Security

BlackBerry beats Apple, Samsung in BYOD brawl

Submitted by Natalia David on Thu, 04/11/2013 - 12:00pm

A recent audit on technology has earmarked security howlers in three of the biggest names in tablet devices, which has raised a lot of concerns with regards to the security ramifications of allowing employees to bring their personal devices at work.

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Why getting online at your local coffee shop may not be safe.

Submitted by Mike Allton on Sat, 03/09/2013 - 10:00am

If you're like me, whenever you're at a coffee shop, or anyplace else that offers free WiFi, you probably take advantage of that and connect your phone. While the free WiFi isn't always faster than my 4G cell phone service, connecting to WiFi makes sure I don't impact my cell phone plan's data quota, and some apps and downloads will only work on WiFi. So what's the problem?

Privacy.

When you connect any device to a WiFi, you're connecting your system to that network, and potentially making your system visible and vulnerable to other devices on the same network. I won't bore you with the technical details of how that can happen, but the fact is, it's a possibility.

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Evernote responds to hack attempt by resetting all user passwords

Posted 11 weeks 6 days ago.

Evernote, the cloud-based note-sharing app and service, has announced in a blog post that they have observed and blocked suspicious activity on their network. As a result, all user passwords have been reset. According to the update:

The investigation has shown... that the individual(s) responsible were able to gain access to Evernote user information, which includes usernames, email addresses associated with Evernote accounts and encrypted passwords. Even though this information was accessed, the passwords stored by Evernote are protected by one-way encryption. (In technical terms, they are hashed and salted.)

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How secure are your social media accounts?

Published on Feb 04, 2013.

Last week, Twitter acknowledged that their systems had been breached, and that at least 250,000 Twitter users may have had their account information shared with the hacker. According to their blog post, Twitter revealed that the attack may have revealed usernames and email addresses, along with encrypted/salted passwords. While Twitter immediately secured the breach and took steps to reset the passwords for every affected account, the event should still serve as a warning to all: Your Social Media Accounts Are Vulnerable!

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