Court rules that IP cloaking to access blocked sites violates law

Tuesday, August 20th, 2013

Disguising an IP address or using a proxy server to visit Web sites you've been banished from is a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer for the Northern District of California issued the ruling Friday in a ...

Visualization of Information Security

Monday, August 19th, 2013

Here is the picture that I often reference when talking about information security.

Researchers show how to slip malware into Apple’s App Store

Saturday, August 17th, 2013

Apple’s App Store can seem like Fort Knox, with Apple reviewing each and every app before making it live. This fastidious approach works, for the most part, but it isn’t a perfect process. MIT Technology Review reports that researchers from Georgia Tech recently managed to get a malware-infected app approved by Apple ...

Google Cloud Storage now provides server-side encryption

Thursday, August 15th, 2013

We know that security is important to you and your customers. Our goal is to make securing your data as painless as possible. To help, Google Cloud Storage now automatically encrypts all data before it is written to disk, at no additional charge. There is no setup or configuration required, no need ...

Adblock Plus for Internet Explorer Officially Out of Beta

Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

Adblock Plus, the #1 most popular browser extension for blocking annoying online advertisements, today confirmed that Adblock Plus for Internet Explorer (IE) is officially out of beta and available for download worldwide. Adblock Plus for IE is an add-on for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser which adds functions that Internet Explorer’s built-in tracking protection ...