Apple fans who claim that the Mac is more secure than PCs not only are wrong, but they're ignorant about their security risks, says a well-known hacker and security expert who has made a name for himself finding vulnerabilities in Windows. And Apple itself doesn't take security as seriously as does Microsoft, he claims.

In an effort to avoid potential crashes caused by installing new patches to computers infected with rootkit malware, Microsoft’s newest update will skip installation on infected machines.

A Japanese cyber extortion gang is running a new "name to shame" scam by duping users who pirate adult games into installing malware, then demanding that they pay up to keep their names from being publicly posted on the Web, a researcher said today.

Nathanael Paul likes the convenience of the insulin pump that regulates his diabetes. It communicates with other gadgets wirelessly and adjusts his blood sugar levels automatically.

Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander told the Senate Armed Services Committee April 15 that he would work to protect the privacy rights of Americans—even as he noted the amount of uncharted territory in cyber-law.

While only about 10 percent of industrial control systems are actually connected to the Internet, these systems that run water, wastewater, and utility power plants have suffered an increase in cybersecurity incidents over the past five years.

Hackers are exploiting the controversy surrounding illegal downloading in a bid to steal credit card details from web users, says F-Secure.

Apple today patched a critical Mac OS X vulnerability used by a security researcher three weeks ago to win $10,000 for hacking Safari at the Pwn2Own contest.

Are you smarter than a third-grader? Because the online education system used by the Fairfax County public schools apparently is not.

Security researchers have discovered flaws in common file formats, including .zip, which can be used to sneak malware onto computers by evading antivirus detection.

A block of 86 lines of C# code is creating a buzz online following claims it may make BitTorrent downloads untraceable.

У многих сегодня компьютеры подключаются к домашним телевизорам диагональ которых переваливает порой за 50″. А еще нередко можно встретить пользователей с беспроводными мышками и клавиатурами. Так почему бы не завалиться на диван и не посерфить на большом экране в интернете вместе с браузером специально адаптированным под такие занятия?

Стряпня — одно из моих любимых увлечений. Недавно, когда я в поте лица трудился над ризотто с морепродуктами, меня осенило: стряпня — это разновидность программирования. Люди получают удовольствие от процесса приготовления пищи практически по тем же причинам, по каким они получают удовольствие от программирования

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 обладает рядом полезных возможностей, позволяющих на порядок упростить жизнь IT-шнику. В этом ролике мы покажем, как произвести инвентаризацию установленных программ и оборудования, познакомимся с функцией управления требуемой конфигурацией, создадим пакет с программой и распространим его на клиентах, а также настроим средства для удаленного управления компьютерами.

If you're concerned about maintaing the most secure Mac possible--or perhaps you live or work on both Windows and Mac OS--BitDefender would like to talk to you. A longtime provider of security products for windows, BitDefender now offers two antivirus products for Mac users looking to batten down the digital hatches.

Tomorrow at Black Hat Europe a researcher will demonstrate a new, powerful breed of clickjacking attacks he devised that can bypass newly constructed defenses in browsers and Websites.

A third of 60 anti-malware products for Windows XP failed to make the grade in independent security tests.

The Apache Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports open source software projects and is itself supported by important companies like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, HP, and Facebook, has been attacked, and the Apache Infrastructure Team warned people today that some passwords were compromised in the process.

Microsoft fixed 25 holes on Tuesday, including critical ones for Windows that could be triggered by browsing to a malicious Web page, while Adobe plugged 15 holes in Reader and Acrobat and launched its new updater service.

Users hate them. They're a massive headache to network administrators. But IT departments often mandate them nonetheless: regularly scheduled password changes — part of a policy intended to increase computer security.

У каждого из команды ][ — свои предпочтения по части софта и утилит для пентеста. Посовещавшись, выяснили: выбор так разнится, что можно составить настоящий джентльменский набор из проверенных программ. На том и решили

Microsoft has delivered a significant update to its developer tools with the release of Visual Studio 2010, .Net Framework 4 and Silverlight 4.

Russia is not a safe haven for criminals or spammers, according to a Russian trade association campaigning to tighten up the admitted shortcomings of local cybercrime laws and build international cooperation.

Opera has announced Apple's approval of the company's Opera Mini browser in the iPhone App Store.

Since its launch, Internet Explorer 8 has blocked access to over 560 million sites that it determined were serving malware, or about 3 million blocks per day, said Brandon LeBlanc in a blog post on Friday. However, it is unclear how many of those sites were legitimate, duped into serving malware laced ads, sent to them from their ad network.

Michael Chertoff, former US secretary of Homeland Security; Richard Clarke, chairman of Good Harbor Consulting; and Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, share their views on how to prevent future cyberthreats. They outline areas of focus and how to protect against cyberthreats without imposing on privacy rights.

Появился новый таск-менеджер, который совершенно бесплатен. Изначально он заточен под групповую работу. Написан очень красиво и напакован всякими приятными штучками. Лучше всего вам про него расскажет скринкаст от WWD:

While many enterprises continue to build systems and strategies to protect their relational databases, many organizations haven't done enough to secure the information in the most common database format: the flat-file database, experts say.

Two researchers from Trustwave will demonstrate how a man-in-the-middle attack on Oracle databases can be leveraged to swipe user credentials and hijack sessions at the upcoming Black Hat Europe security conference.

Security experts are warning Windows Mobile phone users to beware of downloading games to their devices as it emerged that a Russian-speaking hacker has been uploading versions of a particular game with malicious Trojan programs hidden inside.

Researchers have discovered a flaw in the latest version of Oracle's Java runtime environment that attackers can exploit to remotely execute malicious code on end user machines.

For all the credit Facebook has received for its privacy controls and user safety, the site still falls prey to an unsettling number of security issues and potential data breaches. Last month a botched code push accidentally revealed private user email addresses, and before that Facebook accidentally sent private messages to the wrong recipients. Today, security engineer Joey Tyson, AKA theharmonyguy, has detailed a major security hole in Facebook Platform — one that would allow a malicious website to silently access a user’s profile information, photos, and in some cases, messages and wall posts, with no action required on the user’s part.

О восстановлении данных с файловых систем Linux не писал только ленивый. Для выполнения этой задачи существует множество самых разнообразных средств, включая утилиту debugfs, которая с легкостью извлекает любые потертые файлы с ext2

Mac security specialist Intego has begun offering the first antivirus scanner capable of inspecting Apple's much-hyped iPad, despite the questionable need for security scans on the device.

Signs are emerging that Microsoft has realized it can exploit concerns over what Google does with information involving where you've surfed and what you've searched for.

Companies using SAP AG's business management software could be vulnerable to stealth attacks by hackers if their systems are not properly configured, according to a computer security expert.

Joanna Rutkowska, a security researcher known for her work on virtualization security and low-level rootkits, has released a new open-source operating system meant to provide isolation of the OS's components for better security.

Ты, конечно, не раз слышал про такую штуку, как аппаратная виртуализация – технологию, позволяющую запускать несколько гостевых ОС на одной машине (так называемом хосте). Исторически первой была программная виртуализация, затем разработчики процессоров призадумались, что неплохо было бы обеспечить аппаратную поддержку этого дела

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Enterprises are spending huge amounts of money on compliance programs related to PCI-DSS, HIPAA and other regulations, but those funds may be misdirected in light of the priorities of most information security programs, a new study has found.