Clickjacking?

Last Friday US-CERT warned network administrators to beware of clickjacking.  This is a fairly new threat that affects Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome, and Adobe Flash.  I can honestly say that if it is anything like the iFrame exploits from last winter that haunted all of my wordpress domains,  I’ll be ripped and [...]

Limbo Bank Trojan

Do you find it difficult to imagine a Trojan horse phishing program capable of assimilating itself at an online banking site in real time?  As early as last year I would never have considered Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) injection to be capable of such a serious breach of browser integration. Limbo malware is possibly the [...]

Securing a Home Router (Wireless)

In a WLAN, anything you broadcast over the air can be intercepted.  By default a wireless network is wide open to all until security is configured. Even when security is configured information can still be intercepted! It is very important that you strengthen the “out of the box” default mode that was set by the [...]

Check all ports before purchasing a used or refurbished laptop

If you are considering buying a used laptop you should check all ports prior to purchasing.  Most ports are integrated into the motherboard and motherboards can be expensive to replace if you happen to pick up a laptop that has a few bad ports… Alex Felsinger in his 10-Step Guide to Buying a Used Laptop [...]

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