There’s an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 that enables simple data-stealing attacks by Web-based attackers and could lead to an attacker hijacking a user’s authenticated session on a third-party site. The flaw, which a researcher said may have been known since 2008, lies in the way that IE 8 handles CSS style sheets....
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Online note-saving service Evernote on Monday acknowledged that it had suffered a hardware fault at the beginning of July that resulted in potential data loss for more than 6,000 of its users worldwide. The issue was first reported by blog Techwave, citing a report from Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shinbun. In a Monday note to...
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Apple’s Safari browser has a major security hole that malicious sites can use to steal your personal data, including your address and phone number. If you have any of the “AutoFill web forms” boxes checked, a site can snag information from your Address Book entry without your knowledge. To turn that feature off, open...
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Apple’s massive data center in North Carolina will come online early next year, Apple execs said during an analyst conference call on Tuesday afternoon. “It’s on-schedule,” said Apple’s CFO Peter Oppenheimer. “We expect it completed by the end of the calendar year.” The $1 billion center is as big as the world’s biggest data...
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The recent AT&T data leak underscores the need for iPad security precautions. A few simple steps can help protect confidential data. AT&T apologized Sunday for a hack that exposed thousands of customers’ e-mail addresses last week, and said it will work with law enforcement to prosecute those responsible. A hacker group called Goatse Security...
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With the launch of Apple’s own iAd network imminent, Cupertino has chosen to clarify its position in regards to third-party advertisers: app developers are still allowed to pass on certain non-device data to ad companies besides iAd, but you need Apple’s explicit permission to do so… and you definitely can’t do it if the...
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New computer forensic tools will make it possible to recover more data from corrupted hard drives so long as the missing filles haven’t been overwritten. Tools designed to harvest images from disks even after they have been deleted from the file system can be adapted to seek other file formats including Word documents, says...
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Information technology is a double-edged sword. Digital networking makes large organizations more agile and productive, but it can also open the door to intruders, snooping competitors, and foreign operatives. Network administrators are tasked with securing servers even as other employees enter sensitive data in cloud-based spreadsheets, or work remotely with laptops full of proprietary...
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Giving a computer to somebody else? Maybe you’re putting it out on Craigslist to sell to a stranger—either way, you’ll want to make sure that your drive is completely wiped, scrubbed, and clean of any personal data. Here’s the easy way to do it. If you only have access to an Ubuntu Live CD...
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Viet Nam will draw about VND765 billion (US$40.5 million) from the State budget to ensure national information safety from now until 2020. The money would be used for technology infrastructure and institutions to protect national information, the Ministry of Information and Communications’ Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) director Vu Quoc Khanh told the Security...
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