Firesheep not evil, says snooping tool's maker
The security researcher who created the Firesheep snooping tool defended his work today, saying it's no one's business what software people run on their computers.
Gregg Keizer | 03 Nov | Read more
The security researcher who created the Firesheep snooping tool defended his work today, saying it's no one's business what software people run on their computers.
Gregg Keizer | 03 Nov | Read more
Here's a distinction no software company craves: For two quarters running, Adobe's popular Acrobat and Reader software have been the favorite target of hackers around the globe. According to Symantec's quarterly threat assessment, attacks related to PDF usage accounted for 36 per cent of malicious activity in the most recent quarter and 57 per cent in the preceding three months.
Bill Snyder | 02 Nov | Read more
IT organisations have come to a stunning realisation: There is no stopping the great iPad enterprise invasion. Risks abound as companies must deal with securing iPad apps without much help from Apple, says Julie Palen, senior VP of mobile device management at Tangoe, a telecom expense management software and services provider.
Tom Kaneshige | 30 Oct | Read more
As we noted in last year's CSO article, "Six ways we gave up our privacy," people are increasingly -- and willingly -- throwing their privacy to the wind, thanks to an addiction to Google apps, GPS devices, the BlackBerry, iPhone and Android, and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Some security experts believe privacy is dead already.
Bill Brenner | 27 Oct | Read more
Google patched 11 vulnerabilities in Chrome on Thursday as it updated the browser to version 7.
Gregg Keizer | 23 Oct | Read more
Oracle should piggyback on Microsoft's update service to boost users' chances of running a patched version of Java, a security expert said today.
Gregg Keizer | 21 Oct | Read more
Mozilla on Tuesday patched 12 vulnerabilities in Firefox, including a second patch for a "binary planting" problem in Windows that researchers publicized last year.
Gregg Keizer | 20 Oct | Read more
IBM said Wednesday it is purchasing e-discovery vendor PSS Systems, in a move that further broadens Big Blue's sprawling portfolio of information management software. Terms were not disclosed.
Chris Kanaracus | 14 Oct | Read more
Microsoft isn't the only company planning a boatload of security patches for next week. Oracle plans to fix 81 vulnerabilities in its database, middleware and operating system products on Tuesday, the same day Microsoft's fixes are due.
Robert McMillan | 08 Oct | Read more
They say privacy doesn't exist on the Web -- but that doesn't mean you can't try to safeguard your personal information. Our computers are loaded with details about our personal and business lives, and it's definitely not acceptable to reveal them haphazardly. With hackers becoming ever more sophisticated, you have to take precautions.
Logan Kugler | 24 Sep | Read more
"Evercookie" is the browser cookie that just won't go away. If you're concerned about having your Web browsing history tracked, you, like most people, will probably delete your cookies and clear your browsers' caches. However, evercookie, written in JavaScript, produces "extremely persistent cookies" that can identify a client even after you've removed standard or Flash cookies.
Alessondra Springmann | 23 Sep | Read more
Mozilla has stopped providing security updates to Firefox users as it investigates a bug that caused computers to crash last week.
Gregg Keizer | 15 Sep | Read more
Adobe Systems patched 20 security vulnerabilities in its Shockwave Player on Tuesday. Most of the flaws could allow an attacker to run their own code on an affected computer.
Jeremy Kirk | 26 Aug | Read more
Researchers at Russian security company Kaspersky Lab say they've discovered the first malicious software program to target Google's Android mobile operating system.
Jeremy Kirk | 12 Aug | Read more
Any company that does business online knows the importance of mastering search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to get their content atop the Google rankings. It turns out malware pushers care about SEO, too, and at DefCon later this week researchers will show just how big a deal it has become.
Bill Brenner | 28 Jul | Read more