Thursday, March 21, 2013

How (and why) to set up a VPN today

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03.21.2013

How (and why) to set up a VPN today

03.19.2013 3:01 AM

Investing in a good VPN is one of the smartest steps you can take toward improving your online privacy. We'll show you how to do it right.

Google enhances security for your website look-ups

03.20.2013 9:45 AM

Google has fully implemented a security feature that ensures a person looking up a website isn't inadvertently directed to a fake one.

 

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Researcher: Security appliances are riddled with serious vulnerabilities

03.15.2013 4:30 AM

The majority of email and Web gateways, firewalls, remote access servers, UTM (united threat management) systems and other security appliances have serious vulnerabilities, according to a security researcher who analyzed products from multiple vendors.

Facebook makes stealth fix to timeline data leak, group says

03.18.2013 5:38 AM

Facebook quickly fixed a privacy leak in its new timeline after being alerted to the problem, according to a watchdog that follows the social-networking site closely.

When you encrypt a file or a hard drive, is it really secure?

03.21.2013 7:53 AM

Porcupins asked the Antivirus & Security Software forum if encryption standards like AES really make your data secure.

'NotCompatible' Android malware showing rise in activity

03.17.2013 4:18 AM

The malware is essentially a simple network proxy, which pretends to be a system update in order to get unwitting users to install it.

North Korea restores Internet access, blames US hackers

03.16.2013 9:09 AM

Internet connectivity to North Korea was restored late Friday after a day-and-a-half-long outage that the country's official media blamed on international hacking.

Google Chrome: Best security tips for safer browsing

03.18.2013 3:30 AM

The browser's built-in security features are good but not perfect. Here's how to work around Chrome's shortcomings and protect yourself from attack.

Judge ignores leniency plea, hands AT&T hacker a 41-month-sentence

03.18.2013 2:25 PM

A federal judge Monday sentenced a hacker to 41 months in prison for illegally accessing email addresses and other data belonging to more than 120,000 iPad subscribers from AT&T's networks.

Security blogger's latest whodunit comes with a twist

03.16.2013 7:45 AM

A denial of service attack shut down Brian Krebs' website while at the same time police showed up at his door, pointed guns at him and threw him into handcuffs.

Opinion: CISPA isn't the evil, privacy-infringing legislation you think it is

03.15.2013 1:00 PM

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has controls and limitations that make it much less scary than it is portrayed by opponents.

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