The recent, and largest, cyber attack ever on a state government in the US, shows that attacks on third-party credentials – which can be used in identity theft frauds – are becoming more and more commonplace.
Save the date: for some companies, it is not a question of if one of their computers will be used as evidence in a legal matter; it is a question of when. Learn the ‘ropes’ of legal, IT, and accounting forensics at the The Computer Forensics Show, November 1-2, 2010 at Ft. Mason Convention Center, San Francisco, CA
The Canon Camera Hackers Manual addresses “geeky” owners of Canon consumer cameras, such as the Powershot and IXUS, who would like to explore the possibilities of their cameras Continue reading »
For the past two weeks we’ve been battling WordPress hacks and attacks that have affected thousands of blogs. Fortunately, they did not get UGNN. However they did get several other sites we administer, and it’s not a pretty sight. Network Solutions was hacked twice in ten days, and they don’t seem to be able to stay ahead of the hackers.
Continue reading »After April’s rumblings of the iBotNet virus attacking Macs, which got little or no press, those of us on the frontlines knew is was basically a hoax Trojan that infected a very small number of Macs. This week, Bob Levitus wrote for The Chronicle, putting the situation in perspective saying “Virus’ isn’t what you’ve heard it is” Continue reading »
While Microsoft slams Mac for being “expensive” we wonder what they mean by “expensive”? Microsoft and Windows has caused the Pentagon to spend $100 million on Cyberattacks in the last 6 months. This Associated Press article provides stark reality to the difference between Mac OS and others. Continue reading »
You remember the fable about Apple not needing security software? Things may have changed…
I can remember many heated discussions, and quite a bit of dissent when applications began the practice of ‘phoning home’ when the user launches the program. Today the constant connection may turn out to be a hazard… Continue reading »
MacBreak Weekly, one of Leo Laporte’s many podcasts, mentioned this piece of software. Actually just called “Secrets”, is very much in Beta and is very dangerous if you don’t know what you are doing. Continue reading »
