Posts Tagged ‘Internet security’
Mitt Romney’s Email Security Lapse is Astonishing
This week’s report from Gawker that Mitt Romney’s email account was hacked shows a surprising lapse of security [...]
The Secret to Strong Passwords
As the CEO of a company that specializes in securing the privileged account passwords that control access to an [...]
Going Wired-Only is Best Defense Against Android Man-in-the-Middle
As a new wireless network sniffing app for Android – reportedly with attack, man-in-the-middle and remote trojan [...]
Recognizing and Avoiding Scareware is no Simple Task
As a veteran of the IT security industry I was recently asked for tips on how to recognize and avoid scareware. This [...]
Beware the Hidden URLs Planned for Your Web Browser
Internet users should think twice before installing upcoming netbook/tablet PC versions of Google Chrome and Mozilla [...]
Iranian Hack Highlights the Political Hacktivism Threat
Reports that one of Australia's largest universities, the University of Monash, near Melbourne, has been hacked by [...]
Preventing an Internet Death Grip from ISPs
It’s ironic how Verizon and other large Internet service providers (ISPs) play both sides when it comes to government [...]
The IT Threat On (or Under) Your Desk
Can you identify the significant common factor in these attention-grabbing headlines? Thousands of secret [...]
Internet Privacy Is No Place for Government Regulations
This week the L.A. Times published an editorial titled “Privacy and the Web” with the opinion that “Washington [...]
