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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Apple on Thursday released a relatively minor update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard that fixes an issue users had with the operating system that downgraded them to an older version of Adobe Systems’ Flash Player. When Apple released Snow Leopard on August 28, it included an older version of Adobe’s Flash plug-in that was [...]

A 28-year-old Miami man who made millions breaking into computer networks and stealing credit card numbers pleaded guilty on Friday and agreed to forfeit more than $2.7 million in restitution, as well as a condo, jewelry, and a car.

Online scammers have created a phishing site masquerading as a U.S.-based bank that launches a live chat window where victims are tricked into revealing more information, researchers at the RSA FraudAction Research Team said on Wednesday.

Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on August 20, 2009 More than three years in the making, Trillian is back with a slight name change and a slew of new features. It’s keeping the beta code-name Astra as part of its official title, but more importantly it’s been updated for the modern IM world. Skinnable but not [...]

The announcement of a new U.S. Cyber Challenge by a coalition of government and private groups last month marks the latest salvo in what many agree is an increasingly serious shortage of skilled cybersecurity experts.

By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer – Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:27AM EDT WASHINGTON – Federal agencies are facing a severe shortage of computer specialists, even as a growing wave of coordinated cyberattacks against the government poses potential national security risks, a private study found. The study describes a fragmented federal cyber force, where [...]

A reader named Eric found himself locked out of his Vista administrator accounts: “Somehow, my account and my son’s accounts were downgraded to standard user on his new computer using Vista Home 32-bit. I cannot seem to log in to make any changes to the accounts now. It prompts me to enter a password but [...]