Shoppers and retailers aren’t the only ones gearing up for the holidays. Criminals are out in full force with plenty of scams to separate you and your money
Originally posted at Safe and Secure
By Larry Magid
If you have an SMC8014 cable modem/Wi-Fi router from Time Warner your network might still be vulnerable to attack. Blogger David Chen reported last week on a security hole affecting about 67,000 combo modem/router devices that could allow anyone to access Time Warner customers’ private networks, snoop …
Originally posted at InSecurity Complex
By Elinor Mills
In war and possibly in peace, China will wage cyberwar to control the information flow and dominate the battle space, according to a new report compiled for a congressional commission.
Chinese military strategists see information dominance as the key to overall success in future conflicts and will continue to expand …
Originally posted at Military Tech
By Mark Rutherford
Microsoft on Wednesday said it is fixing a bug in Bing that allowed spammers to bypass spam filters and distribute malicious links.
Researchers at Webroot Software discovered a spam campaign earlier this week that used the search engine’s own redirection mechanism and a link-shrinking technique to send people to …
Originally posted at InSecurity Complex
By Elinor Mills
Imagine your laptop gets stolen. Wouldn’t it be great to remotely spy on the machine and get it back?
Clair Fleener, chief executive of IT outsourcer InertLogic, got that chance after a laptop belonging to a customer was stolen.
Fleener was instrumental in the investigation that led to the …
Originally posted at InSecurity Complex
By Elinor Mills
