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Pirate Bay Still Alive and on the Move

While the FBI and other law enforcement agencies around the world have successfully been able to shut down a number of illegal online sites...

Do You Need RFID Protection for Your Real Wallet?

As throngs of shoppers prepare to descend on shopping malls and retail stores during the holiday period, it's important to remember to be safe...

Adobe Breach Gives Anonymous Access to Government Sites

In early October, Adobe admitted that it was the victim of a breach that exposed the usernames and passwords of millions of its users....

Pinkie Pie and His Google Exploits: The Legend Grows

In any given year, I see the names of a lot of different security researchers that come to prominence for one reason or another....

NSA Muscles In on Google and Yahoo: Should We Be Surprised?

The leaks keep coming about how and where the National Security Agency (NSA) is able to obtain information on Americans and, seemingly, anyone else...

Is PHP Secure?

In a classic watering hole attack, hackers compromised a well-known, respected high-traffic Website and planted malware in a bid to infect unsuspecting visitors. On...

What Dick Cheney’s Heart Teaches Us About Security

In an interesting interview on CBS' 60 Minutes this past weekend, former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney admitted that he was worried hackers could...

Why WordPress Updates Matter

Hacking Websites today isn't nearly as hard as it once was. The open-source WordPress content management system powers more than 71 million Websites, and...

Your Phone Is Tracking You–Should You Care?

There was an interesting story this week on SFGate about some new Stanford University research into how sensors on smartphones could be used for...

Internet of Things Could Bring On Attack of the Killer Toaster Botnet

There has been a lot of talk lately about the potential for the Internet of things—just this week Intel threw its hat into the...