Wireless security considerations

Wireless security considerations


Wireless security considerations

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 07:00 AM PDT

Brad Haines is chief researcher of Renderlab.net and a noted expert in the field of wireless security. Brad has spoken at many international conferences and taught several classes on free wireless ass...

Apple resolves FaceTime security flaw

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 05:06 AM PDT

A flaw in the beta version of Apple's FaceTime for Mac which was presented on Wednesday, has apparently allowed potential hackers to gain access to and modify a user's iTunes account settings from the...

Facebook users are voyeuristic while at work

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 05:04 AM PDT

There are several realities that typically fall outside of the approved enterprise communications mechanisms. These applications can enhance business responsiveness and performance – but, conversely –...

Ubuntu Privacy Remix 10.04r1 released

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:50 AM PDT

Ubuntu Privacy Remix is a modified Live-CD based on Ubuntu Linux. UPR is not intended for permanent installation on hard disk. The goal of Ubuntu Privacy Remix is to provide an isolated, working envir...

Avalanche spam gang uses ZeuS to boost earnings

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:39 AM PDT

Reports that the world's most prolific phishing gang have diversified their operations over from conventional phishing emails to distributing the ZeuS Trojan is another sign that hackers are becoming ...

Most users still vulnerable to attacks that exploit Java flaw

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:16 AM PDT

More than a week after Oracle released a critical patch for Java, more than 68% percent of Internet users are still vulnerable to attacks that exploit these vulnerabilities, according to Trusteer. Thi...

Firefox extension makes social network ID spoofing trivial

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 02:51 AM PDT

A simple-to-use Firefox plugin presented yesterday at Toorcon in San Diego has hit the security world with the realization that squabbles about Facebook's changing privacy settings and various privacy...

MySpace apps send user IDs to advertisers

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 01:47 AM PDT

In the wake of the discovery that some third party Facebook applications transmit users' ID to ad agencies and Internet tracking companies, The Wall Street Journal has revealed that MySpace and some o...

Riverbed acquires CACE Technologies

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:12 PM PDT

Riverbed Technology announced the acquisition of CACE Technologies, a leader in packet capture and analysis products for wireless and wireline networks and the corporate sponsor of Wireshark, a popula...

Week in review: Kaspersky hacked, Facebook privacy breach and the rise of Java exploits

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:02 PM PDT

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, interviews, articles and reviews: Facebook apps send user information to ad agencies Various third-party applications on Facebo...

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