Archives for: January 2010
Are You Really You?
January 15th, 2010What if you opened up a browser and went to a site where you have an account, such as Facebook, only to discover that the account it logged you into...was somebody else's?! That's allegedly what happened to three ladies from Georgia. They tried to log… more »
The Human Factor
January 7th, 2010As is so often the case in security the weakest link in the chain is the human one. A security guy walks away from his post and a "bad guy" takes advantage of the opportunity to breach the security. In this case we're lucky it only kicked off a huge ha… more »
Security Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat (and Reader)
January 7th, 2010There's a serious security issue in the wild today that is affecting Adobe versions 8 and 9, at least, and possibly earlier versions too. The issue arises when an attacker sends the victim a malicious PDF file. A what?! "How can a PDF file be maliciou… more »