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A Security Vulnerability That Affects Nearly One Billion Android Handsets

Jan 13, 2015

A security vulnerability that affects nearly one billion Android handsets has been outed by a security expert. Tod Beardsley, an analyst with Rapid7, claims that all Android versions below Android 4.4 KitKat are affected by the ...

Tags: Android Bug, Consumer Electronics, BGR

It's Vital for The It Department to Get Executives on The Company Board

Nov 29, 2013

It's vital for the IT department to get executives on the company board to properly understand security threats if maximum possible security against cyber attacks is going to be achieved. That was the consensus between experts during a ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

A Large and Established Company Such as Adobe Can Get Hacked,Are Any of Our Passwords Safe

Nov 21, 2013

That's a question we all should start to ponder. In this day and age, when a large and established company such as Adobe can get hacked, are any of our passwords safe? If Adobe had been storing their customers' banking and shopping ...

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West Africa Is Experiencing a Surge in Piracy

Nov 18, 2013

West Africa is experiencing a surge in piracy, with well-organised hijackers targeting the region's growing oil and gas industries, writes national security expert Dr James Jay Carafano in World Review. Although efforts to combat crime at ...

Tags: pirate, plunder, West Africa, oil, gas

The Cyber Attack Adobe Recently Suffered Impacted 38 Million Users

Oct 31, 2013

Adobe, known for its Reader and Acrobat software, has confirmed that the cyber attack it recently suffered impacted 38 million users - more than 10 times the 2.9 million customers it had said were affected initially. The attack, which the ...

Tags: Adobe, software, Computer Products

Wired Glass Could Have Saved Lives at Various School Shootings by Stopping Bullets

Oct 28, 2013

Diana San Diego says suggestions that wired glass could have saved lives at the sites of various school shootings across the country by stopping bullets in their tracks or preventing forced entry are “false and potentially ...

Tags: Glass Experts, School Shootings

Kevin Mitnick Has Branded Anti-Virus Software Useless

Oct 17, 2013

Security expert and reformed hacker Kevin Mitnick has branded anti-virus software useless, claiming: "The only thing McAfee is good at is making videos." Further reading Not enough cyber warriors to fight computer hackers, says former ...

Tags: Computer Products, software, hacker

FCO Has Selected Bae Systems Detica to Manage Its Global It Estate for The Next Five Year

Oct 2, 2013

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has selected BAE Systems Detica to manage its global IT estate for the next five years. The £40m deal will see BAE Systems Detica take responsibility for Service Management Integration for the ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

Marc Maiffret Kicked off a Crowd-sourced Fund Yesterday to Come up with a Reward

Aug 21, 2013

After a Palestinian researcher was denied a bug bounty by Facebook, Marc Maiffret, CTO of BeyondTrust, kicked off a crowd-sourced fund yesterday to come up with a reward. The researcher, Khalil Shreateh, expressed his gratitude today to ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

Google Has Announced The Company Is in The Process of Migrating Its SSL

Aug 2, 2013

Google has announced the company is in the process of migrating its SSL [Secure Sockets Layer] certificates from 1024-bit to 2048-bit levels of encryption. Google Identity Team's Tim Bray describes the decision as "part of our continuous ...

Tags: SSL Certificates, google

It's a Daily Struggle for Users to Cope with Dozens of Them

Jun 27, 2013

LOOKING for a safe password? You can give HQbgbiZVu9AWcqoSZmChwgtMYTrM7HE3ObVWGepMeOsJf4iHMyNXMT1BrySA4d7 a try. Good luck memorising it. Sixty-three random alpha-numeric characters - in this case, generated by an online password ...

Tags: Password Fatigue, Computer Products, Consumer Electronics

Facebook and Twitter Have Launched Applications for Google Glasses

May 20, 2013

Facebook and Twitter have launched applications for Google glasses as developers rushed to learn more about tailoring software for the Internet-linked eyewear yet to hit the market. “Built by Facebook, this app allows you to upload ...

Tags: Twitter, Facebook, Google Glass Apps

Several Media Outlets Have Had Their Websites Hacked and Used to Spread Malware

May 9, 2013

Several media outlets in the Washington DC area have had their websites hacked and used to spread malware. WTOP, the largest radio station in the region, and Federal News Radio, along with the website of technology blogger John Dvorak ...

Tags: Media Websites, Cyber Attacks

The Government's Vision to Have Every Home in The UK Is Getting Closer

Apr 5, 2013

The government's vision to have every home in the UK equipped with smart energy meters is getting closer. Next year comes the mass rollout stage but in the meantime, three remaining bidders are battling it out for the right to provide the ...

Tags: Smart Meters, Electrical, Electronics, Meters

Microsoft to Ship Nine Security Updates, Two Rated "Critical," to Patch Internet Explorer

Apr 4, 2013

Microsoft today said it will ship nine security updates next week, two rated "critical," to patch Internet Explorer (IE), Windows, SharePoint Server, Office Web Apps and the company's anti-malware software in Windows 8 and RT. One ...

Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft, APP

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