In the past few months, a few computer security issues have become headline news. Two security issues in particular have computer users changing passwords and downloading updates on a regular basis: The Heartbleed bug and Internet Explorer control. Heartbleed is a security bug that affects web servers using OpenSSL cryptography. OpenSSL stands ... Read More »
James Lyne calls his road bike “The Beast,” and he’s brought it to Las Vegas to find out just how vulnerable wireless networks in the city and their users are to hackers. The bike’s thin titanium frame is strapped with three wireless scanners, a basic minicomputer slightly bigger than a deck of cards, a GPS unit and a battery pack to ... Read More »
The Heartbleed Bug also known as CVE-2014-0160 is a vulnerability within the OpenSSL cryptographic software library that enables all the SSL/TLS protected information to be stolen under normal conditions. The Heartbleed Bug allows attackers to easily implement MITM, phishing and data theft. Unless something is done soon, Heartbleed could ... Read More »
The biggest U.S. internet wiretapping program outside the NSA may be headed to the Supreme Court. Google is asking the high court to rule on the legality of the company’s past sniffing of unencrypted Wi-Fi traffic in neighborhoods around the country as part of its Street View program. An appeals court last September found that the sniffing ... Read More »
