Recent studies have shown the importance of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is still widely underestimated by the general public when browsing the internet. While the study by Tyler Reguly, senior security engineer for nCircle, shows 83% of users check for SSL before entering their credit card information, only 41% do so when typing in passwords. [...]

Microsoft just released their October 2009 Security Bulletin. This bulletin addresses multiple critical vulnerability updates including but not limited to: Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework and SilverLight.

If these updates apply to you, we strongly recommend downloading them as some are High-Priority security alerts.

US-CERT has released their latest Cyber Security Alert. This one addresses this month’s Microsoft Updates – including Windows, Internet Explorer and Office. If these updates apply to you we strongly recommend downloading them. The CSA is as follows: ______________________________________ National Cyber Alert System Cyber Security Alert SA09-286A Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities Original release date: [...]

Cyber Security Tip ST04-013 Protecting Your Privacy Before submitting your email address or other personal information online, you need to be sure that the privacy of that information will be protected. To protect your identity and prevent an attacker from easily accessing additional information about you, avoid providing certain personal information such as your birth [...]

Federal Bureau of Investigation Warns Public of Fraudulent Spam Email The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released information warning the public about fraudulent email messages purporting to come from the FBI or the Department of Homeland Security. These email messages contain a malicious attachment that claims to provide an intelligence report or bulletin, but [...]

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Researchers have come up with host-based security software that blocks distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) without swamping the memory and CPU of the host machines. The filtering, called identity-based privacy-protected access control (IPCAF), can also prevent session hijacking, dictionary attacks and man-in-the-middle attacks, say researchers at Auburn University in their paper, “Modeling and simulations for Identity-Based [...]

Several thousand Hotmail usernames and passwords were exposed on over the weekend via a phishing attack, Microsoft confirmed late on Monday. Microsoft said it would block access to the accounts that were exposed and work with customers to reclaim access to them. “Over the weekend Microsoft learned that several thousand Windows Live Hotmail customers’ credentials [...]