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February 26, 2009

VoIP Security 101

I am right in the middle of a VoIP audit and thought that I would share some important security-related thoughts with you. Without a doubt, VoIP can save your company money and give your users fe... More >

February 24, 2009

Security Still a Little Cloudy in the Cloud

The talk in every data center today is cloud computing . Unfortunately, I don't think enough emphasis has been placed on securing data in the cloud.   Now, I don't want you to think that I am a... More >

February 23, 2009

Got Spam? Of Course You Do

In a world where we always want more, spam is something we definitely want less of.   I personally manage eight e-mail accounts. I am so sick of opening my mail only to find half of it is spam. ... More >

February 22, 2009

Need Cash? Hack Legally

For the last two years, Tipping Point has sponsored the PWN2OWN contesact. The contest pays a sizeable prize for hackers to test their skills hacking multiple software and hardware products. This y... More >

February 19, 2009

The Security Risks of Not Having a Business Continuity Program

A Business Continuity Program (BCP) is essential for the continuation of key business processes and information system services in order for organizations to recover from an unexpected business int... More >

February 17, 2009

Hacker Breaches Another Security Vendor's Site

Another one bites the dust. F-Secure can be added as another notch on the belt of hacker Unu. Geek.com reports that the Romanian hacker was able to launch an SQL injection attack on the security ve... More >

February 16, 2009

Apple Users Feel the Patch Pain

Last month, I noted that Apple's market share was growing and so would its vulnerabilities . On Thursday, Apple released one of its largest patch sets for its OS X operating system. According to the... More >

An Update on Downadup Worm

Last month I told you about the Downadup worm and its affect on systems worldwide. At the time of that post, the worm was estimated to have infected 9 million PCs. Today, experts estimate that the ... More >

Allow Secure Remote Access and Prevent Data Loss

I enjoy writing about cool products and the I'm InTouch Remote Platform from 01Communique definitely falls into this category. The platform allows enterprise laptop users access to data behind an o... More >

February 12, 2009

National Security Agency Seeks Massive Skype Encryption Hack

How would you like to earn a couple of extra billion dollars? Do I have your attention yet? All you have to do is come up with a reliable way to eavesdrop on Skype IM and voice traffic. So who would ... More >

Disk Fragmentation Really Is a Security Threat

Bear with me, there is a reason to my madness. I define disk fragmentation as, "the uncontiguous storage of data that spans multiple disk sectors." There may be some redundancy here, but you get what... More >

February 8, 2009

TCG Standard Offers Full Disk Protection

The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) released a new standard for full disk encryption that will help laptop users safeguard data in the event a system is stolen. Hard disks manufactured to the new sta... More >

February 5, 2009

Mozilla Releases First Patch of the Year

Mozilla released the latest version of its Firefox Web browser, version 3.0.6, this week. This latest release fixes several security-related issues with the browser. Specifically, it fixes a critic... More >

February 4, 2009

SRA: Not Just Another Data Breach

On any given day, you could probably find an organization that has been the victim of a data breach. Case in point: SRA International   announced that its computers have been compromised after hac... More >

February 2, 2009

Google Blacklists the Entire Internet

On Saturday, Google blacklisted the entire Internet.   As I get up off the floor from laughing, let me explain. I was doing Google searches Saturday morning preparing for class and I noticed tha... More >

February 1, 2009

A Monster of a Headache

Monster.com, the online job search engine, recently reported that its member database was breached. According to company officials, account data including user ID's, passwords, e-mail addresses, na... More >

How Much Is Your Trash Worth?

Roy Lynn Oakley, a janitor that worked for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), pleaded guilty to stealing equipment and information from his former employer.   Oakley, a janitor that worked a... More >