Online safety

Mon, May 20, 2013 - Security experts agree that the U.S. government should take stronger action against Chinese cyberattacks, but exactly what those measures should be varies widely.

Thu, May 16, 2013 - In an alarming 'post-PC' era alert, working group says criminal infrastructure created much faster than it was for PC fraud.

Wed, May 15, 2013 - NSS Labs found that Internet Explorer 10 blocked more than 99 percent of the malicious downloads thrown at it.

Tue, May 14, 2013 - Tougher rules and big settlements are said to be behind the fall in affected clients, but one group calls it the 'calm before the storm.'

Fri, May 10, 2013 - REN-ISAC advises members to secure their DNS servers and implement network filtering to prevent spoofing

Fri, May 10, 2013 - Google has released a draft of its next five-year plan for login authentication that tries to stay at least on par with criminal hackers, but recognizes that strong security requires industry collaboration.

Thu, May 09, 2013 - PayPal CISO Michael Barrett took the keynote stage at Interop today to announce the impending death of passwords and their replacement with more robust authentication protocols based on an open standard. Apple may lead the way with its next iPhone.

Thu, May 09, 2013 - Account passwords and credit card information were encrypted, the company claims

Tue, May 07, 2013 - Flexibility and ease of use fuels surge in malware samples created with the AutoIt scripting language, researchers say

Tue, April 30, 2013 - Government efforts to allow law enforcement to intercept all online communications would dramatically weaken Internet companies' ability to secure their infrastructure, opponents say.

Fri, April 26, 2013 - Nearly half of phishing attacks seen during the second half of 2012 involved the use of hacked shared hosting servers, APWG report says.

Thu, April 25, 2013 - Do you know what to do if your Twitter account is hacked? Here are four steps to take to regain control of your account and ensure it doesn't happen again.

Wed, April 24, 2013 - Following Tuesday's hacking of the Associated Press' Twitter account, the microblogging site is reportedly working on a two-step authentication security solution to help prevent future hijackings.

Wed, April 24, 2013 - Researchers advise users to upgrade to Java 7 Update 21 as soon as possible if they haven't already