Security

5 Consequences of an Information Security Breach

by Guest Author November 2, 2011

For a business, providing the most fool-proof security system available to your network isn’t always feasible. Information security systems are often incredibly expensive, and difficult to set up and maintain. However, not spending the extra time and money to have the security that you need is a huge risk. Having your information hacked into can [...]

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How To Fix Your Site If Google Says It Contains Malware

by Jeff Weisbein September 19, 2011

Google has your site listed as containing malware? Here’s how to fix it. Our step by step guide will help remove malware from your site and fix your Google results.

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5 Ways to Secure Your WordPress Install

by Jeff Weisbein August 26, 2011

WordPress has become an extremely popular website and blogging platform over the years, it is literally hosting hundreds of millions of websites. So how can you go about protecting your WordPress site? Here are 5 easy tips on how to make your WordPress more secure.

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Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Coupon Code

by Jeff Weisbein August 20, 2011

This month we’re offering 20% off Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware PRO if you use our coupon code at the checkout. If you buy it, what do you get? Well, for starters, you pay less than $20 and get a lifetime license which includes all future updates to the product and priority support.

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Malware: Perhaps the Fastest-Growing Android Development

by Mike Mansell August 5, 2011

Just yesterday I wrote about a move on the part of Google to enhance developers’ know-how and ability to create feature-rich tablet-focused applications for the Android mobile platform. Many people, myself included, believe that this well-played move will help Google to overcome one of the largest issues with its mobile OS; the fact that many [...]

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US Regulators to Banks: Beef Up Your Security

by Mike Mansell July 1, 2011

Back in the good old days robbing a bank was task that not only involved great risk, but highly thought-out planning and research as well. And even at that, there was nothing “fool-proof” about it. In fact, the closest thing to a “fool-proof” bank robbery that I’ve ever heard of was in the fictional 2001 film “Bandits” where Joseph Blake and Terry Collins kidnap bank managers on the evenings prior to their big heist in order to use their vault keys to open the doors.

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Citibank Gets Hacked

by Rohan Reddy June 9, 2011

Citibank, one of the largest banks in the world, has confirmed that there has been a data breach in its system that has affected roughly 1% of its customers in the US. That 1% is no small number either, totaling about 210,000 customers. The bank confirmed a May data breach, but let out no detail about the event at the time.

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Digital Investigators Uncover Crook Using Google Cookies

by Guest Author May 4, 2011

Last March, digital forensics service CCL assisted British law enforcement in apprehending a suspect through an intricate and unprecedented procedure that netted them access to a smartphone’s tracking cookies buried by Google Analytics. These cookies had Google “value” put on them by the search engine, which included vital information about the time sites were accessed [...]

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Will Mobile Phones Replace Wallets, Key Chains, and Passwords?

by Mike Mansell April 27, 2011

When the Apple iPhone was first released in 2007, one of the greatest features it sported (it was a first generation product, mind you) was the integrated “iPod” application which allowed users to store, carry, and listen to music just like Apple’s famed iPod music player. While I cannot find the story or video for [...]

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iPhone Found to Store Location Data: Is it a Big Deal?

by Mike Mansell April 21, 2011

Yesterday technology news was filled with stories regarding the Apple iPhone and the fact that it has recently been discovered to store a history of location coordinates. This news came after technology researchers Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan discovered a somewhat hidden file on the device while doing research for an entirely different project. Immediately after [...]

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