“Facebook Hacking Site” Leads to Costly SMS Scam
Spammers have a tendency to attempt to exploit any medium in order to drive traffic to their sites. Everyone...
Security & Privacy
Blogger Blames Police Visit on Government Surveillance
In one of my previous incarnations within the security industry, I was on the receiving end of a lot...
Feds Request Encryption Keys from Web Firms – Now What?
The NSA saga continues! In this chapter, we find that the Feds are requesting SSL master-keys from Internet companies, in order to...
Mozilla Releases Firefox 22 for Mac
The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 22 for Mac OS X, which includes fixes for 14 vulnerabilities (4 Critical,...
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Releases Important Office 2011 for Mac Update
For Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released important security updates for Office 2011 for Mac, resolving one privately reported vulnerability in...
Adobe Flash Player Update Resolves Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Adobe Systems has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player, resolving a memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2013-3343) that could lead...
Safari 6.0.5 Update Fixes Multiple WebKit Flaws
Apple has updated Safari to version 6.0.5 with fixes for multiple WebKit flaws. The 48.9 MB update to Safari...
Twitter Adds Limited Two-Step Authentication
One by one, the major online services are all adding two-step verification. Twitter has just joined the crowd (including...
Adobe Updates Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat with Major Bug Fixes
Adobe Systems has released new versions of Adobe Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat for Macintosh, Linux and Windows platforms....
Change Your Password, Today!
When was the last time you changed your passwords for your most commonly used online accounts? Do your email...