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Single sign-in gains ground

There seems to be a persisting problem: how to remember the passwords to all the websites you use and that require you to login? For myself, I chose to use a password manager …

Facebook continues to shoot down deceptive ads

In an ongoing battle against spam and deceptive ads and offers running inside applications, Facebook has terminated their business relationship with two more networks who …

Twitter users troubled by locked accounts

If you have been using Twitter for a long enough time, chances are you have been locked out of it at least once. If you haven’t, you’ve probably seen tweets of …

Google Dashboard: What does Google know about you?

You’ve been using Gmail for ages. Every location you needed to find, every trip you organized – Google Maps was there for you. Most searches you ever started …

Backdoor access for millions of Facebook and MySpace accounts

Yvo Schaap, a young Dutch application developer on Facebook, stumbled on a back door into any user account that accesses the application he’s working on. He discovered …

Mac malware disguised as game

Symantec shared an uncommon Mac malware type on one of their official blogs: a combination of malware and a game similar to the once popular Space Invaders. They detected the …

Intelligence agency hit by DoS attacks

According to The Local, Sweden is seeing her share of cyber disruptions and attacks this last few days. First a technical error blocked access to hundreds of Swedish websites …

Malware writers target online gamers

Online games have been spared so far from massive amounts of malware, but things seem to change lately, as more and more malware writers concentrate their efforts on writing …

Windows 7 vulnerable to most viruses

Windows 7 was touted as a big improvement on Vista, security aspect included. The Sophos team wanted to test that assertion, so they installed a full release copy of the new …

Hacked iPhones held hostage

Dutch T-mobile customers that use jailbroken iPhones got a nasty surprise yesterday. A “message” popped up on their screen claiming that their iPhone’s been …

Hardware hacker charged with aiding computer intrusion and wire fraud

Ryan Harris aka DerEngel, a hardware hacker/modder and author of a book on hacking cable modems has been charged with conspiracy, aiding and abetting computer intrusion and …

What information security might look like in a decade

Esther Dyson, a former chair of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ICANN, and a long-time successful investor in IT start-ups, addressed on Sunday the crowd gathered …

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