Obviously, the goal of encryption is to keep a channel of communication private by preventing eavesdroppers from clearly understanding what is going on.  Granted, they will still be able to hear/read the communication, but it will be garbled to the point where it doesn’t make any sense.  So when a new encryption standard came out, […]

The MySpace hacker, who is responsible for creating what is called the first Web 2.0 worm is forbidden to log into MySpace (let alone touch a computer for personal purposes) for at least a couple more months.  While this can be considered the first Web 2.0 worm, it’s goal was not to harm anyone.  All […]

It’s great to see that the big players are now releasing their own versions of security software for the various smart phones that are on the market.  With the huge crazy of the iPhone, there is no doubt that other companies will try and create their own smart phone to grab some of the market.  […]

It’s pretty safe to say that businesses (and probably a majority of people) can’t live without email.  It is used constantly on a daily basis to the point where it is one of our primary channels of communication.  Even though email has allowed us to do so much, one really needs to consider the security […]

Wow, I knew a lot of people piggyback off of other people’s access points but seeing over 50% of people doing so is crazy!  Even though this study only dealt with a sample size of 560 people, it was pretty nuts to see that over 50% of them used insecure AP’s.  It’s studies like this […]

Farmington Daily Times - FARMINGTON The latest incarnation of a phishing/pharming scam has touched Farmington. It’s an e-mail addressed to “Dear First National Bank of Santa Fe customer” informing the supposed customer that his or her online payments and transfers
Arcot Systems to Exhibit at the Security, Risk and […]

According to a recent study of retail stores being secretly monitored in malls, over 3,000 of them were transferring sensitive data (i.e. credit card info, SSN’s, etc.) completely out in the open.  That means anyone who is willing to eavesdrop the airwaves would be getting some pretty sensitive information on people.  Especially with the holiday […]

This is a pretty scary fact. After a recent test was conducted, the results showed there are about 380,000 MySQL and 124,000 Oracle databases that anyone can easily connect to on the Internet since they do not use a firewall. And if you thought that was bad, it only gets worse. There […]

While this doesn’t have to do with computer security at all, I thought it was worth sharing.  You would think a story like this comes right out of a Disney movie, but that is definitely not the case.  Unlike having a traditional happy ending, this one wasn’t so happy… at least for the fugitive.  After […]

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