Expert: Hackers Could Free Prisoners from Jail Cells

Researchers are now warning that vulnerabilities in the electronic infrastructures of prisons could allow hackers to release prisoners from their jail cells.

According to Wired, security consultant and engineer John Strauchs said some of the same vulnerabilities that the Stuxnet superworm used to sabotage centrifuges at a nuclear plant in Iran exist…

Report Finds Solution in Eliminating Vulnerabilities for Microsoft and Internet Explorer

A report by BeyondTrust showed the mitigating factor in 75 percent of critical Windows 7 vulnerabilities is a result of the removal of administrator rights. This means companies that use Windows 7 will need to implement a desktop Privileged Identity Management Solution, which will reduce risks from unpatched Microsoft vulnerabilities…

Study: Adult Sites Safer than ‘Legitimate’ Ones

A new report released Monday contradicts the notion of pornographic sites being more virus infected than sites with other kinds of content.

“We are not recommending people to start searching for erotic content, not at all, but the statistics are clear: For every infected adult domain we identify, there are 99 others with perfectly legitimate content that are…

Expert: Latent Vulnerabilities Require New Approach

While operating systems and networks may have gotten most of the attention lately as the favorite targets of hackers, the vast majority–at least 70 percent–of successful cyber attacks happen because of vulnerabilities in applications that are being compromised, according to Gartner Analyst John Pescatore.

To help stop vulnerabilities before they reach the code stage, HP Enterprise Services announced last week a new security service, HP Comprehensive Applications Threat Analysis Service…

My Computer is More Secure than Yours, or Not- the PC vs. Mac Security Debate

With cyber exploits filling the news recently and more and more organizations experiencing cyber attacks, we are often left with the question of which computer platform provides better security? A survey conducted by ESET and released in November found the majority of computer users believe Macs are more secure than PCs.

However, the survey found…