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Dec 29, 2015

Firefox Users Should Uninstall Mint Cast Software

Apparently, some potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) are doing more bad than good. If you are a Firefox user, the advice

Dec 28, 2015

Juniper Networks Issues Patch for ScreenOS

A recently announced bug in Juniper Networks software could allow the bad guys to decrypt your encrypted VPN connections. Not

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 17, 2015

64-bit Firefox Available Now

There have been some fits and starts, but the 64-bit version of Firefox is finally available. Just doing an upgrade

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