Why I’m Against Net Neutrality
Net neutrality is an idea referring to a complete lack of discrimination in the traffic on the Internet. In other words, net neutrality would mean that all packets of data…
DetailsTarget Hires Its First CISO
Target hired former General Motors executive Brad Maiorino as its first chief information security officer (CISO), the retail giant said. As the company’s new—and first—CISO, Maiorino will be responsible for…
DetailsTwitter Fixes Cross-Site Scripting Flaw in TweetDeck
Twitter fixed a cross-site scripting flaw in its popular TweetDeck application Wednesday, after millions of users were hit with a malicious script targeting the vulnerability. The vulnerability allowed anyone to…
DetailsNew OpenSSL Man-in-the-Middle Vulnerability Revealed
There is a new exploit in OpenSSL that can allow a man-in-the-middle (MITM) to intercept and decrypt traffic and modify traffic between the vulnerable client and server, according to an…
Details6 Tips to Avoid Scammers on LinkedIn
LinkedIn announced in April that it had surpassed 300 million users. While LinkedIn has become a valuable networking tool and even somewhat of a useable social networking platform, especially its…
DetailsYour Car and the Internet of Things
My 14 year-old-car finally died, so I bit the bullet and bought a new one – with bells and whistles. The new car has keyless entry, keyless start, integrates with my…
DetailsGameover Zeus and Cryptolocker Botnets Shut Down! But Wait, Are they Really?
The US department of Justice has announced with not just a touch of self congratulations that they have taken down the Gameover Zeus and Cryptolocker botnets. The Gameover Zeus malware…
DetailsTrueCrypt Dies, Not a Huge Issue for the Enterprise
The sudden and inexplicable demise of the popular TrueCrypt product is raising eyebrows this week. TrueCrypt was a free encryption product supported by anonymous developers. There was quite a bit…
DetailsThe Snowden Conversation We Are All Having in One Way or Another…
Edward Snowden did an important thing: He made an important conversation on security and ethics popular and international. On one hand, he told us something we always knew: Spies spy. That…
Details“TrueCrypt is not secure,” Official SourceForge Page Warns of Crypto Program
The widely used open-source TrueCrypt encryption program is “not secure” and should not be used, according to SourceForge, one of the official webpages for TrueCrypt. The announcement posted at truecrypt.sourceforge.net…
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