More dangers of amateur crypto, written 16 hours ago, The Good Math blog continues to inadvertently provide examples of how subtle mistakes in cryptography are often fatal. I previously wrote about how slightly incorrect crypto examples on a reputable blog can lead engineers astray. The latest pos...

Holiday Season Cyber Scammers Target Victims, written 3 days ago, Tis' the season for giving. Just make sure you protect yourself from accidentally giving away your persona information to cyber criminals.

Retarded E-mails - Crack Hotmail? Hack Facebook? Boyfriend Cheating?, written 1 day ago, I get a lot of these e-mails, sometimes I receive them almost every day. I had a thought the other day, it might be amusing if I shared them with you guys. So I’ll post them up every time I receive 2-3. I’ve...

Record growth in malware in 2008: F-Secure, written 16 hours ago, The year 2008 has seen another record of explosive growth in the amount of malicious software (malware) on the Internet, according to F-Secure. F-Secure protects consumers and businesses against computer viruses and other threats...

Web Security Horror Stories, written 3 weeks ago, Web Security Horror Stories View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: webapps xss)       

Thanks for Reading, written 1 day ago, It is with a touch of sadness that I move on from the Internet security beat here at IT Business Edge. Online security is, of course, a vital topic. It’s also fun to cover. I love the give and take of online security issues: It’s good cop versus bad, white ...

New XBox 360 Avatars, written 1 week ago, So, near the end of last week, I fired up my Xbox and downloaded the new “experience” – a massive update to the UI, which includes avatars. Lots of cool new stuff, but when I checked out my friend’s avatars, now that was really cool. This *is* ...

Apple takes down their Mac and antivirus support note - negligence?, written 2 days ago,   Somebody noticed that the Apple support site had a Knowledgebase article that advised "Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one a...

Social Media ABC's - Y is for YouTube, written 2 weeks ago, Welcome to my series of blog posts on the ABC's of Social Media, a tool that you can use to make you more "hip" in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (just to name a few).  Today's letter is "Y".  Y was a pre...

XP Antivirus, written 1 month ago, We have spoken extensively on this blog and at PCSecurityShield about the fake "antivirus" software, XP Antivirus and similar products. It seems now that the developers and marketers of these products have been identified ... but not yet caught. The sch...

President of France not immune to online theft, written 3 days ago, According to the Associated Press, French police said that in October of this year they arrested two men for breaking into the personal bank account of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.   The BBC says that the Internet hack...

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Coming on Patch Tuesday: 8 bulletins, 6 critical, written 5 hours ago, The final Microsoft Patch Tuesday for 2008 will be a big one: 8 bulletins covering serious code execution flaws in a wide range of ubiquitous software. According to the company’s advance notice mechanism,  six of the eight bu...

Will the VAT reduction make any difference at all?, written 3 days ago, I have had to adjust the VAT codes and prices on my Epos systems (electronic point of sales - otherwise known as tills) and online shop this week. The reason? The government think that they can eradicate the credit crunch by red...

WOT Extends Email Protection, written 1 day ago, Web of Trust (WOT) has now added the top three free email services to its free security protection. This gives users of Google Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail even greater protection as WOT checks links embedded in emails and the symbols w...

WinWebSecurity, written 23 hours ago, WinWebSecurity is not a security tool but it uses very convincing methods to trick people into purchasing this program. Win Web Security is a corrupt anti-spyware. If installed, it keeps urging to pay for using the application although neither free nor full vers...

How to remove PerfectDefender 2009 - Perfect Defender 2009 Remover, written 2 days ago, PerfectDefender 2009 is another rogue security application that may damage your PC and steal money. PerfectDefender 2009 displays fake security warnings and alerts designed to trick users into buying full c...

Don't underestimate your security needs in a downturn, written 3 weeks ago, Heed this warning:You need security now more than ever! Do not underestimate your security needs during a downturn in the markets. Security in a Market Downturn As the markets downturn, salaries wane and employm...

My personal comments on 419, Nigerian, Lottery, Transfer Agent other online scams. All of the e-mails posted here are fraudulent or scam e-mails. If you get one, delete it. Believe me, it's not worth the trouble answering it.

UPDATED: Apple to Users: Double Up on Prophylactics, written 2 days ago, The Register on an Apple technical note that may have been written while high: “Apple goes further than just recommending the use of one scanner to advise the use of multiple tools. ‘Apple encourages the widespread us...