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Security Review: PayPal
PayPal, along with other services like Ebay, is an online tool used to transfer money that most are familiar with. Web payment services are a major conveinence, but come with a number of significant risks. Services like PayPal can allow … Continue reading
Current Event: Kremlin loyalist admits to launching DDoS attack on Estonia
According to an article from Rueters (http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE52B4D820090313?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0), Konstantin Goloskokov, a member of a Russian youth movement recently claimed responsibility to organizing a group of fellow supporters and executing a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on Estonian internet sites, causing … Continue reading
Large Number of Windows Security Breaches Caused by Administrative Privileges
An article linked today on Slashdot revealed that a vast majority of security breaches could be prevented if users were not logged in with administrative priveleges. While this is not terribly surprising, the numbers were rather shocking. The report suggests … Continue reading Continue reading