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How to craft the perfect password

28

Feb

2014

It seems obvious, but passwords are our first line of defense against a growing army of nefarious hackers looking to steal our data, money or even identities. While many people know how serious the issue of cybersecurity is, many still use passwords that are remarkably bad. Compounding matters is the common practice of using the same […]

Category CA Technologies Tech Written by Yahoo 0 Comments

Targeted Attacks Make WinHelp Files Not So Helpful

16

Oct

2012

Last year Symantec reported on the use of the Windows Help File (.hlp) extension as an attack vector in targeted attacks. Symantec telemetry is now increasingly seeing this attack vector being used in targeted attacks against industry and government sectors. The nefarious WinHelp files being used in these targeted attacks are detected by Symantec as […]

Category General Written by Symantec Security Response Blog 0 Comments

JailBreakMe site rings security alarm for iPhone and iPad users

06

Jul

2011

A website that makes it child’s play for iPad and iPhone owners to jailbreak their devices raises important security concerns. The site, jailbreakme.com, exploits a PDF vulnerability to run unauthorised code on Apple customers’ iPhones and iPads, including the new iPad 2. In this way they allow users to unlock their devices, and run programs […]

Category General Written by Naked Security - Sophos 0 Comments

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