This is a topic that has been around for quite some time.  Even though that is the case, it will probably be one of the larger topics frequently discussed in the realm of computer security.  “White” worms, which can be considered as ‘good’ worms, are intended to propagate just like regular worms, but instead of […]

Here is an interesting little tidbit with regards to someone talking with Bruce Schneier, who is a pretty authoritative figure in the computer security realm.  It really brings a harsh reality to how the biggest computer security threats will probably not change.  Granted, the technology is getting better and better, but that’s not where the […]

Sophos recently conducted a study with computer users wondering what they think hackers are going to target this year.  The result… 93% believe Macs are going to be prime targets this year.  Whether it’s Macs Marketing Department to blame for this (saying that Macs are more secure than Windows) or hackers just wanting new targets, […]

Talk about some good news… the idea of vulnerabilities being down in 2007 is a nice testament that businesses and software companies are taking more time to debug and secure their applications.  While that may be the case, I think a huge part of the decrease in vulnerabilities has to do with Vista.  Granted, it […]

I find this post pretty amusing since a couple of days ago I was responding to an article about government laptops being stolen with millions of identities at risk.  I mean heck, if teenagers have the capabilities of breaking into government systems, that should raise a red flag that they need to be secured a […]

Ah, the principle of least privilege.  Such a basic idea, but very powerful nonetheless.  The idea is pretty simple (well… it’s self explanatory just from reading the principle): only give employees the minimal amount of privileges needed to complete their jobs.  This can save so much in terms of damage both on a financial and […]

A couple of days ago, I discussed the issue of hackers constantly trying to break into universities to acquire sensitive information on students, faculty and alumni, but that is not all.  It seems that within the middle of this last month, various hackers have been issuing out phishing emails to thousands of students from a […]

A pretty well-known financial firm, D.A. Davidson, has recently had its databases accessed by an unauthorized user(s).  The information stolen consisted of a wide variety of personal and sensitive information.  While D.A. Davidson states that they sent letters to their clients as well as took immediate actions, it seems like they were too late.  So […]

This is an interesting topic that I personally really never though much about.  Well, I shouldn’t say that.  While I have thought about it… I never really considered them as ‘online security guards’.  Nonetheless though, they are not only desperately needed now, but they will only grow in more demand as time progresses.  The idea […]

For any websites running off of Apache (which is quite a bit), you can help protect yourself from attacks by just disabling one simple thing: dynamic loading.  It looks like this feature has enabled hackers to attack websites in the U.S, U.K and India… thousands of them (them being websites).  This will probably be a […]