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CNN reports that more than 760 organizations — including IBM, Intel, Facebook, Amazon, and Google — had a breached “command and control” server, the name for a machine that hackers use to direct the fleets of compromised PCs that they have gained control over. As the CNN article notes, most companies don’t like admitting that they’ve been compromised, but the fact is most companies are likely just finding out they’ve been hacked at all. Read More
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emailA Comparison of Seven Cloud Services Asks ‘How Much Control Do You Give Up?’
Posted on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
A ZDNet article examines the Terms of Service for several popular websites, including Amazon Web Services, Box.net, Dropbox, Google, Microsoft Windows Live (including SkyDrive), SugarSync, and Apple’s MobileMe. Definitely take a few minutes to read the entire article, which points out that “knowing what a service can do with your files is a crucial bit of information when you’re formulating strategies to keep personal and confidential information secure.” Read More
Sony’s PlayStation Data Theft and Your Online Security, By the Numbers
Posted on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 by Elaine Rigoli
Serious data breaches at both Sony and Epsilon have allowed hackers to steal millions of customers’ personal details in the past month alone. If you own a Sony PlayStation network, hackers now know your name, your home address, your email address, your birthday, and your PlayStation password and login name. That’s a lot of data now in the hands of crooks. Check out this summary of the Sony data theft and how it affects you, by the numbers. Read More
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Facebook and Other Online Privacy Shockers: Should You Be Afraid of ‘the Cloud?’
Posted on Monday, March 7th, 2011 by Kent Lawson
Did you know that Facebook claims legal ownership of whatever we upload to them? Turns out you have no right to retrieve your information or any ability to permanently delete it. As CEO Kent Lawson reports in this article, that is just one example of a “downside” to sharing data, photos, or other sensitive personal information via “the cloud,” which is simply a metaphor for the Internet. Not ready to lose control of your personal information? Then keep reading to learn more about “the cloud” — where it’s been and, more importantly, where it’s going. Read More
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Wifi Hotspot Safety: Senator Makes Plea for Beefed Up Internet Security
Posted on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
The leading cause of identity theft? New York Senator Chuck Schumer has sent a letter to major website executives at Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo!, and Amazon, urging them to make secure addresses their default for all users (https instead of standard http). According to The New York Daily News, “with standard addresses, easy-to-use hacking programs make it a cinch for cyber-crooks to steal people’s passwords and credit card info at WiFi hotspots.” In fact, the senator gave a public demonstration in a New York coffeeshop by hacking into the Twitter account of a colleague whose laptop was using the free WiFi network. Read More
Wifi Wireless: Security Researcher Questions Network Protection
Posted on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
A computer programmer has allegedly figured out how to break into Amazon.com’s cloud computing network to effectively hack into other people’s computers. According to news agency Reuters, the researcher uses specialized software to “test 400,000 potential passwords per second using Amazon’s high-speed computers.” For better protection against hackers, remember not to use simple passwords to secure your network. Read More