Monday, June 9th, 2008
The number of interested parties eager to listen in on your online conversations, including what you type through instant messaging, has never been higher.
It's trivial to monitor unencrypted wireless networks and snatch IM passwords as they flow through the ether. Broadband providers and their business partners are enthusiastically peeking into ...
Posted in Internet, Privacy, Security, Software | No Comments
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
OK gang, this is one of those rare moments where feedback from community will directly influence a security feature that’ll make a real difference. First some background...
About 6 months ago Brandon Sterne left a cushy infosec position at eBay for Mozilla to solve an extremely important Web security problem he ...
Posted in Coding, Internet, Privacy, Security | No Comments
Saturday, June 7th, 2008
The emergence of a variant on a virus that encrypts the victim's data with a strong 1,024-bit algorithm so the victim can't unscramble it without paying a ransom has begun to spread, potentially posing a major threat, according to the antimalware firm which discovered it.
Kaspersky Lab says the new variant ...
Posted in Internet, Privacy, Security, Software | No Comments
Friday, June 6th, 2008
Opera has beefed up security in its upcoming Web browser as it looks to challenge Firefox and Internet Explorer in the area of Web security.
Putting a bulls-eye on Web-based threats, the Opera has formed a partnership with Haute Secure, a Seattle-based security vendor founded in 2006, to protect users from ...
Posted in Internet, Privacy, Security | No Comments
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
A flaw in a kernel driver used by Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 and 7.0, Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 and 7.0, and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Workstations can be exploited by uers with restricted rights to get admin rights to a system, or by malware to execute with system privileges.
The cause ...
Posted in Coding, Security, Software | No Comments
