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Is pcAnywhere 12.5 safe from hackers?

In January 2012, it was reported that pcAnywhere version 12.0 , 12.1, and 12.5 was still vulnerable to hackers because the source code had been stolen a few years ago. Version 12.5 is the version being...

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Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday

Tens of thousands of people may lose their Internet service Monday unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines more than a year ago. Despite...

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What if your Cloud service suddenly changes it's TOS?

In June, Cisco instituted changes for customers that owned some Linksys-branded routers - the E2700, E3500, or E4500 - and those customers were none too happy. This article/opinion piece reviews what...

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Need Help To Remove Malware!

Two Days ago I made a mistake in accidentally downloading what seemd to be a good Program.It was NOT ! It turned out to be some Malware which has compromised my computer.Whenever I attempt to go online...

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Joomla Spam Cloaked

Hello everyone,I have a Google search results issue and I was hoping for some solution.Doing a search for us ends up showing Cialis or Viagra ads, we were hacked months ago and I went through the site...

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How to Remove Personal Info From Google Searches

Megan Smith blogs on Blogher on how to remove personal info from Google searches. From the intro:Recently I discovered that my name, address and phone number were coming up in Google searches of my...

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Re: How to know what happened with my pc in my absence

day before yesterday i was not there at my home and one of my relatives has opened, searched and worked on my computer system. Now i want to know what work, files, folders, directoried he has opened or...

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Video

Good Morning for some reason i notice on any webpage i browse i have a video of kirsten gillibrand and her campaign message on my page i have noticed this since Monday any ideas? I used Google Chrome...

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Privacy & Security Lessons from Petraeus Scandal: Protection for Online Files?

Huff Post Tech has an article, Privacy Lessons from Petraeus Scandal: How to Protect Your Online Files. It says:If the scandal surrounding CIA director David Petraeus has taught us one thing, it's that...

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Penetration Testing Vendor

Hi,I want to know about any cloud based penetration testing services that can be carried out for my web applications.If anyone can help me out in finding a appropriate vendor, that would be...

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Is Java Too Risky to Use?

Is it better to just turn Java off, altogether, and use it only when you *absolutely* have to?Millions of computer users were advised Friday to temporarily disable Oracle's (ORCL) Java software because...

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Payment Processors & Security

We are in the process of looking at two CRM systems for our membership organization - we are currently using Memberclicks and the Moolah (which uses  a gateway and merchant account of their own). Our...

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Antivirus/antispyware for faith-based organizations?

I was planning to implement Norton 360 on all of our workstations, but during the ckeckout process discovered that faith-based organizations are apparently not qualified...  Does anyone have any...

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Local Group Policy Administration

We are a public Library with about 25 public computers. I do not yet have a domain controller so I am locking down these workgroup public computers using *local group policy* and deep freeze.I have...

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HIPAA Compliant Remote Access

I think the subject says it all. I've used Microsoft's Remote Desktop for years for department heads to attach to their work computers from their home computers but in researching the tightening of...

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Trucrypt

Hello i have a few machines that have Trucrypt installed i would like to do a factory restore on these machines but somehow its being blocked is there anyway for me to get the recovery partition?

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Questions re: use of BCM for media outreach

Hi, I do blogger outreach and social media for a well-known nonprofit with an unusually robust agenda. I am thus required to be pitching sometimes as many as four or five things a day so I need a...

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When security becomes surveillance: FinFisher’s Global Proliferation

This post describes the results of a comprehensive global Internet scan for the command and control servers of Gamma International’s FinFisher “"remote monitoring solution" (surveillance software). It...

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3 Easy Steps that Protect Your Web Site From Hackers (article)

Saw this on the HostGator blog, and thought it might be helpful:3 Easy Steps that Protect Your Web Site From HackersMarch 19, 2013It's all quite over my head... so my question: what questions should an...

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Who changed my DNS? Is this a security problem?

On Friday, between 10 & 11 a.m. Oregon time, I logged into my webmail, as i had earlier in the day - and my password was rejected. After almost an hour that included lots of time in a chat room...

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