Safety Security & Privacy

If you’re worried that you might own one of the 1 million Apple devices that have had their UDIDs leaked by AntiSec, reportedly from a breach of an FBI agent’s laptop, our rockstar tech team has put together a tool to help you check. AntiSec claimed on Tuesday that it had culled 12 million device Continue Reading →

Do you own an iPhone or iPad? If the answer is yes, there’s a small chance that your personal information may have been made public by hacking group AntiSec. The hacking group claims to have obtained a list of more than 12 million Unique Device Identifiers (UDID), user names, cell phone numbers, addresses, and more, Continue Reading →

The next time Facebook sends you an email about a friend tagging you in a new picture, be cautious — it could be a trap. A new strain of malware identified by security firm Sophos as Troj/Agent-XNN has been circulating the social networking site, encouraging members to view photos as an attachment. After clicking on Continue Reading →

Not too long ago, Dropbox was the victim of a security breach, and as a result, they said they’d cook up a 2-step verification system for the service. Now it’s here, and you should go turn if on if you keep anything of value in your Dropbox, or even if you don’t. To turn the Continue Reading →

Our recent feature on the growing vulnerability of passwords chronicled the myriad ways crackers extract clues used to guess other people’s login credentials. Add to that list a password reminder feature built in to recent versions of Microsoft’s Windows operating system. It turns out the password clues for Windows 7 and 8 are stored in Continue Reading →

What if a virus were a shapeshifter, able to change its appearance each time it infects a machine? What if a virus used your own files against you, able to ransack the programs on your computer for the bits of code it needs? Judging from the progress made on the Frankenstein virus, a venture sponsored Continue Reading →

(This content was originally posted on JasonPalmer.com.) Just because your password meets complexity requirements does not necessarily make it a strong password. It is a given that many sites require you to have a password of a minimum length of at least six or eight characters, and some go so far as to require the Continue Reading →

Activision Blizzard Thursday warned users of its Battle.net gaming portal that their personal data has been accessed by attackers. The company recommended that players in North America and beyond immediately change their passwords. “This week, our security team found an unauthorized and illegal access into our internal network here at Blizzard. We quickly took steps Continue Reading →

To the steadily growing list of digital weapons that appear to have been jointly created by the combined resources of the U.S. and Israel, we can now add another. The researchers at Russia-based Kasperky Labs who discovered it have christened it Gauss, and say it is aimed at pinching the pocketbooks of its intended targets, Continue Reading →

Adobe announced today that it will release an update for Adobe Reader (9.5.1) and Acrobat (10.1.3) and earlier versions for both Windows and Mac to fix critical security flaws. The updates will be released on August 14 — this coming Tuesday.  The pre-notification security advisory warning — APSB12-16 — gives few details, except noting the Continue Reading →