The Security Shelf

C-13: Who’s the bully?

Bill C-13 is being promoted by the Conservatives as addressing cyber-bulling, but it is much more about the Harper government bullying Canadians into giving up ...

Adobe Releases Security Update for Adobe Shockwave Player

Adobe has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.7.148 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

Clean Out Your Computer Day with System Mechanic

February 10, 2014 is clean out your computer day and we're giving away a free copy of System Mechanic to help.

Hackers target TD Canada Trust Customers

TD Canada Trust customers beware: Criminals are targeting you with a phishing scam. The email claims to be from email@easywebcpo.td.com; an address that TD customers may ...

Hacked Within Minutes: Sochi Visitors Face Internet Minefield

According to NBC, the U.S. State Department has told Americans travelling to Sochi that they should have “no expectation of privacy,” even in their hotel ...

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Iowa DHS data breach dates back 2008, more than 2,000 impacted

Information on more than 2,000 individuals leaked outside a secure network because, since 2008, two employees with the Iowa Department of Human Services used personal ...

Dammit internet… you promised naked videos of my Facebook friends

Stop riding me, IT guy… I just installed Trojan ‘updated Flash’: Hundreds of people have been tricked into installing Trojan malware after clicking on a ...

HBGary Announces Advanced Endpoint Security, Incident Detection And Enhanced User Efficiency With Active Defense 1.4

Active Defense 1.4 includes enhanced filtering, customized Web-based dashboards

Security: It’s knowing what you don’t know

… and what you can do about it: Live Reg TV Some vendors will tell you that security problems are solved by sticking a device ...

Twitter plugs protected accounts bug to flush out stalkers

Creepy types can no longer see selectively shared tweets via SMS: Twitter has killed a bug that had allowed some stalkers on the micro-blogging site ...

Mt. Gox CEO’s blog goes blank after alleged hack

Hackers attacked the personal blog of Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles on Sunday and posted what they claim is a ledger showing a balance of ...

Joomla receives patches for zero-day SQL injection vulnerability, other flaws

Recently released security updates for the popular Joomla content management system (CMS) address a SQL injection vulnerability that poses a high risk and can be ...

Robert Anderson, Jr. Named To Lead FBI Criminal, Cyber, Response, And Services Branch

He will be responsible for all criminal and cyber investigations worldwide

Report: Dexter, Project Hook variants remain prevalent

Variants of the Dexter and Project Hook point-of-sale malware continue to pose a threat to retailers, according to new research by Arbor Networks’ security engineering ...

Virtual machine (VM) security still a work in progress

Trying to protect your expanding virtual machine (VM) empire will require a security product that can enforce policies, prevent VMs from being terminated or infected, ...

A clear-eyed guide to Mac OS X’s actual security risks

Apple has improved its security in recent years, but is it enough?

Court rejects U.S. gov’t bid to hold phone records beyond five years

The secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has ruled against a U.S. government request that it be allowed to hold telephone metadata beyond the current five-year ...

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