Mac 101: Securing Your AirPort Wireless Network
You can lock down your devices, but that doesn't mean your network is safe. There are some features of Apple's AirPort networking technology that, if used properly, provide ample security for most households. The process is time-consuming, but it could pay off in the long run.
Spearphishing + zero-day: RSA hack not "extremely sophisticated"
Security firm RSA announced in March that it had been the victim of a hack that it described as "extremely sophisticated." The company has now shared some details of the attack. "Extremely sophisticated"? More like "run-of-th...
Tighten Up Safari’s Security With One Click [100 Tips #52]
You want your computer to be as secure as possible, right? Here’s one thing that newcomers to OS X might want to change pretty soon after getting their hands on their first Mac. The OS X web browser, Safari, is a pretty good browser...Massive SQL injection attack making the rounds—694K URLs so far
Hundreds of thousands of URLs have been compromised—at the time of writing, 694,000—in an enormous and indiscriminate SQL injection attack. The attack has modified text stored in databases, with the result that pages ...
Samsung laptop keylogger almost certainly a false positive
Mohamed Hassan had just installed anti-malware software on his new Samsung laptop when, much to his surprise, the software alerted him to the presence of a keystroke logger. A brand-new machine, and it was apparently already reco...
Rustock repercussions: Spam down by a third, at least for now
It's sure to be temporary, but we should enjoy it while we can: Microsoft's action to behead the Rustock botnet has seen global spam levels drop by about a third, according to Symantec-owned messaging and security provider Messag...
Our HBGary/Anonymous e-book now available on Amazon
When we launched our first e-book, Unmasked, it was available only to Premier Subscribers. The book collects our lengthy series of feature articles on the hacker collective Anonymous, how it broke into the servers of sec...
Firefox 4.0 Released
In case you missed it, the next version of Firefox was released yesterday morning. While version 4.0 has been in “beta” for quite some time now, this is now the full release version. It includes some interesting new features, such as: moving tabs t...
Feature: HTTPS is great: here’s why everyone needs to use it (so we can too)
This past weekend we ran a piece from Wired that looked at the issues surrounding unencrypted HTTP traffic and wondered why all websites aren’t shipped over HTTPS by default. The article puts forth an interesting premise&#...
RSA says hack won’t allow "direct attack" on SecureID tokens
Security firm RSA has been the victim of an "extremely sophisticated" attack that has resulted in exfiltration of certain private information, announced Executive Chairman Art Coviello in an open letter published yesterday. The c...
Security firm warns lack of iOS 4.3 update leaves iPhone 3G vulnerable
Security company Sophos is warning iPhone 3G and older iPod touch owners that their devices could be vulnerable to attack following Apple's decision not to make the iOS 4.3 update available to them.
In addition to AirPlay improvements and iTunes H...
