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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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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10 ISP’s Found to be Using Search Redirects to Make Easy Money

by Mike Mansell August 5, 2011

As someone who spends the majority of my day on the Internet (probably a tad more than I should), I like to think that I have a sacred bond with my Internet Service Provider (ISP). After all, if my ISP didn’t do their job and provide me with my uplink to the world, I would [...]

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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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Arrests Made in Sony Hacking Fiasco

by Rohan Reddy June 10, 2011

Spanish authorities have made 3 arrests of people they believe to be linked to the hacking of Sony’s Playstation network. Authorities say the suspects are members of a known hacking group called Anonymous. The group is known for hacking into government networks, systems of large corporations, and even banks. It is not totally confirmed that the [...]

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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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Do Reverse Phone Directories Scare You?

by Guest Author May 6, 2011

Earlier this winter Google quietly without as much as the slightest press release disbanded its reverse phone lookup tool. This is despite a considerable increase in popularity over the use of such a tool and the fact that it was Google’s inaugural extra-search feature some years ago. When pressed Google said the decision was based [...]

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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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