Everyday hackers are constantly scanning the internet and seeking vulnerable systems to compromise. These open ports can be used in attacks against your computer or home network. Gibson Research Corporation (GRC) offers a simple test called ShieldsUP! that will check the security of your computer connection to the internet. This morning I ran the [...]
A report issued by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration on September 24, 2008 claims that two IRS systems designed to process and manage tax returns will be implemented and allowed to run while IRS staff know about security flaws. Source: treas.gov This report centers on the Customer Account Data Engine (CADE), a [...]
Botnet trackers are still wondering this month what happened to the Storm botnet. Storm’s command and control servers continue to remain unresponsive. No doubt Storm is probably evolving in the wild as something yet to be discovered. Marshal security analysts at TRACE ((Threat Research and Content Engineering) stated in the October 15 issue of Techlinks [...]
My concern over clickjacking (that I posted late last month on the Tekblog) appears to be resolved for safe surfing in Firefox with the upgrade of a security tool called NoScript with clearclick. BTW, I strongly believe that Firefox is one of the most secure web browsers on the internet today. Google, IBM Internet Security [...]
In early September while using an ATM machine at a bank in Southern Florida, a lady had trouble placing her card in the ATM card reader slot. Upon closer investigation she noticed that the color of the card slot was a little different than the rest of the machine. She immediately alerted authorities who removed [...]
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