The only thing required to activate the solution is an Internet connection and a portable Flash drive or hard drive you wish to protect.
The recent "de-peering" of the AS-Troyak ISP and its consequent struggle (and relative success) to reconnect to the Internet has put into the spotlight the tangled web of connections and C&Cs that is one of the main reasons why botnets are so hard to disrupt permanently.
At the heart of many of the malicious ploys that we see online is one underlying concept: social engineering. Deceptive social engineering tactics are interwoven throughout the Web, as you shop, bank, and socialize. Keep reading to learn how to recognize these attacks and avoid them.
In this video, Philippe Courtot, the Chairman and CEO of Qualys, offers insight into the past and present of the RSA Conference. He talks about how it has been growing and how it became the key information security event in the world. He mentions hot topics over the years and focuses on news from the 2010 edition of the event - especially on cloud computing and related challenges.
Charlie Miller, the security researcher renowned for hacking Apple products during many a hacking competition, will be making public (at the CanSecWest security conference later this month) his latest research through which - he claims - he was able to find some 30 critical flaws in commonly used software.
Core Security issued an advisory disclosing a vulnerability that could affect large numbers of organizations and consumers using Virtual PC virtualization software and leave them open to potential attack.