Tag: Security

Windows XP Users: Upgrade Now, Or Forever Be Hacked
It's been almost 11 years since the launch of Windows XP in October of 2001. The operating system is getting on in years and Microsoft has done their best to get people to upgrade....
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The Do’s and Dont’s of Employee Background Checks
If you are an employer, you have no doubt at least considered doing some form of background check on an employee. If you are looking for a job, you will likely be subjected to a ba...
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Apple Preparing Its Own Flashback Removal Tool
Yesterday we told you about a pair of free software tools designed to help you detect and remove the...
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Free Tools Remove Flashback Trojan From Macs
Last week we brought you news of the Flashback botnet, a particularly nasty pi...
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Facebook, Dropbox Apps Store Personal Info In Unsecured Plain Text Files
A somewhat troubling security flaw has been found in the mobile apps for Facebook and Dropbox. It seems that both apps (and others, presumably) store access tokens in an unsecured...
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Facial Recognition: Cool or Creepy?
Remember all the technology in movies such as Minority Report? At the time, it seemed so bizarre and futuristic, but som...
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XRY’s Passcode Bypass Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be
Last week we brought you news about a remarkable piece of software called XRY. This forensics...
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Smartphone Popularity Linked To Increase Of Identity Theft
Face it: the world has been changed by the omnipresent pocket bulge known as a smartphone. Once upon a time, people indexed phone numbers of their friends into nature's smartphone,...
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Google Is Being More Careful With Your Password
Google put out its monthly list of algorithm changes today. There were 50 changes in all, though technically not every single one of them is related to the Google algorithm. Th...
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Is Cyber Warfare Imminent, Or Is the Hype Overblown?
Is cybersecurity one of your top concerns? Whatever your opinion might be, the government has taken a particularly strong interest in it lately, as security breaches appear to be o...
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Google Authenticator Gets An Upgrade
Google announced today that it has made improvements to the Google Authenticator app, which utilizes Google's 2-step verification feature for smartphones. 2-step verification w...
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Google Apps Vault Launched For Business Customers
Google announced the launch of information governance solution Google Apps Vault for Google Apps For Business customers, which Google says can reduce costs of litigation, regulator...
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Forensics Software Lets Law Enforcement Bypass Your iPhone’s Passcode
You've probably never heard of Micro Systemation, nor are you likely to heard of their flagship software product, XRY. The company is based in Stockholm, Sweden and has a very narr...
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Square Card Readers Now Reportedly Encrypted
Last April, Square announced that it would be launching an encrypted version of its card reader in the summer. Here we are nearly a year later, and the company is now reportedly sh...
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NSA Chief Denies Existence Of Domestic Spying Program
The National Security Agency, at least according to it's Web site, "exists to protect the nation." A recent Wired article claimed...
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