Category: Security

Apr 09, 2015

Dell Diagnostic Software Identified as Malware

According to ars technica, the anti-malware application Malwarebytes flags Dell’s diagnostic software as malware. Many Dell computers come pre-loaded with

Apr 08, 2015

A Firefox Version That Can’t Be Patched

You can’t expect all software to be bug free all the time. That’s why there are specific protocols that developers

Apr 06, 2015

Less Than 1% of Android Devices Affected by Potentially Harmful Apps

Stated another way, potentially harmful apps (PHA) are present on less than one percent of devices running Google’s Android operating

Apr 02, 2015

The Winner of the Most Insecure Core Internet Software for 2014 Isn’t Apple

That may surprise some, but Google’s Chrome browser was the winner for 2014 according to the Secunia Vulnerability Review 2015

Mar 31, 2015

QR CodesThat Can Hurt You

Finally, someone other than me is warning about the use of malicious QR codes. Apparently, WhatsApp launched its web version,

Mar 30, 2015

Pay for Hotel WiFi and Get a Bonus Infection

The cyber waves lit up last week when a huge vulnerability of hotel WiFi networks was exposed. A very large

Mar 26, 2015

Who is Tracking Your Gmail messages?

At this time, we pretty much assume that the NSA is capturing, or at least attempting to capture, our communication

Mar 23, 2015

Cloud Security Still Concerns Professionals

I’ve written about cloud security in the past. Now there’s another report analyzing a survey of over 1,000 cybersecurity professionals

Mar 16, 2015

Yahoo Getting Into the E-mail Encryption Game

Thank you NSA. Besides Google moving towards end-to-end encryption for every one of its services, Yahoo is now moving that

Mar 10, 2015

Apple Suffocates Important News with Watch Announcement

Apparently Apple would rather have you spend obscene amounts of money on an insanely overpriced watch than bring focus to

Mar 09, 2015

Cloud Security Concerns – Users Need to Control Encryption

A survey conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) shows that financial institutions think the cloud is a scary place

Mar 04, 2015

More Problems for SSL/TLS Connections

I’m not sure what is worse…another snow day or discovering another flaw in secure encrypted connections. It looks like we