More Security Opinion

  • 02 May 2011

  • Opinion: Julian Assange: Facebook an 'Appalling Spying Machine'

    Julian Assange claims that Facebook is complacent in providing the U.S. government with a way to spy on its citizens, calling it "the most appalling spying machine ever invented."

  • Opinion: Buckle Up Before Entering the Telework On-Ramp

    On April 28, 2011 Jacob Lew released an OMB memorandum Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements, giving agency CIOs, in coordination with chief acquisition officers, 90 days to develop or update policies on purchasing computing technologies and services to enable and promote telework. Additionally, purchasing policies must address the information security threats raised by use of technologies associated with telework. While telework can produce resource savings and reduce time, expenses, and greenhouse gas production associated with weekly commuting, it also provides federal employees the ability to continue working during inclement weather, emergencies, or situations that may disrupt normal operations. However, telework is only as effective as the technologies used to support it, which is why it is critical for agencies to take measures to ensure that their

  • Opinion: Fake 'MacDefender' Brings Malware to Macs

    Fake anti-virus software is an old breed of malware that's finally found a new trick: Attacking Macs.

  • Opinion: Why you shouldn't care about location tracking

    I sat down at my computer, prepared to sync my iPhone 4 with iTunes. But I looked at the simple white cord I use to connect the phone, and it suddenly seemed more ominous -- like it was some sort of spy transmitter, sending the private details of my life directly to Apple.

  • 01 May 2011

  • Opinion: Google Tracks You Too, Internal E-mails Show

    A series of internal e-mails from last year highlights how important location data is to Google, and likely gives more ammunition to privacy advocates over how these companies track your every move.

  • 29 April 2011

  • Opinion: Cybercriminals Exploit PDF Filter to Embed Malware

    Avast! Virus Lab has discovered a dirty trick that cybercriminals are using to encode malware exploits and payloads into PDF files. Adobe says that the this trick has been used in a relatively small number of attacks, as well as one targeted attack.

  • 22 April 2011

  • Opinion: Don't panic over iPhone iOS location logging

    The news that the iPhone is logging users’ locations has spread faster than a YouTube video of a cat playing the trombone.

  • 20 April 2011

  • Opinion: A word to the web-wise

    Privacy has made a lot of headlines over the past couple of years and caused many of us to think about just how easily some of the apparent ‘gotchas’ that appear in the tabloids and broadsheets could apply to us. If you’re an aficionado of mobile computing or a smartphone user, you may be at particular risk.

  • 09 December 2010

  • Opinion: Web scams that could fool you

    Maintain your PC properly and keep your antivirus software up to date and you needn’t fret too much about malware bringing it down. So goes the mental mantra many of us work by.

  • 28 September 2010

  • Opinion: Google: friendly giant, benevolent despot?

    When Google first found its way into the public consciousness it was as a quirky but effective service: a simple search tool that cocked a snook at the monolithic giants of the PC industry. Its ‘Don’t be evil’ slogan and unusual working practices made Google seem like a creative breath of fresh air, churning out innovative free products and enjoying positive PR that the likes of Microsoft and IBM would kill for.

  • 27 May 2010

  • Opinion: Eating up your words

    It may seem as though it's always been around, but Hotmail is only just about to turn 14 years old. It wasn't the first webmail client, but it was the first one to make an impact, being free and available to anyone who wanted to sign up for it.

  • 29 April 2010

  • Opinion: New threat: Undetectable Facebook scams

    I recently received two Facebook email notifications that set my security spider-sense tingling. Nothing was obviously wrong with the messages, which said that my friend had tagged a photo of me and commented on it. But something about a reference to an app named 'Who stalks into your profile' just didn't feel right.

  • 27 April 2010

  • Opinion: False warning on iPad virus

    BitDefender, the company itself proclaims, is the creator of one of the industry's fastest and most effective lines of internationally certified security software.

  • 19 April 2010

  • Opinion: Facing up to responsibility

    As many a politician discovered in the run-up to the general election, a reputation can be easily destroyed by clumsy use of online self-promotion tools. It's become quite a game watching the fallout after another memorable clanger has been dropped, wondering which wannabe MP would mess up most spectacularly.

  • 31 March 2010

  • Opinion: Emergency IE patch fixes zero-day flaw

    A growing number of attacks against an Internet Explorer security flaw prompted Microsoft to publish an early fix that wasn't scheduled to come out until April.

  • 10 March 2010

  • Opinion: Microsoft admits IE 6 and 7 vulnerability

    A new security hole in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 can be targeted via code on a poisoned website, Microsoft has warned. A successful attacker could install malware on a victim PC or run any other remote command.

  • 04 March 2010

  • Opinion: Of thrills and information spills

    Have you heard the one about the Scotland Yard staff who couldn't resist sharing the odd tale on Facebook? Given their line of work, you'd think they'd practise a bit of caution. Stories like these are manna to the press, you know. They're also of interest to another none-too-popular group: hackers.

  • 24 February 2010

  • Opinion: Facebook security holes can't go on

    A frustrated Facebook user, unable to contact the social networking site directly, writes an open letter discussing what he sees as the site's security shortcomings.

  • 15 February 2010

  • Opinion: Thank Microsoft for Patch Tuesday. Really

    As a child I had two ambitions: to buy and eat the entire contents of a chocolate vending machine, and to make it into the Guinness Book of Records. Ambition one has been long-since fulfilled (many times), but the closest I'll ever get to Norris McWhirter is reporting on Microsoft's increasingly spectacular software updates.

  • 08 February 2010

  • Opinion: Free and friendly Windows security software? What's the catch?

    An anti-virus solution for Windows that's free, respects your personal privacy and doesn't get in your face? I'm currently trialling Avast! Free, a free-to-download package from Alwil Software. And historically, Avast! is also rated well in AV group tests. The only drawback I've seen so far is the daft Yahooesque! exclamation mark in the name...

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