US Leads the World in Spam
One interesting fact that didn't make it into this month's newsletter article on "The Secret Life of Spam" is that the United States leads the world in the overall volume of spam produced. And by a huge margin, too: according to security site Sophos, 24% of all spam...
Stop Using Internet Explorer – Again
The news of the latest zero-day (or previously unknown and unpatched) exploit for Microsoft's browser, Internet Explorer 8, being fixed is still fresh. But another has been announced. This one, however, has not been fixed. Even worse, Microsoft's known about it for 7...
Stop using Internet Explorer, Microsoft warns – Fix available
UPDATE: As of Thursday, May 1, Microsoft has issued a patch for Internet Explorer. It's available through Windows Updates, and the good news is they've included Windowx XP in the fix. Please note, however, that XP is still otherwise unsupported, and an upgrade to...
Will the Internet Become a Toll Road?
One of the key principles determining how the Internet operates is in danger. And it may disappear altogether if big corporations and the Federal Communications Commission have their way. The result could turn the information superhighway into a toll road, where...
Heartburn over Heartbleed
The online world is buzzing with concern over the latest big security scare - the Heartbleed bug. The problem is in a piece of critical, and widely used, encryption software called OpenSSL. The bug allows an attacker to sift through the short-term memory of a server...
Start 2014 Safe with a Security Checkup
New Year’s annual reboot provides an excellent opportunity to review your overall security situation online. Though many people faced with recent revelations of government and corporate tracking and surveillance may despair of doing anything at all, Internet security...