Category: Security

Dec 23, 2015

Google Upping Game to Kill Passwords

Passwords are not dead, but Google sure is trying to accelerate a shorter life span. You really have to admire

Dec 22, 2015

Oracle has to Clean Up Insecure Software on Nearly a Billion PCs

You must be living under a rock if you didn’t know that Oracle’s Java software is one of the most

Dec 21, 2015

Juniper Announces Three Year Old Backdoor

It looks like the government may have gotten its wish. Juniper announced that it found “unauthorized” code embedded in an

Dec 16, 2015

Cloud Security Varies by Industry

More and more businesses are moving to the cloud for various business functions, but is the cloud safe for your

Dec 15, 2015

Malware Infections More Efficient in 2015

The good news is that the daily malware count for 2015 went down from 325,000 a day to 310,000 a

Dec 14, 2015

SHA-1 to Die in Early 2016 – Security vs. Usability

SHA-1 is a cryptographic hashing algorithm that is used in securing a lot of digital certificates used for SSL transmissions.

Dec 10, 2015

Internet Explorer Soon to be a Dead Product

The date of death is January 12, 2016. Microsoft will no longer provide support for ANY version of Internet Explorer

Dec 09, 2015

Malware Getting Nastier Every Day

SC Magazine reports the discovery of malware that executes before the operating system boots. The sophisticated malware is called “BOOTRASH.”

Dec 08, 2015

Latest Ransomware Steals Passwords Before Encrypting Data

It keeps looking like we’ll never win the battle of technology. Once we think some bad stuff for our computers

Dec 02, 2015

Windows 10 Update Turns on Spying Again – Turn it Off

The first major update for Windows 10 was recently released. Plan on spending at least 30 minutes for the download

Nov 30, 2015

VPN Won’t Hide Your IP Address

Shocker, but BGR reports that there are circumstances where using a VPN will expose your real IP address. The reason

Nov 24, 2015

Use a Password Instead of a Fingerprint – It’s Safer

Finally! Someone else is telling people not to use fingerprint scanning technology. Elliot Williams at HackADay has a post that