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After ZDNet's Tech Shakedown, Nike buttons up the security on its Flash-based payment pages

A few weeks back, I did a Tech Shakedown of the Flash-based payment pages on Nike's online store which lacked the Net's accepted practice of connecting Web browsers to HTTPS-based URLs, thus resulting in the display of a padlock somewhere in a browsers' status bar.  These are the two visual...

Tags: Security, Web, Payment, Nike Inc., Padlock, HTTPS, Channel Management, Web Browsers, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Internet, Finance, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-09-27

Photo: The Imation 4GB Micro Hard Drive

Shaped liked a padlock, Imation's new Micro Hard Drive aims to be both portable and powerful.

Tags: Imation Corp., padlock, hard drive, portable, photograph

Image galleries 2005-12-28

Photo: The Imation 4GB Micro Hard Drive

Shaped liked a padlock, Imation's new Micro Hard Drive aims to be both portable and powerful.

Tags: Imation Corp., padlock, portable, hard drive, photograph

Image galleries 2005-12-28

Browsers to get sturdier padlocks

Browsers to get sturdier padlocksAt what cost?I've known a lot of small developers that simply can not afford the cost of a certificate. Unless the price issue is resolved don't look for this to mean anything to anyone.Certificate Authority LiabilityThe problem is the certification authority makes this claim:"This person...

Tags: Web browsers, INTERNET, padlock, security, Web browser

Discussion threads 2005-12-12

Padlock Plus 1.1 (Mobile)

Padlock Plus is a complete security manager in a small, unobtrusive HackMaster hack. Rest assured, rest secured!

Tags: Mobile, Padlock, Security Manager, Daniel McCarty

Software downloads 2000-08-12

Additional Resources

Works of Voltaire. FREE Author's biography & poem in the trial 10.2 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Poem, Biology, Voltaire Inc., MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-14

Scareware goes Green

Malicious pseudo-environmentalists have come up with a new social engineering tactic aiming to improve the profit margins of their fake antivirus software releases - by promising to donate $2 from every purchase for saving the Amazonian green forests. The new scareware template branded as "Green-AV Premier Edition...

Tags: Antivirus, Social Engineering, Scareware, Green-AV, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Opera browser (finally) gets an auto-updater

The Opera Web browser has undergone a minor security makeover with one significant improvement -- the ability to update itself when patches are released. The latest browser update will, by default, notify the user about available updates in very much the same way Mozilla Firefox handles automatic...

Tags: Opera Browser, Opera Software ASA, Web Browser, Opera Web Browser, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-09-03

SSL broken! Hackers create rogue CA certificate using MD5 collisions

SSL broken! Hackers create rogue CA certificate using MD5 collisionsAt least they're talking to the vendors first.Now if only the CAs will get off their butts and implement some changes...RE: SSL broken! Hackers create rogue CA certificate using MD5 collisionsпиздёж ёбана, автору фапать 25 разRE: SSL broken! Hackers create rogue...

Tags: SSL/TLS, Authentication/Encryption, Network security, SECURITY, MD5, Computer Associates International Inc., SSL, collision

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

SSL broken! Hackers create rogue CA certificate using MD5 collisions

Using computing power from a cluster of 200 PS3 game consoles and about $700 in test digital certificates, a group of hackers in the U.S. and Europe have found a way to target a known weakness in the MD5 algorithm to create a rogue Certification Authority CA, a breakthrough...

Tags: Certification Authority, SSL, Web Browser, Computer Associates International Inc., Certificate, Hacker, MD5, Web Browsers, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-30

A deep dive into Windows 7 (build 6801)

A deep dive into Windows 7 (build 6801)Sad, but Snipping Tool is still the sameIn classic MS fashion, the snipping tool is not able to capture the borders of all aero themed windows neatly, for e.g. the Firefox "About" dialog box. Sadly this has not changed even in Windows 7...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

The music scene: legal vs. illegal

Music is a huge part of our lives, not just students, but it does have a major effect on how we interact, integrate and collaborate. Music can be seen as a work enhancer, a relationship matcher, a commonality between groups or connections - most just see it as something to...

Tags: Digital-rights Management, Music, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Security, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-11

Actinic Selects GlobalSign for Extended Validation SSL Certificates

Founded in 1996, Actinic Software Ltd is a specialist developer and provider of ecommerce products for small to medium sized businesses and a leading supplier of Electronic Point Of Sale EPOS and multi-channel retail technology. With the increase of e-commerce, organisations and customers alike are faced with ever increasing security...

Tags: SSL Certificate, SSL, E-business, GlobalSign & GMO Internet, Actinic, Ssl/Tls, Authentication/Encryption, Network Security, Web Technology, Security, Networking

Case studies 2008-09-02

Foundation Repair: Extended Validation SSL - A New Model for SSL Certificates and Browser Trust

In 2005, the longstanding Internet browser trust model, which had served as a foundation for many billions of dollars of e-commerce, was starting to show signs of age. Based on Secure Sockets Layer SSL, certificates and the ubiquitous padlock icon, the browser trust model was reworked to help renew consumer...

Tags: Entrust Technologies, SSL Certificate, SSL, Web Browser, E-business, Ssl/Tls, Authentication/Encryption, Web Technology, Network Security, Web Browsers, E-business/E-Commerce, Security, Networking, Internet

White papers 2008-09-01

Opera patches 7 vulnerabilities but keeps one a secret

Opera Software has shipped a new version of its flagship Web browser with fixes for at least seven documented security problems but details on one vulnerability -- a cross-site scripting issue reported by Chris Weber-- is being kept under wraps. Opera warned that one of the seven...

Tags: Opera Software ASA, Ryan Naraine, Security, Vulnerability

Blog posts 2008-08-20

75ò0of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws

75ò0of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flawsJust 75%?I would think it is much more likely to be 100% is vulnerable to SOME issue, 90% is vulnerable to a High-risk issue.-NateRE: 75�0of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flawsThey fail to say which banks are at...

Tags: Banking, E-business/E-commerce, online banking site, online banking, security, flaw, bank

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

My Secure Notepad 1 (Windows)

"My Secure Notepad" is a very tiny (40KB) encrypted notepad and file cipher utility. Use SHA and AES encryption with 256 bits to secure your favorite passwords and serials with the included Notepad or files on disk just drag and drop files on the login window. Use fast VIA Padlock...

Tags: A. Bouchez, Microsoft Windows, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2008-06-19

Students try to bring down Facebook

A little off topic I'll admit, but it still contains "students" and "technology", which to me justifies this post. I'm not one to make harsh and unsubstantiated comments about something or someone, but this calls for an exception. Facebook is a difficult one to judge in terms...

Tags: Facebook, Advertisement, Information, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-01

Padlock 2.1.0 (Mac)

Padlock is an extremely robust 'application security' solution that allows pre-specified applications to be used by only those with the secure password.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Application Security, Security

Software downloads 2008-04-30

Microsoft+slams+the+door+on+Vista+pirates

Microsoft+slams+the+door+on+Vista+piratesUnfortunately, I think this will just be like showing the bull a red rag...Now that MS has blocked these workrounds, it will be hackers bragging rights as to who comes up with a new one quick enough.It seems that it is morally legit to hack MS software and claim "monopoly,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft+slams+the+door+on+Vista+pirates, piracy, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-02-10