Apple is busy today cleaning up apps from its App Store in China found to be infected with malware that can allow attackers to steal data about the users. The compromise—dubbed XcodeGhost–was discovered in Apple’s Chinese App Store and impacts […]
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Information security is everyone’s job. Every person is responsible for exercising some common sense and cautious skepticism and doing his or her part to protect company data and network resources from exploits and compromise. Most of those people also have
The buck stops at the CISO when it comes to information security Read More »
Security researchers from Check Point claim that a flaw in the Web app version of WhatsApp could put as many as 200 million users at risk. The “MaliciousCard” vulnerabilities could enable an attacker to assume complete control of the victim’s
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Time flies! We’re already on the second Tuesday of September, and that means it’s time for the monthly release of security bulletins from Microsoft. I got some insight and commentary from security experts about the latest security bulletins and which
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For the most part online security and privacy issues don’t discriminate. Everyone is at risk and everyone faces threats on the Internet. There are, however, unique issues and concerns that women need to worry about and Violet Blue wrote The
Review: The Smart Girl’s Guide to Privacy Read More »
It would be awesome if everyone was passionate enough about security to be constantly vigilant–but it’s completely unrealistic. As an IT or security admin you have to come to grips with the fact that it’s your job to continually educate
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If the only thing separating a cyber criminal, online stalker or identity thief from your personal data and information is a password or PIN you’ve already lost. There are three primary methods of authentication but “something you know” is the
Anyone can know your password, but there’s only one you Read More »
Even before Steve Jobs cited the Adobe Flash plug-in for a dreadful security record and the main cause of Mac computers crashing in 2010, the web staple of the last two decades began to show signs that its light was
Gone in a Flash: Is Adobe’s plug-in heading for the home stretch? Read More »
The standard security tools like firewalls and antimalware suites do an adequate job of defending against most malware and exploits, but attackers figured out long ago that the easiest part of the security model to break or circumvent is the
Security awareness is crucial for effective security Read More »
It’s been many years since I was actively working in the trenches as an IT administrator but I remember that one of the common issues I had to deal with was user apathy about security. Users assumed that security was
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