Thursday, March 28, 2013

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

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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.

New report details cyberwar rules, puts hackers in crosshairs

03.23.2013 9:23 AM

The damages caused by a virtual attack would need to be as serious as those in a real world, or kinetic, attack.

 

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French students' group seeks $50M in criminal damages from Twitter

03.21.2013 1:15 PM

The French Union of Jewish Students filed a lawsuit seeking $50 million in criminal damages from Twitter and its CEO Dick Costolo over the company's failure to identify those responsible for a series of anti-Semitic posts last October. Twitter retorted that the union was "grandstanding."

How the worlds largest cyberattack slows down your Internet use

03.27.2013 1:20 PM

A fight between anti-spam group Spamhaus and a Dutch web-hosting company has escalated into a large-scale DDoS attack that is causing widespread web congestion.

Defense spokesman says DoD not dumping BlackBerry

03.21.2013 3:30 PM

A U.S. Department of Defense spokesman said Thursday that a report that suggests the defense agency is dumping BlackBerry devices was inaccurate, and that BlackBerry is still part of ongoing DoD mobile device deployment plans.

Iran is a more dangerous cyber threat to U.S. than China or Russia

03.21.2013 4:00 PM

Cyber threats from larger, more advanced nations that have diplomatic relations with the United States focus on cyber espionage and theft. But Iran is a more irrational actor and is building a cyber capability that is retaliatory in nature.

12 simple steps to safer social networking

03.22.2013 3:02 AM

Follow our privacy tips for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Instagram to ensure that you're not oversharing.

Is a 'bring your own support' movement killing the help desk?

03.22.2013 11:54 AM

A "bring your own support" movement is sprouting up within BYOD programs as employees become more self-sufficient. Is this a death knell for the IT help desk? One possible savior: an enterprise Genius Bar.

Legal experts pitch in to appeal AT&T hacker's sentence

03.22.2013 3:15 PM

Legal experts are stepping in to help hacker Andrew Auernheimer appeal his 41 month prison sentence for illegally accessing emails and other data belonging to about 120,000 iPad subscribers of AT&T's networks.

Security vendors fix flaw in Samsung phones screen lock

03.23.2013 10:33 AM

Two security vendors have released temporary fixes for a flaw in some Samsung Android phones that could allow an attacker to bypass a locked screen, which Samsung has not yet addressed.

California senator pushes electronic privacy protection

03.23.2013 11:03 AM

Congress has let the Electronic Communications Privacy Act languish for decades, so a California state senator is urging the states to enact their own protections.

South Korean cyberattacks used hijacked patch management accounts

03.23.2013 5:31 PM

The attackers who unleashed devastating hard-drive wiping malware on South Korean TV stations and banks earlier this week executed at least part of the attack by hijacking the firms' patch management admin accounts, the software vendor involved has said.

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