Shortly after Google introduced its Buzz social media tool last week the security community lit up about its disastrous lack of privacy controls. Setting up an account opened up your contacts and everyone could see who you’d been in frequent …

StopBadware, an anti-malware effort started at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, has announced that it has begun operating as a standalone non-profit organization called StopBadware, Inc. Google, PayPal and Mozilla have provided initial funding for the launch. …

Steganography is the art of concealing messages into something innocuous in such a way that it is extremely difficult for someone to suspect, let alone find, a hidden message. The etymology of the word “steganography” comes from the Greek language …

Some time ago I was reading about the Counterfeit banknote detector pen.  This pen basically writes in yellow on genuine money but in black or grey on fake money. So I thought, great but doesn’t that mean that if a …

Our researcher Adam Thomas came across a new piece of ransomware today, an encryption trojan via our old “friends” iframedollars. It encrypts the files on your hard drive very rapidly if you’re unfortunate enough to be victimized by it. It …

If you are a Twilight fan and eagerly looking forward to the latest movie, New Moon, watch for a viral marketing campaign that is currently doing the rounds on the Internet. USA Today reported this week that scammers and malware …

Someone put up a fun site in October. The “Mystery Google” search page gives you the search results of the person who did a search before you. The results can be… ahem… interesting. I tried it out with the word …

We have talked a lot about theft in the real world so I guess it is about time we also discuss theft in virtual world. The BBC reported that some Trojan software are now targeting Online Games and stealing login information …

Security is all about identifying threats and provisioning for them before your enemy exploits that threat. There are so many vectors to take care of that it truly is a daunting task. Input validation, perimeter control, user education, cryptography, physical …

A mass operation is underway to infect several thousands of computers worldwide. The attack from the malware writers is taking place from various sources using an array of different techniques. Information regarding this attack until now is very limited however …