Recent Posts Tagged With 'Security'

• Kwikset finally adds remote locking functionality to door locks

  Posted on Saturday September 12th, 2009 at 12:17 in Security, home security, home automation, door lock, kwikset, doorlock, control4, technic news, homesecurity

  Kwikset's SmartKey has been lacking in intelligence for quite awhile, but at long last, the outfit has finally added a pivotal feature here at CEDIA : true remote locking and unlocking. The new remote access control solution is being dubbed SmartCod...

• Microsoft investigating possible vulnerability in IIS (Updated)

  Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 01:19 in Security, Microsoft, security news, web news, microsoft news, technic news

  A hacker has posted code on his Milw0rm website that could be used to attack a system running Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) server and install unauthorized software on it. The good news is that the attack appears to work only on olde...

• Reports: US energy infrastructure security not up to snuff

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 10:11 in Security, energy, security news, infrastructure, standards, technic news

  A pair of reports cast a spotlight on the integrity of North America's energy infrastructure. Organizations of various sizes responded to a poll for one report, with the majority stating that they receive anywhere from 75 to 150 cyberattacks on thin...

• Windows 7 Makes UAC Less Annoying Than Vista [Windows 7]

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 15:22 in computer, vista, windows, Security, annoyances, windows 7

  If you've been keeping up with Windows 7 news, you know one of the selling points is a less annoying UAC system—so the 7 Tutorials blog set out to illustrate what was actually changed. The biggest change in Windows 7 is the new User Account Co...

• Congressman calls for P2P ban after sensitive data leaks

  Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 19:33 in computer, Security, security news, Software News, limewire, mark gorton, edolphus towns, technic news, thomas sydnor

  When he opened Wednesday's hearing on the hazards of inadvertent file sharing via peer-to-peer software, Representative Edolphus Towns (D-NY) said he was done with letting the industry solve the problem. By the end of the hearing Towns had lowered t...

• Crypo Encrypts Text on the Go [Encryption]

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 09:30 in computer, Mobile, Security, Mobile Phones, phone, cellphones, encryption

  If you're uncomfortable sending a message from your mobile phone in plain text Crypo offers a mobile solution for encrypting and decrypting messages on the go. The tool is available as a web-based tool sized for both mobile phones and desktop use. Y...

• Flash security vulnerability exploited in PDFs

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 08:32 in flash, Security, adobe, security news, technic news

  When Adobe released Acrobat 9 last year, the company introduced support for embedding Flash media in PDF files. This feature is now being used by attackers who are exploiting a new vulnerability in Adobe's Flash media plugin. The vulnerability allow...

• Harry Potter and the Vengeful Malware

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 19:33 in internet, Security, harry potter, technology and society, personal computing, music and video, enterprise computing, technic news

  Spammers are touting free viewings of the new Harry Potter movie online -- and delivering malware instead....