security

Cyber crooks are spitting out vast amount of spam, using an alleged video of Obama making his victory speech. The fake video first surfaced on Wednesday and is slmming the Internet with this infected email. The email actually contains a virus that can steal your identity and also any stored information on your computer system.
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There is not a week that goes by, that someone, somewhere, is not posting or blogging about a disabled Google account. The disabling of a Gmail account prohibits a user from not only using Gmail itself, but all of Google’s programs including Doc’s, Google Adsense, and other features. What continues to be disturbing is the [...]

I was contacted by Noah Edwardsen of Symantec Corp., who has provided me with a free copy of Norton Internet Security 2009, to be given away to any reader of The Blade. This is a download copy, so a broadband connection is highly recommended. Mr. Edwardsen also stated that this would be a 3 license [...]

I read an article over at ZD Net this morning that indicates that some companies seem to think that Google’s Chrome browser is a security risk. Though nothing specific is being mentioned, it appears that someone, some where may be trying to take the shine off of Chrome. Or is it a real security risk?
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In an age where data breaches are fairly common, companies are looking for alternative to getting rid of their old hard disks with sensitive data on them. In steps two brothers who saw a need and have filled it. The Saraiva brothers saw a need and have filled. In the back of their truck is [...]

A company from India has a new protection software for your cell phone called Maverick Secure Mobile. There are several features that make this type of protection well worth it. First it encrypts the data on your cell phone and also calls home via a text message to let you know where your cell phone [...]

The headline reads ‘Trust Durcell to scare the $#% out of you’, because of a new ad Duracell is going to show. The ad will show a mom getting out at a park and while getting an infant out of the car she sees a white sedan pulling away and her older child missing. No [...]

Linus Torvald who is the founder of the Linux kernel, took on the security folks calling the bug pluggers a bunch of ‘masturbating monkeys’. In a statement Torvalds also states that security has become a circus in which the security folks claim accolades when they discover a hole in software.
He also states that:
“one reason I [...]

Over at the Black Hat convention being held in Las Vegas two researches have hacked though the security features that Microsoft had put in place for Windows Vista. It is unfortunate that the Redmond giant is going to be embarrassed once again, but heh people, what did we really expect? Did anyone with half a [...]

The DNS [Domain Name System] which is basically the address book for the Internet, has some serious flaws that criminals could potentially exploit. Though there is some disagreement as to how dangerous the exploit may be, it has been proven that the patches being used may not work. So what is the danger with such [...]

For any of us who have traveled on an airline and who check in a laptop computer, you are aware of the annoying procedure. The user must physically remove the laptop computer from the carrying case and place the laptop in its own separate bin for inspection. For those of you who haven’t enjoyed this [...]

There seems to be some concern whether the US Border Patrol should be allowed to search laptops, whether there is suspicion of illegal activity or not. Two US Senators, as well as others are questioning the policies that the US Border Patrol has in place and whether they are necessary to protect the US or [...]

Maybe I missed it or did Osama Bin Laden place Sweden on his hit list?  Being a beacon for the threat of terrorism, the Swedish government has passed a wiretap law for all Internet and telephone traffic. But what is disturbing according to one source, is that that anyone entering into Swedish Internet space is [...]

The folks over at Microsoft Security Response Center want to make sure that users of Windows XP SP2 and SP3 know about this and are aware of its importance. The team wants to make sure that your system is properly protected. In a statement by  Christopher Budd, he has provided the following information:
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