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"Forgot your password" links the easy way in for hackers
By Christopher Null - Posted Wed Sep 3, 2008 11:31AM EDT
Never mind creating a password with at least eight characters, two of which are numbers, one of which is a capital letter, and one of which is a symbol like (*&^%$). The easiest way for a hacker to weasel into your account is likely Read More
Hoax alert: Crooks tracking victims with free key rings?
By Ben Patterson - Posted Tue Sep 2, 2008 12:34PM EDT
They hand you a free key ring, then follow you home by tracking the solar-powered chip that's hidden inside. Sounds spooky, right? Well, don't panic.Snopes. ... Read More
More: Security
iPhone security hole — and a fix — discovered
By Ben Patterson - Posted Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:09AM EDT
Have password protection enabled on your iPhone? Turns out there's an easy way for attackers to skip the password screen and access your contacts, browse the Web, poke through your e-mail, and even make calls. Luckily, there's an even easier way to patch Read More
Viruses! In! Space!
By Christopher Null - Posted Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:21PM EDT
No one is safe from the scourge of computer malware: NASA says that laptops taken to the International Space Station last month were infected with the Read More
Rich Mexicans turn to microchips to foil kidnappers
By Christopher Null - Posted Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:38PM EDT
If you've missed the news, kidnapping is big business in Mexico these days, with the incidence rate about 40 percent higher since 2004, now hitting about 6,500 abductions a year. Earlier this year the State Department issued a warning for U.S. ... Read More
More: Wi-Fi & Networking, Security
Nearly a third of spammed users take the bait: report
By Ben Patterson - Posted Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:45AM EDT
Is anyone really dumb enough to buy those sex "enhancement" pills, cheap Rolexes or pirated copies of Office advertised in spam? Well, yeah, and more than you might think, according to a recent survey. No wonder spammers keep coming back for mor Read More
More: Security
Should you EVER reply to a spam message?
By Christopher Null - Posted Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:06PM EDT
Reader Jeffrey writes: All of a sudden, I am receiving an inordinate amount of "bulk" email in my Yahoo account. Many of the identical emails are sent day after day, which I delete without opening. ... Read More
Scores of MobileMe users fall for phishing scam
By Ben Patterson - Posted Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:06PM EDT
As if buggy MobileMe e-mail and spotty performance wasn't bad enough, now there's word of scamsters targeting beleaguered MobileMe users—and apparently, more than a few took the bait. ... Read More
More: Security
Legal hammer falls on two AOL hackers
By Christopher Null - Posted Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:40PM EDT
Seven years in prison. That's the sentence for Michael Dolan, a 24-year-old hacker who has pleaded guilty to fraud and identity theft after spending years hacking his way across AOL's network. ... Read More
More: Security
Security pros completely bypass Vista's now "useless" security
By Christopher Null - Posted Sat Aug 9, 2008 7:53PM EDT
About all those fancy security measures Microsoft put into Windows Vista... well, they're now Read More
More: Windows Vista, Security
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