Global Email Spam Falls – Wall Street Journal (blog)
Help Net Security Global Email Spam FallsWall Street Journal (blog)Net Security summarizes the findings of a report from Israeli Internet security developer Commtouch. It says that, before Rustock was taken down, a total of 150 billion spam emails were sent every day. In the first quarter of 2012, an average of 94 …Commtouch Appoints Brett [...]
Hacking Wall Street
In this one of a kind book, the author exposes the who, what, why and how of today’s professional hackers as they attempt and often succeed in stealing the identities of millions of consumers and swindle Wall Street’s largest financial services firms out of millions of dollars. For the first time, look inside the world [...]
Android Security Threat From ‘Reverse Smudge Engineering’ – Wall Street Journal (blog)
Android Security Threat From 'Reverse Smudge Engineering'Wall Street Journal (blog)For that reason, I recommend pattern-swipers head over to Android's security settings and uncheck the default “make pattern visible” option. Bray recommends people stop swiping altogether and concludes that the numeric code option is the best for him: …A smudgy screen can foil your Android securityGMA [...]
In Censorship Move, Iran Plans Its Own, Private Internet (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:In Censorship Move, Iran Plans Its Own, Private Internet — An Iranian engineer who helped design and run the country’s Internet filters says he subtly undermined some censorship until fleeing into exile — Iran is taking steps toward an aggressive new form of censorship …
Google Takes Heat Over App Security – Wall Street Journal
to do more to secure its online store for smartphone applications. The company behind the now ubiquitous Android operating system came under fire after computer-security experts last week uncovered more than 50 malicious applications that were uploaded to …
Apple’s New iPad in Production (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:Apple’s New iPad in Production — Apple Inc. has started production of a new version of its iPad tablet computer, said people familiar with the matter. — The new device will be thinner, lighter and will come with a faster processor, more memory and a more powerful graphics processor, said the people familiar [...]
‘Look at You’ Facebook Wall Posts Lead to Phishing Site – Softpedia
A new phishing attack targeting Facebook users is rapidly spreading via intriguing wall posts that try to lure people onto a fake page. According to Facecrooks , the wall posts read ” Check it out here, Look at you haha:P ” and are accompanied by an image …
Dell to Buy Security Provider SecureWorks – Wall Street Journal
Dell Inc. agreed to acquire information-security company SecureWorks Inc., as the computer maker continues its expansion into providing technology services. Financial terms of the all-cash deal weren’t disclosed. SecureWorks, a privately-held company based …
When I checked my computer security settings, my firewall wall was shut off. Should I leave it like it is, or ?
should I turn it on? What are the advantages and disadvantages to turning firewall on.
Phishing Scam Uses Geithner’s Name – Wall Street Journal
Multiple World Bank officials were alerted this week to beware an email virus purporting to be from an unlikely source: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner . Getty Images Timothy Geithner The virus was detected in an attachment sent to several World Bank …
