Friday, February 26th, 2016
Researchers report Angler Exploit Kit attacks have become more brazen and are now targeting top websites with new tricks that can evade browser-based antimalware protection. Karl Sigler, a SpiderLabs researcher at Trustwave, told Threatpost his lab found the Angler Exploit Kit on a popular website for the second time in ...
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Sunday, February 21st, 2016
We were exposed to an intrusion today. It was brief and it shouldn’t impact many people, but if it impacts you, it’s very important you read the information below.
What happened?
Hackers made a modified Linux Mint ISO, with a backdoor in it, and managed to hack our website to point to ...
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Thursday, February 11th, 2016
Google added two new security indicators to its email service Gmail which reveal TLS encryption support and whether the sender could be authenticated.
Many popular email services, including Gmail, support TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption to protect data while it is in transit.
TLS is only useful if both the sending and ...
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Saturday, February 6th, 2016
There has been an increase in reports pf security products recently which make user systems less secure when they are installed, used or even just present on the system.
Many antivirus companies have added tools and products to their security programs in recent years to increase the perceived value of the ...
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Sunday, January 31st, 2016
Here's a great VPN comparison chart showing various details such as logging, location, privacy, security and pricing. Excellent resource to bookmark.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJTvWT5RHFSYuEoFVpAeQjuQPU4BVzbOigT0xebxTOw/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true
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