Computer and network security is always a concern, but in the US presidential election cycle it seems to be playing a more prevalent role than usual. The tedious focus on Hillary Clinton’s email server while Secretary of State, leaked information […]
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Today’s traveler has never had it so good. Finding last-minute bargains on hotels and flights, getting instant and accurate travel directions, pulling dining recommendations on the fly, and staying in touch with family and loved ones back home are now
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Thanks to Mark Zuckerberg’s recent highly publicized social media account issues, most executives probably received a serious talking-to from their security chiefs about the need to frequently update and change their passwords on social media. While losing control of an
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It is ironic that no tech topic is as befuddling to people as the cloud, and yet in reality most of us use it in some form or another many times a day, via all the various apps and services
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Time Inc. confirmed just before the Memorial Day weekend that data was compromised from the MySpace social network. The company issued a statement that the compromised data is limited to MySpace usernames, passwords and email addresses from an old version
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Attackers may be in your network right now. It sometimes takes weeks or months for an organization to detect a compromise while the attacker takes his or her time conducting recon on your network, spreading to different endpoints and servers,
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The success of a phishing attack is essentially a function of just how authentic it looks. Security researchers at Barracuda have encountered a new phishing attack that targets Facebook business pages by posing as a Facebook compliance message that appears
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Apple’s QuickTime for Windows has two critical vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to exploit your PC with relative ease. Apple knows about these flaws, but it has no intention of doing anything about them. Instead, Apple confirmed that it
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One of the most important aspects of an IT security professional is being able to not only have a strong password, but also teach others in your company to follow this same password making process as well. You are only
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Hey, iOS users. Let me ask you a question. Do you use the Touch ID fingerprint scanner to access your iPhone or iPad? Actually, anyone with a PC or mobile device that offers biometric security–fingerprint scanning, facial recognition, etc.–do you
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