After an extended outage resulting from compromise of Sony’s PSN and SOE gaming networks, on May 14th Sony began bringing those networks back online. Upon initial login, Sony PSN and SOE users were presented with a firmware upgrade and encouraged to change their passwords. The problem is, there was a security flaw in Sony’s password [...]

On April 20th, Sony acknowledged that portions of PlayStation Network were down. A follow-up announcement on April 26th confirmed there had been an intrusion on the Sony gaming network. On May 2nd, Sony announced that Sony Online Entertainment customer data was also breached. Read Full Post Sony SOE Added to PSN Compromise originally appeared on [...]

The unbridled use of social media in the workplace represents a growing area of risk to an organization’s information security posture. Social media networks present two distinct attack vectors: information leakage and false trust. Hackers, red teams and experienced penetration testers have used OSINT (open source intelligence style information gathering) for years. View full post [...]

Spyware removal can either slow the phase of the computer or compromise the use and the privacy of the net. Although it is not harmful to any computer, it needs to be applied and used properly to avoid any hastiness when it comes to detecting and removing any malwares and spywares. View full post on [...]

AutoComplete not only makes it easier for you to automatically fill in forms and logon to secure sites – it also makes it easier for Trojans and hackers to gain access to your personal data and logon credentials. Here’s how to clear the sensitive data stored by AutoComplete and how to disable the feature to [...]

Unless unique passwords are used for each site, it takes only the compromise of a single site’s credentials to have a toppling domino affect on the security of all your online assets. View full post on About.com Antivirus Software: What’s Hot Now

AutoComplete not only makes it easier for you to automatically fill in forms and logon to secure sites – it also makes it easier for Trojans and hackers to gain access to your personal data and logon credentials. Here’s how to clear the sensitive data stored by AutoComplete and how to disable the feature to [...]

AutoComplete not only makes it easier for you to automatically fill in forms and logon to secure sites – it also makes it easier for Trojans and hackers to gain access to your personal data and logon credentials. Here’s how to clear the sensitive data stored by AutoComplete and how to disable the feature to [...]