Expert analysis
Security process automation: Create order from chaos
As a boy I loved Lego. I’d use the red and green and white bricks that in those days came in just a few shapes, to construct houses, ships, cars and stairways that lead …
Check the privacy level of your Facebook account
If you have been worried lately about what information that you have included in your Facebook account might be accessible to people other than your Facebook friends, wonder …
Q&A: Anti-phishing training game
Norman Sadeh, CEO or Wombat Security, is also a Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University where he developed Wombat’s anti-phishing …
A closer look at Carbon Copy Cloner
If you care about your data, you should consider backups as essential, not just important. Apple did a lot for the average user with the introduction of Time Machine, but …
Black swans, secure access and business continuity
If you’d looked through the contingency plans of the world’s top 500 companies in March of this year, it’s unlikely you’d have found a scenario that …
A closer look at LastPass
LastPass (v. 1.68.2) is a multi-platform, multi-browser password manager and form filler. You can use it on Windows, Mac OS or Linux; with IE, Firefox, Safari or Chrome. I …
Lessons learned and ongoing risks at third anniversary of T.J. Maxx breach
As the third anniversary of the infamous TJX data breach approaches, Slavik Markovich, CTO of Sentrigo, shares his thoughts on how data security has improved, and also …
Patch time: Keeping your system and programs up-to-date
For all computer users, patching is an important aspect of keeping secure online. Need more information on exactly what patching is, why it’s so important, and how to …
A closer look at Tiptoe for Mac OS X
Zenopolis’ Tiptoe is a privacy application for Mac OS X that provides you with a “private browsing” like feature to all sorts of applications and to remove …
Mobilizing a community to fight malware
The word about Immunet’s free anti-virus solution is spreading fast. The agent installed on my computer tells me that there are currently 162,597 people in the Immunet …
Q&A: OWASP AppSec Research
John Wilander is the chapter leader for OWASP Sweden and expert consultant at Omegapoint AB. He’s working professionally in the intersection between software development …
A closer look at EXE Password Protector
Eltima’s EXE Password Protector (v. 1.1.6.214) allows you to password-protect any Windows executable file (excluding only system-critical files which influence Windows …