Posts Tagged ‘security’

A Security Breach costs $38,000 On Average

Published by technicalguy on November 15th, 2011 - in Security

A new study by Telus and the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has found that an IT security breach to a Canadian company will cost, on average, $38,000 is costs. (more…)

iPad 2 Security Issue with Smart Cover

Published by technicalguy on October 21st, 2011 - in iPod/iPad

Thought your iPad was protected? It has been discovered that someone can easily unlock your iPad 2, even if it is password protected. All you need is a iPad Smart Cover (?!). (more…)

File Sharing sites found to be unsafe

Published by technicalguy on May 9th, 2011 - in Security, Social Media, Technology

Researchers from Belgium and France have discovered that “a significant percentage” of the top 100 file sharing sites allow unauthorized access.

File sharing sites sites such RapidShare, FileFactory, and Easyshare, provide file sharing by using supposedly random secret URL’s for the share page that cannot be guessed. It has been proven, however, that in fact you can guess the share page. (more…)

Domain Registration Scam

Published by technicalguy on March 29th, 2011 - in Email, Security

I received this email scam this morning which at first glance looks like a domain registration renewal advisory. It’s not.

Let’s take a moment and and understand some basic security checks you can do when you’re not sure about an incoming email. These are quick easy things – they won’t take much time and you’ll quickly know if the email is legitimate.

Here’s the email I received. You can click on any of the images to see them larger.

email scam registrationdom.com (more…)

Mac hacked in under 5 seconds

Published by technicalguy on March 10th, 2011 - in Security

At the 2011 annual CanSecWest Pwn2Own contest a team from France successfuly hijacked a fully patched version of Mac OS X 64-bit

Apple Computer HackedWithin five seconds of surfing to the rigged site,VUPEN co-founder Chaouki Bekrar had successfully launched Apple’s calculator app and had written a file on the disk without crashing the browser. (more…)

Is Using Starbucks WIFI Safe?

Published by technicalguy on February 22nd, 2011 - in Internet, Security, Small Business Technology, Technology

I admit it, I use the free WIFI available at Starbucks and other coffee shops.

starbucks wifi protectionYou probably do too – just how safe is it?
It was safer prior to October 2010, when a little piece of software called Firesheep became available. Firesheep allows someone to effectively look over your shoulder and see what you are doing on the Internet, and then use that connection themselves. It has currently been downloaded over 1 million times. (more…)

Facebook Instant Personalization

Published by technicalguy on February 2nd, 2011 - in Security, Small Business Technology, Social Media

Facebook Instant Personalization

Here we go again

Today Facebook released “Instant Personalization”, a feature that allows granted Facebook partners to use your public information in your Facebook profile and use it to personalize their own pages. This would be websites like the Bing search engine, Pandora, and Yelp, that can use your name, picture, gender, and connections, to potentially personalize the results.

This is yet another breaking down of the Facebook privacy wall and what bothers me the most is that the change is enabled by default. Many will probably never know the change occurred.
Here’s an interesting overview of how privacy has changed at Facebook over time with the Electronic Frontier Foundation timeline.

Bottom line is, know what information of yours Facebook deems as “public”.
If you haven’t already done so, you should review what information of yours is determined to be public at Facebook and clean it up accordingly. (more…)

Facebook Security update

Published by technicalguy on January 27th, 2011 - in Security, Social Media

Facebook has finally released a secured browsing option for their website.

Facebook now offers the ability to browse their site using HTTPS, which will help to eliminate hacker problems with the likes of Firesheep and others.
Be aware though that this feature is not turned on by default, you must go you your Account Security section of your profile and click on Secure Browsing (https) to activate it.
This is a good Facebook security update, especially if you are a road warrior and/or spend time browsing Facebook in coffee shops and other public places.

Your Personal Wikileaks?

Published by technicalguy on December 15th, 2010 - in Security, Small Business Technology, Technology

Wikileaks

Okay, so you probably don’t have secrets at the level of the US government – but you still have confidential data. Business trade secrets, personal and private information about you, and employees. Stop and think for a moment: what disruption and breakdown would occur if that information was stolen, or made public? (more…)

Holiday travel with your Laptop

Published by technicalguy on December 11th, 2010 - in Laptop

It’s Christmas and New Year’s season and many of us will be traveling to visit family and loved ones. Stay safe and don’t let a technology attack mar the occasion.
Here’s my 10 tips adapted from a recent IT World Canada article that will help provide laptop safety and privacy as you travel this season. Remember: According to Gartner one laptop is stolen every 53 seconds! Don’t let it be yours. (more…)

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