Retelling a Password Nightmare in the Wake of the LinkedIn Password Leak

Jun 7, 2012 6:34:17 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Alan Shimel tell us an enlightening and cautionary tale how his password was hijacked and how much time it took him to get it all back under control. This is a warmly recommended read ...

Stuxnet, Duqu, Flame: What It Means For You

Jun 6, 2012 6:53:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The cyberweapon genie is out of the bottle, and the U.S. is engaged in a cyberwar. Now it becomes clear why the Government has been trying to get private industry to agree to certain ...

Google to warn users of 'state-sponsored' hacking

Jun 6, 2012 4:13:10 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Guardian reported that Google will warn users of 'state-sponsored' hacking: "Search giant says it will alert Gmail users about targeted attacks, in move that could aid human rights ...

CHANGE YOUR LINKEDIN PASSWORD NOW

Jun 6, 2012 3:44:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

LinkedIn was hacked and 6.46 million encrypted passwords have been leaked on a Russian forum. This is not good, as the encrypted passwords are relatively easy to crack. If you are using ...

Why antivirus companies failed to catch Flame and Stuxnet

Jun 5, 2012 2:57:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Arstechnica picked up the blog post of F-Secure's Chief Research Officer: A/V outfits were out of their league. Mikko Hypponen is the Chief Research Officer of F-Secure. He has been ...

Apple Releases Guide To iOS Security

Jun 4, 2012 8:50:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Techcrunch wrote: "Apple has introduced a guide to iOS security, which was posted to Apple.com sometime in late May, but is just now being noticed outside the Apple developer community. ...

Microsoft releases 'Anti-Flame' Update

Jun 4, 2012 7:36:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Redmond stated: "We recently became aware of a complex piece of targeted malware known as “Flame” and immediately began examining the issue. As many reports assert, Flame has been used in ...

F-Secure Cautions about Fresh Olympic-themed Spam

Jun 4, 2012 7:31:17 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

F-Secure the security company based in Finland has recently cautioned that spam mails themed on the Olympics are targeting Internauts while carrying web-links to one malevolent PDF file ...

Fake LinkedIn Emails To Reset Your Password

Jun 4, 2012 7:26:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Since LinkedIn had their IPO, they have been in the news a lot more, even if only to compare them with the recent Facebook IPO Debacle. But the better known you are, the bigger target you ...

Free Data Loss Prevention Suite

Jun 4, 2012 7:19:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

OpenDLP is a free and open source, agent- and agentless-based, centrally-managed, massively distributable data loss prevention tool released under the GPL. Given appropriate Windows, ...

Over-55s Pick Passwords Twice As Secure As Teenagers

Jun 4, 2012 7:03:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

"People over the age of 55 pick passwords double the strength of those chosen by people under 25 years old. That's according to the largest ever study of password security, which also ...

Malicious PowerPoint File Contains Exploit, Drops Backdoor

Jun 4, 2012 6:24:38 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

TrendLabs discovered a malicious MS PowerPoint document that arrives attached to email messages. The file contains an embedded Flash file, which exploits a software bug found in specific ...

Make 30 Bucks In 30 Minutes!: Beta Test

Jun 1, 2012 3:12:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="30 Bucks In 30 Minutes"][/caption]We need immediate Beta Testers for our Internet Security Awareness Training! This is a THIS WEEKEND ...

Aaaugh! 1 in 5 U.S. Windows PCs Lack Antivirus Defenses

May 30, 2012 10:32:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Un-friggin-believable but true. Don't be one of them! Gregg Keizer at ComputerWorld was the first with this story. "Nearly a fifth of Windows PCs in the U.S. lack any active security ...

CyberheistNews Vol 2, #24

May 30, 2012 3:54:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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Norton Protects Against Flame?

May 30, 2012 3:18:13 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="Norton Protects Against Flame?"][/caption] The antivirus industry is making hay with the new Flame malware, but Symantec marketing is ...

Chinese hacker brings grief to Calgarys Catholic school system

May 29, 2012 4:01:09 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Hackers will find any mail server that is not protected and/or configured correctly and use it to send out as much spam as possible. This gets the unsuspecting organization blacklisted ...

New Cyberweapon 'Flame': CIA and Mossad Coproduction

May 28, 2012 10:06:17 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

'Flame', the most sophisticated piece of malware to date, was discovered by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Kaspersky Lab. This code is more complex and has more ...

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