Stories tagged "security"

Why I stay away from Windows?

With Linux hyped as a very secure and stable operating system as compared to Windows, you might be wondering why would anyone need security tools for Linux. You are right. Linux is a secure and stable OS but is still vulnerable to bugs, security leaks and

What's weird is that the IP address resolves to Amazon.com ECS (elastic compute cloud). So I am guessing that it was an attacker using Amazon ECS services to do their dirty work. Hopefully Amazon can track down the abuser and take them off of their system

Caught the IP 64.27.5.162 trying to hit admin pages to spam a site. Looked up the IP address (64.27.5.162) it is listed many times as a comment spammer. I have had many problems with IP addresses under the control of Hollywood Interactive in California.

Many people are wondering what to do now that their bank has been acquired in the wake of the lending crisis. Well, whatever you do, don't click on links in e-mails purportedly sent by your bank.

Is YouTube really worth its value? Is it going to lose this value? Do websites that depend on users for their content will no longer exist? Is it possible to find one day an empty worthless YouTube which bought by google for 1.65 billion just 2 years ago?

On Thursday, Panda Security released its report for the third quarter stating that adware is responsible for one third of all new malicious software. In particular, the security company cited increased use of fake antivirus scanners.

A computer drive with the private details of a huge proportion of Armed Forces personnel is missing, the Ministry of Defence said today. It also has data on 600,000 potential services applicants and the names of their referees.

Thirty-one percent of customers -- nearly one-third of a company's client base and revenue source -- are terminating their relationship with organizations following a data breach, according to a recent study by the Ponemon Institute.

Researchers find clues as to how switching servers behind hard-coded domain names keeps criminals in business. Read this blog post by Robert Vamosi on News - Security.