Quantum Cryptography, which is a type of encryption that many thought would be uncrackable, has been hacked by a group of people at MIT. The good news is that the people who performed this hack said it was not good enough to work on a commercial network. The bad news is the fact […]

Fosters Daily Democrat - Additionally, Goss is charged with willful concealment, a felony count of attempted theft and false reports to law enforcement for lying about his identity. Dooley was charged with shoplifting and receiving stolen property; and Paul Forlizzi was
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Google alone generates a multi-billion dollar income which is mainly focused around one component: advertising. So, if they are able to make so much money off of it, it must mean that it is a huge success. Well, it is, and that is why identity thieves are using them. While it seems […]

This was an interesting article to look at. Bruce Schneier, who is supposedly a very outspoken security guru, questions the purpose of the security industry by stating it only encourages companies to produce insecure software. I must say I would have to disagree with that. When it comes to business, everyone is […]

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the whole open-source community, you are in for a very nice surprise. Open-source software is freely available, and has been known to even be better than commercial solutions. The reason being is because these applications are community driven. So, just like in pretty much […]

While it may sound like antivirus software is exploding with success through various companies such as Symantec and McAfee, the truth of the matter is that they are coming to an end. In the constant battle between antivirus software and malware, malware has been winning the war for quite some time due to the […]

Forbes - Social engineering is a concept that has been around the computer security industry for many years. Social engineers, who are not law abiding citizens like Stickley, use guise and subterfuge to prey upon weaknesses in human nature. Social engineers
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Computerworld - In September 2001, a week after the 9/11 attacks, hackers could have used the Nimda worm to shut down the 911 emergency dialing system in the U.S., causing major public panic, he said. “The nation’s cybersecurity challenges are profound and not
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TMCnet - vital information resources under siege). Then, we had malware, spyware, worms, Trojan horses, and adware. With new threats came new terms, and the industry started to hear about spam, botnets, spamdexing, link bombing, phishing, and pharming.
Data Security Summary - January to June 2005F-Secure - Phishing, pharming and Trojans One particular […]

As if rootkits weren’t enough of a pain to identify, we may be seeing the introduction of a new piece of malware. Called the bootkit, it has many of the traditional features you would find in a rootkit, only that it loads itself inside of a computer’s boot sector. This means that a […]