All posts by Chris Tribbey

Important Security Updates Adobe Flash Player: Adobe has released version 15.0.0.223 to fix at least 18 highly critical vulnerabilities reported in previous versions. Updates are ... More

It's that time of the year: the Ponemon Institute just published their 2014 Global Report on the Cost of Cyber Crime. "Our goal is to quantify the economic impact of cyber attacks ... More

A new report from Palo Alto Networks says that a new malware, called Wirelurker, is able to infiltrate iOS devices. Though Wirelurker shows possible vulnerabilities in the iPhone, ... More

All Mac business users, listen up. Details of a vulnerability in Macs have just been released, and you won't like the risks it poses for your company. Called "Rootpipe," this secu... More

Although many companies are seeing cybersecurity threats rise, many lack the resources to handle these risks, a new global survey shows. Two-thirds (67%) of organizations report f... More

The technological sophistication of employee monitoring tools available today gives companies the power to scrutinize virtually every move an employee makes using keyboard logging,... More

Got malware? More than likely you do, but don't panic: The bulk of infections can be traced to standard botnet activity like spamming and click-fraud rather than data theft, a new ... More

Apple recently released iOS 8, several updates, and two iPhone 6 models. There has been plenty of noise around the releases, from the botched 8.0.1 update to the Touch ID fake fing... More

Last month, security experts at Cisco blogged about spam samples caught by the company’s SpamCop service, which maintains a blacklist of known spam sources. When companies or Int... More

A Texas man who operated Bitcoin Savings and Trust was charged on Thursday with bilking his investors, in what prosecutors called the first federal criminal securities fraud case a... More

Important Security Updates Apple iCloud: Apple has released an update for iCloud for Windows. Updates are available from Apple’s website. Avira Free Antivirus: Avira has releas... More

You can’t make this stuff up. MCX, the retailer consortium behind Apple Pay competitor CurrentC, has already been hacked, according to an email sent out to those people who have... More

Data breaches soared last year in California as cybercriminals leaped over digital security gates to endanger the personal data of millions of consumers, California Atty. Gen. Kama... More

Martin Knuth is one of Home Depot’s most loyal customers. But after the home improvement giant revealed last month that hackers had accessed the confidential credit card informat... More

Stan Stahl knows about the shady world of high-tech security and false privacy. Stahl helped secure teleconferencing at the White house and the communications network controlling t... More

In his career-ending extramarital affair that came to light in 2012, General David Petraeus used a stealthy technique to communicate with his lover Paula Broadwell: the pair left m... More

Most smartphones now come with built-in tracking systems that allow users to remotely lock or wipe their phones if they're misplaced or stolen. The feature intends to offer an ext... More

Dell SecureWorks has updated its figures on the number of PCs infected by the awful CryptoWall ransom malware and the news isn’t good – the number of systems has spiked suddenl... More

In an era when new consumer data breaches are disclosed daily, fake claims about data leaks are sadly becoming more common. These claims typically come from fame-seeking youngsters... More