Google Mail has more spam

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Roaring Penguin Software says its research shows that the proportion of email coming from Google Mail accounts that is spam has almost quadrupled, from 7 to 27 per cent. This means that more than one email message in four coming from a Google Mail account was classified as spam, which ...

Vista, Word and Google Desktop circumvent TrueCrypt function

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Cryptography expert Bruce Schneier, in conjunction with a research group, has studied the security of TrueCrypt, to see whether it meets the specifications for a 'Deniable File System' (DFS) – implemented in TrueCrypt as hidden volumes – and is really able to conceal the existence of a volume within a ...

Data can leak from partially encrypted disks

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

If you're using encryption software to keep part of your computer's hard drive private, you may have a problem, according to researchers at the University of Washington and BT Group PLC. They've discovered that popular programs such as Microsoft Corp.'s Word and Google Desktop store data on unencrypted sections of a ...

YouTube, Viacom agree to mask viewer data

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Viacom and other copyright holders have agreed to let YouTube mask user IDs and Internet addresses when Google Inc.'s online video site hands over viewership records in a $1 billion lawsuit accusing YouTube of enabling copyright infringement. A federal judge ordered the database produced in a July 1 ruling widely ...

Finding the name behind a gmail address

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Ever wondered what name is behind some obscure gmail address? Maybe your preferred gmail address was taken and you’re wondering who took it? Here’s a cute vulnerability in the gmail system that comes from the strong tie-ins between gmail, the google calendar and all the other services. Source: http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1113