HTTPS Everywhere: Fend Off Firesheep

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• HTTPS Everywhere: Fend Off Firesheep
• 'Nightmare' kernel bug lets attackers evade Windows UAC security
• Why Mafiaboy won't be your Facebook friend

HTTPS Everywhere: Fend Off Firesheep Posted: 27 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The Web is an insecure place and getting more insecure all the time. The latest threat, the Firesheep add-in for Firefox, is particularly dangerous because it is exceedingly simple to use. Someone with absolutely no hacking experience can grab your private login information to sites such as Facebook and Amazon, and then log in as you and do anything they want, as if they were you. The free Firefox add-in HTTPS Everywhere helps protect against that threat and other privacy invaders by effectively encrypting information when you visit certain Web sites.

'Nightmare' kernel bug lets attackers evade Windows UAC security Posted: 27 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Microsoft is investigating reports of an unpatched vulnerability in the Windows kernel that could be used by attackers to sidestep an important operating system security measure.

Why Mafiaboy won't be your Facebook friend Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The guest keynote speakers at technology conferences can be hit or miss, but Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Canada (NYSE: HIT) certainly scored a hit by bringing in Michael Calce, aka Mafiaboy, to speak at its recent Information Forum event in Toronto.

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