More Security Opinion

  • 18 June 2012

  • Opinion: Password-Protect Your Files, Folders, and Drives with File Secure Free

    Your data is like your business blood: It must be protected at all costs. That's why it's a good idea to safeguard your most important data, to back it up in case of disaster, to password-protect it in case of loss or theft, and to destroy it when it's no longer wanted.

  • 13 June 2012

  • Opinion: How to Permanently Erase Personal Files From a Company PC

    Reader Steve wrote in with this question:

  • 08 June 2012

  • Opinion: Music Site Last.fm Joins the Password-Leak Parade

    Music site Last.fm is investigating a security breach involving the leak of some user passwords, the site said Thursday. The admission is the third in two days, following similar news from social networking site LinkedIn and dating site eHarmony on Wednesday.

  • 06 June 2012

  • Opinion: The politics of digital warfare

    This year there's a Summer Olympics, a European football contest, and a US presidential election. The Olympics return to London for the first time since 1948, the Euro Cup comes to Poland and Ukraine, and the US election hinges on only a few states as the USA still uses a colonial-era "electoral college" which supersedes the popular vote."

  • 25 May 2012

  • Opinion: Absinthe 2.0 Jailbreak Is What's Wrong with iOS

    A tireless collaborative effort by the iOS Jailbreak Dream Team (a group comprised of members from the Chronic-Dev Team and the iPhone Dev Team) has yielded Absinthe 2.0--a jailbreak utility for iOS 5.1.1. While some appreciate being able to break out of Apple's "walled garden", the fact that iOS devices can be rooted poses a significant security risk.

  • 24 May 2012

  • Opinion: Box Adds Admin and Security Features for Business

    Box unveiled five new features for its cloud storage service aimed at making it easier for business customers to manage and protect data stored in the cloud. Among the various cloud storage and file sharing options available Box already stands apart from the crowd in catering more to businesses than consumers, and these latest improvements put even more distance between Box and its rivals.

  • 22 May 2012

  • Opinion: "My name's Matt. And I don't back up"

    It's a shocking admission for the editor of a technology magazine to make, but one that's true for all too many of us. But how, and why, should you safeguard your data?

  • 18 May 2012

  • Opinion: Want Privacy on Twitter? Use Firefox

    True privacy can be hard to come by in the socially enabled online world, but Twitter on Thursday announced that it has joined Firefox maker Mozilla in taking a big step forward for users.

  • 15 May 2012

  • Opinion: Facebook Users Don't Trust Site on Privacy Issues

    Facebook lays claim to more than 900 million members across the globe and may have a massive initial public offering in the coming days, but a new poll says users have trust issues with the social networking site. More than half of those surveyed, 59 percent, said they had little to no trust that Facebook would keep their information private, according to an AP-CNBC poll. The study also found that 54 percent of the survey's 1,004 respondents would not "feel safe at all" purchasing goods and services through the world's largest social network.

  • 14 May 2012

  • Opinion: Apple is Asking Kaspersky for Security Advice

    Apple, whose Mac OS was once known for its rock-solid security, is seeking outside help to root out vulnerabilities

  • 13 May 2012

  • Opinion: Verizon Defends Customer Privacy in Publisher's Suit

    Verizon is fighting a move by a book publisher to obtain personal information on ten of its customers accused of illegally sharing electronic copies of books in the popular "Dummy" self-help series.

  • 12 May 2012

  • Opinion: Phony Flash Player Plants Malware on Android Phones

    Adobe Flash Player users beware: A website that promises visitors a free copy of the download for all versions of Android is reportedly planting malware on smartphones running Google's mobile operating system.

  • Opinion: Facebook's Potential For Putting User Data to Work Off Network Stirs Debate

    Facebook's desire to further put its user data to work for the social network makes sense because advertising is a major profit driver, and the company is looking to impress investors ahead of its IPO.

  • 10 May 2012

  • Opinion: Wi-Fi-Blocking Wallpaper Keeps Your Signal In, Intruders Out

    French scientists have created a they of wallpaper that can block Wi-Fi signal, meaning you can boost your network security and redecorate all in one go.

  • 09 May 2012

  • Opinion: Microsoft Fixes Critical Flaws with Patch Tuesday Updates

    Microsoft released a total of seven new security bulletins for May's Patch Tuesday. Four are rated as Important, and the other three are Critical, but two in particular are getting the most attention: MS12-034 and MS12-029.

  • 07 May 2012

  • Opinion: Recover Encrypted Files From An Old Hard Drive

    Jeff Hudgins removed the hard drive from a dying computer, and via USB plugged it into a new PC. But he can't access his files. They're encrypted.

  • 04 May 2012

  • Opinion: 'Smishing' Attacks Are on the Rise

    Text messaging is the most common non-voice use of a mobile phone. There are trillions of text messages received around the world each day, and an increasing number of them are spam, or phishing attacks of some sort.

  • 02 May 2012

  • Opinion: Google Street View's Wi-Fi Snooping Engineer is Outed

    The engineer who wrote the code causing Google's Street View cars to capture unencrypted Wi-Fi traffic in several countries has been identified, according to an online report. Marius Milner, currently a software engineer for Google's YouTube, was the person responsible for creating Street View's Wi-Fi traffic recording software, The New York Times is reporting. UPDATED: 2nd May 2012

  • 01 May 2012

  • Opinion: The Cloud, Day 26: Too Much Cloud Can Be a Bad Thing

    On Day 25 of the 30 Days with the Cloud series, I spelled out why I believe that cloud-based data storage and syncing is becoming mandatory thanks to mobile devices and SSD drives. Today I’m going to put a caveat on there, though.

  • 30 April 2012

  • Opinion: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

    AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition was PCWorld's top pick in April 2012's Free Antivirus You Can Trust. It performed well in virtually all of the tests we ran.

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