Kindsight perfecting Intrustion Detection System for home PC users
August 27, 2010
Security start-up Kindsight is in the late stages of bringing to market a breakthrough tool that could, if it catches on, establish a new paradigm for protecting consumers’ PCs.
Consider that iTune hijackers and online banking cyberrobbers both rely on a ready supply of illicitly-obtained usernames and passwords to log into your various Internet accounts.
They typically obtain your account credentials from phishers, who direct …More
Apple criticized for minimizing iTunes hijacking
August 25, 2010
Apple is coming under fire for sticking with a consumer online transactions system that is easily hijacked.
At issue is iTunes, the payment hub for Apple’s online sales of music, video and apps for iPods, iPhones and iPads. Turns out that hijacking an iTunes account is very straight forward. For at least the past year, iTunes hijackers have been buying stolen usernames and passwords from phishers and …More
What companies should know about complying with data security rules
August 24, 2010
The need to comply with industry and federal regulations for keeping data secure drives a good part of what many big organizations spend on security. In this LastWatchdog guest blog post,Tim Harvey, CEO of Perimeter E-Securitym, outlines the basic considerations. Perimeter supplies compliance, security and messaging services.
By Tim Harvey
A need for renewed focus on risk …More
Spanair crash shows deadly result of using tainted USB stick
August 22, 2010
A virus-carrying USB thumb drive has been implicated in the 2008 crash of a Spanish jetliner, the deadliest air disaster in Spanish history.
Packed with vacationers, Â Spanair Flight JK5022 smashed into the ground shortly after takeoff from Madrid’s Barajas international airport, bound for the Canary Islands. The Aug. 20, 2008 tragedy killed 154 of 172 souls on board the Boeing MD-80 jetliner.
El Pais cites a 12,000-page …More
Shifting dynamics trigger Intel’s McAfee acquistion; is Symantec next?
August 20, 2010
The 60% share-price premium McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt got Intel to pay to acquire McAfee doubled the share-price premium DeWalt garnered the last time he flipped a mid-sized tech company to a giant corporation.
In 2003, DeWalt, then CEO of Documentum, sold the content management firm to EMC, for $1.9 billion, at a share price that translated into a 29% premium, says Daniel Ives, tech industry analyst at …More
Try these new software tools to boost your protection
August 18, 2010
Roaming the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas last month, LastWatchdog ran across several powerful new tools recently and/or soon to be made available to consumers to help them better protect themselves online. This is another small step forward. Here is my report published today in 1.8 million copies of USA TODAY circulating in newsstands, newsracks and hotel rooms across the land.
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY, 18 …More
A call for de-escalating cyber espionage
August 17, 2010
Earlier this month, Sophos published its mid-year 2010 Security Threat Report, revealing some alarming attitudes in support of escalating cyber espionage. In this LastWatchdog guest post, Chet Wisniewski, Sophos senior security advisor, expresses his concerns about such attitudes.
By Chester Wisniewski
In the first half of 2010 two notable incidents raised awareness of cyber-war and …More
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