Category: Security News

The Dynamic Duo for Securing your Android: Common Sense and Security Software

October 1, 2012

On Thursday, September 12, Duo Security, a young-but-respected vendor of two-factor authentication devices, announced the preliminary results of a study of over 20,000 Android devices from a two month old study they performed. Based on the results, they calculated that over half of Android devices on the market have security vulnerabilities that are, as yet, … More The Dynamic Duo for Securing your Android: Common Sense and Security Software

Facebook timeline security & privacy: steps to keep your account & identity safe

September 26, 2012

Now that Facebook’s timeline feature is in the final stages of being rolled out to all users (including, finally, to my account), it is important that everyone understands how to use the feature and, most importantly, how to secure your identity and privacy in its new context. Timeline is quite a simple feature, introduced by … More Facebook timeline security & privacy: steps to keep your account & identity safe

Ransomware in Irish part of global cyber-extortion attack

September 20, 2012

In recent weeks reports have been coming in, of ransomware appearing on some infected Irish computers. It uses (poorly translated) Irish language in a message that claims the user’s computer has been locked – either by Garda or by some government agency – for some alleged illegal activity, such as downloading illegal content or distributing … More Ransomware in Irish part of global cyber-extortion attack

Ransomware Part III: another drop of the Irish

September 19, 2012

I’m caught up this week in a lengthy internal meeting, and next week with Virus Bulletin in Dallas, but I couldn’t resist a quick follow-up to the Gaelic ransomware posts here and here. The indefatigable Kafeine (heartfelt hat tip!) has laid his hands on another copy of the scam message, and this time it does … More Ransomware Part III: another drop of the Irish