I haven’t seen a prison sentence in violation of the Can-Spam Act in I can’t remember how long.  Well, it looks like 2 men are now facing the consequences of violating this act.  Not only do they have to forfeit their profits of over $1 million, but they also have to serve 5 years in […]

In Sweden, the decision was made to protect their digital ballots with quantum cryptography. This is very interesting for a couple of reasons: first, quantum cryptography is known to be the strongest from of cryptography possible and second, seeing that it will be used for these ballots ensures that this level of encryption will […]

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Hackers are always trying to find different mediums to spread malware, so why not tap into one of the most popular online entertainment mediums available: videos.  Obviously, that is what they are doing now.  One might ask though: how on earth could you insert malicious code into a video?  While there are various ways that […]

If this is carried out by all retailers large and small, it could have a huge impact on the amount of identities stolen.  The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council issued a data security guideline that could be not only simple, but extremely effective.  The idea is this: not allowing businesses to store credit card […]

This is pretty interesting, and not in the good kind of way either.  McAfee recently did a study to see the number of people who own unprotected systems.  The number was 78 percent.  That isn’t the scary thing though.  The number that really was shocking was the amount of people that ‘thought’ they were secure.  […]

Softpedia - New attack vectors employed are responsible for highly effective phishing scams and Web worms that are resistant to commonly accepted safeguards. The evolution of JavaScript malware, finding its way into more and more attackers toolboxes, has made
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It looks like hackers and the like are still paying close attention to some of the vulnerabilities in the iPhone, even after the most recent patch.  The new target: bluetooth.  With a current vulnerability still applicable, hackers can send forms of raw data to remotely control someone else’s iPhone (providing it is within the bluetooth’s […]

Spammers have taken advantage of YouTube to help deliver their spam, but not in the way you be expecting.  They are not doing it through videos, they are doing it through YouTube’s ‘Invite a Friend’ feature.  Seems like some spammers were able to exploit a vulnerability that allowed them access to the mail server that […]

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