- Location
malicious hackers
"-
Apple Said Tuesday It Had No "Backdoor" in Its Products
Jan 2, 2014Apple said Tuesday it had no "backdoor" in its products after a security researcher and a leaked document suggested the US National Security Agency had unfettered access to the iPhone. Apple said in an email to AFP that it "has never ...
-
Latest Round of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Monthly Release of Security Fixes
Oct 11, 2013As anticipated, the latest round of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday monthly release of security fixes addresses a widely known Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability already being exploited by malicious hackers. Overall, for October’s ...
-
Google Has Launched a Site for Webmasters Whose Sites Have Been Hacked
Mar 14, 2013Google has launched a site for webmasters whose sites have been hacked, something that the company says happens thousands of times every day. The new site features articles and videos designed to help webmasters identify, diagnose and ...
Tags: Google, Webmasters, Hacked Sites resource
-
Google Has Launched a Site for Webmasters Whose Sites Have Been Hacked
Mar 13, 2013Google has launched a site for webmasters whose sites have been hacked, something that the company says happens thousands of times every day. The new site features articles and videos designed to help webmasters identify, diagnose and ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products
-
Evernote Is Forcing All of Its 50 Million Users to Change Their Passwords
Mar 4, 2013Evernote, developer of business and consumer productivity software for note taking and doing research, is forcing all of its 50 million users to change their passwords after detecting a hacker intrusion on its systems. The attacker gained ...
Tags: Evernote, productivity software, passwords, hacker intrusion
-
Evernote Is Forcing All of Its 50 Million Users to Change Their Passwords
Mar 2, 2013Evernote, which makes business and consumer productivity software for things like taking notes and doing research, is forcing all of its 50 million users to change their passwords after detecting a hacker intrusion on its sytem. The ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
-
Oracle on Friday Released a Critical Patch Update for Java SE
Feb 4, 2013Oracle on Friday released a critical patch update for Java SE, coming through ahead of schedule to stave off an active exploitation affecting the Java Runtime Environment in desktop browsers. Server-side fixes are being offered as well. ...
Tags: critical patch update, Java SE, Oracle
-
You Are Unlikely to Achieve Much Unless You Focus on Your Employees
Dec 31, 2012CIO-Regardless of the security expertise and resources you apply to securing your assets,you are unlikely to achieve much unless you focus on the most vulnerable element of your organization:your employees. "Computers have become much ...
Tags: secure data, the human element
-
Outlook.com Gained Security Boosts Against Phishing and Spam
Dec 19, 2012Outlook.com, the new webmail service that Microsoft is previewing and that will replace Hotmail, has gained security boosts against phishing and spam. The new safety features come via support for the DMARC email authentication standard ...
-
4t Networks Developed a Simplified Way to Handle Disaster Recovery
Dec 19, 20124t Networks have developed a simplified way to handle disaster recovery and backup by utilizing Veeam. Veeam gives you a cohesive data protection strategy, so your data will be safe even during a disastrous event. Disasters can be caused ...
Tags: disaster recovery, network, backup, Veeam
-
Years Ago The Typical Hacking Scenario Look for Public-Facing IP Addresses.
Dec 18, 2012Years ago the typical hacking scenario involved a lone attacker and maybe some buddies working late at night on Mountain Dew, looking for public-facing IP addresses. When they found one, they enumerated the advertising services (Web server, ...
-
Microsoft Has Fixed 26 Vulnerabilities in Its Software Products
Dec 18, 2012Microsoft has fixed 26 vulnerabilities in its software products, including several considered critical, the company said on Tuesday in its monthly security patch report. The security holes, described in five critical and four important ...
Tags: Microsoft, vulnerabilities, software products, Windows, Office, IE
-
How Online Retailer Amazon Re-Engineered Their E-Commerce Process for The Christmas
Aug 30, 2012Computerworld Hong Kong - At a Computerworld Hong Kong event years ago, I heard a senior executive explain how online retailer Amazon re-engineered their e-commerce process for the Christmas gift-giving season. Like many retail ...
Tags: Amazon, hackers, MS, reddit, Miss Hong Kong
-
Prolexic on Tuesday Released Details of Vulnerabilities
Aug 15, 2012In what it says is an attempt to turn the tables on malicious hackers,security vendor Prolexic on Tuesday released details of vulnerabilities it has discovered in a toolkit family used by hackers to launch distributed denial of service ...
Tags: security vendor Prolexic, vulnerability, malicious hackers, DDoS
-
Researchers Confirmed Existence of Mac Malware Just Hours Before Release Mountain Lion
Jul 26, 2012Researchers have confirmed the existence of new Mac malware just hours before the release of Mountain Lion, the latest version of Apple's OS X operating system. Within hours, researchers at security company Sophos also confirmed an iOS ...
Tags: Mac, Apple, operating system, malware