The Security Shelf

Apple releases iOS 7.1 to address multiple security issues

On Monday Apple released iOS 7.1 to address a number of security issues. The update is now available through iTunes and Software Update on iOS devices. ...

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 ...

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Japan preps new law to bolster government cyber defences

Government systems attacked every thirty seconds: Japanese lawmakers are urgently preparing a new bill designed to allow the governments information security agencies cut through the ...

Protect data by deleting it: Ground Labs

Why are you keeping credit card numbers in e-mail anyway?: Getting rid of unnecessary copies of private data will help companies comply with Australia’s new ...

It’s 2014 and Microsoft Windows PCs can still be owned by a JPEG

Update now: OS, Internet Explorer and (of course) Flash all in line for fixes: Patch Tuesday Microsoft has fixed security bugs in Internet Explorer and ...

Mt. Gox hit by DDoS attacks before massive theft, 150,000 per second

Massive distributed denial-of-service attacks plagued Mt. Gox in early February, not long before the former world’s biggest Bitcoin exchange was hit by an alleged separate ...

CIA hacked Senate PCs to delete torture reports. And Senator Feinstein is outraged

NSA cheerleader’s concern is hypocritical, says Snowden: US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has issued a rare public rebuke to the CIA after the agency hacked ...

Adobe, Microsoft Push Security Updates

Adobe and Microsoft today each released software updates to fix serious security flaws in their products. Adobe pushed an update that plugs a pair of ...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday rounds up IE flaws

For this month’s “Patch Tuesday” round of bug fixes, Microsoft has focused on correcting multiple vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE), including one that is already ...

More than 162,000 WordPress sites used in DDoS attack

A popular website was downed after attackers launched a distributed denial-of-service attack using more than 162,000 WordPress sites.

Microsoft Patches 23 Security Vulnerabilities in March Update

A critical Internet Explorer zero-day flaw first disclosed nearly a month ago is among the patches.

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release fixes 23 bugs, including IE zero-day

This month, five security updates, two which are rated “critical,” address vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, and Silverlight.

Cyberattacks could paralyze U.S., former defense chief warns

As the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta delivered strong warnings about the risks of cyberattacks on the country. His conviction that a possible ‘cyber ...

Zeus-in-the-mobile variant uses security firm’s name to gain victims’ trust

Android users are tricked into installing a spurious “security” app, which allows fraudsters to bypass one-time password authentication for online banking.

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