KeePass Password Safe
Posted on | May 20, 2012 | No Comments
I finally got around looking into getting me a password volt. I have plenty of passwords and user ids that I have to write them down. Well, not really the safest way to do this so it’s more then time to use a tool designed to do just that.
This is just one of the several open source password volt applications available that I’ll let you know about in the next few days.
There’s a good introduction to this tool here.
Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows network logon, your e-mail account, your website’s FTP password, online passwords (like website member account), etc. etc. etc. The list is endless. Also, you should use different passwords for each account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password you have a problem… A serious problem. The thief would have access to your e-mail account, website, etc. Unimaginable.
KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file. So you only have to remember one single master password or select the key file to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish). For more information, see the features page.
Download it here.
Angry Birds Space Trojan & Drive-by Android
Posted on | May 19, 2012 | No Comments
Source: F-Secure
In this article “On Monday, we released our Mobile Threat Report for Q1, and in that report we mention there’s a growing number of mobile trojans that “deliver on their promises”. What do we mean by that?
Well, in the past, mobile malware often offered something such as “free” mobile web services as bait, but then, during installation, the trojan would display some kind of decoy error message.
At that point the folks installing the trojan would typically search for answers, either because they were suspicious or because they were troubleshooting. That would then lead to actual answers on forums that what they had in fact installed was a trojan. These days, when even non-nerds have smartphones, the bait is quite a bit different.”
Voyager postpones mobile service launch, citing Web attack
Posted on | May 19, 2012 | No Comments
Source: Computerworld
by Stephen Lawson
In this article ” Voyager Mobile, a startup promising cheap, unlimited mobile service around the U.S., has postponed the launch it planned for Tuesday, saying a malicious attack took down its website.
Voyager announced on Monday that it would launch a nationwide 3G and 4G service with unlimited plans starting at $19 per month, with no contracts or credit checks. The service would also include Voyager Rewards, which would let users earn points by talking on the phone and exchange them for airline miles, phone upgrades, gift cards and free monthly service.
The launch was set for 6 a.m. Eastern Time Tuesday. But a few hours later, the company’s home page showed only a message saying the launch was postponed.”
Android hackers hone skills in Russia
Posted on | May 18, 2012 | No Comments
Source: Computerworld
by Antone Gonsalves
In this article “The malware business growing around Google Android — now the leading smartphone operating system — is still in its infancy. Today, many of the apps built to steal money from Android users originate from Russia and China, so criminal gangs there have become cyber-trailblazers.
Sophos and Symantec on Wednesday released their latest Android malware discoveries written in Russian. While the language narrows the number of potential victims, the social-engineering tactics used to get Android users to install the malware is universal. The gang tracked by Sophos is using fake antivirus scanners, while Symantec is tracking cybercriminals using mobile websites to offer bogus versions of popular games.”
Selling A Secure Internet Domain
Posted on | May 18, 2012 | No Comments
Source: Dark Reading
by Kelly Jackson Higgins
More on the .secure domain.
In this article “PayPal is among the as-yet unnamed organizations invited to join a new working group that ultimately will build the framework for the proposed .securetop-level Internet domain that also can be used in any existing domain as well.
The new .secure TLD, which was announced earlier this month, will include fully encrypted HTTPS sessions and a comprehensive vetting process for websites and their operators. It has been billed as a “safe neighborhood” on the Internet, and is one of the first next-generation TLDs to emerge from the new Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) program that opens up the TLDs beyond the 21 existing global domains that include.com, .org, .net, and .edu. Artemis Internet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of NCC Group plc, has applied with ICANN for the new .secure domain in the competition for thousands of new TLDs aimed at better classifying companies and people by industry, interest, or location.
If the new domain takes off, it could alter the way Web domains are secured, as well as what users see when they enter a secured site. Security experts say the initiative has some big hurdles to clear first, however, and much of it involves logistics and not necessarily technology.”
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