Brian Prince

When Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) was released in 2001, it was cutting edge. However that was nine years ago. In the nearly decade since then, Microsoft has released two updates to the browser, and now has its eyes set of IE9. Still, in their ‘State of the Web Q1 2010’ report, Zscaler found IE6 […]

Sybase is touting new full text search and query federation capabilities in the latest release of its Sybase IQ database. Building on last year’s update, in Sybase IQ 15.2 the company has built in the ability to extract information currently locked in e-mail, file systems and other unstructured formats in a bid to improve analytics. […]

New security research is shining a light on an attack technique that can be used to trick users into entering their personal information on phishing sites. The attack, dubbed tabnapping, was uncovered by Aza Raskin, creative lead for Mozilla Firefox, and affects all the major browsers on Windows and Mac OS X. Raskin’s proof-of-concept attack […]

McAfee May 25 announced plans to acquire mobile security provider Trust Digital to bolster its ability to address the iPhone OS, Google Android and other mobile operating systems. “The acquisition is expected to close by June 30,” McAfee said. Trust Digital “provides a Web services platform to manage and secure smartphones and mobile tablet devices.” […]

Facebook is introducing new privacy settings Wednesday in response to ongoing controversy. During the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York today, Chris Cox, Facebook’s vice president of product management, announced the new privacy controls will be “drastically simplified.” “Our plan is to announce and begin rolling out a drastically simplified version of our privacy controls […]

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made headlines earlier this year when he declared privacy was no longer a “social norm.” But in a column published today by the Washington Post, the CEO admitted Facebook’s privacy controls may have “missed the mark.” “Six years ago, we built Facebook around a few simple ideas,” Zuckerberg wrote. “People want […]

Researchers from the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada, have developed proof-of-concept implementations of a scheme that exploits unencrypted wireless connections to blast PCs with ads. In a paper March 9, the researchers described how the adware-dubbed Typhoid-convinces laptops to communicate with it as opposed to a legitimate access point. Next, the adware inserts its […]

In the past few years, malicious advertisements have emerged as a growing attack vector. Just how prevalent these attacks have become is underscored by new research from Dasient that provides a look into how such operations work. According to Dasient, some 1.3 million malicious advertisements are viewed on the Web everyday, with each having an […]

Dealing with the Death of Privacy in the Facebook Age by Brian Prince Step 1: Acceptance By signing up for a social networking site, be it Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace or Twitter, you are agreeing to share a certain amount of information with a network of friends and associates. This means that the first and most […]

A poll by Sophos, discussed by Senior Technology Consultant Graham Cluley May 19, demonstrated that the level of public dissatisfaction with Facebook privacy policies may be reaching a boiling point. Of roughly 1,600 people surveyed, 60 percent said it is either “highly likely” or “possible” that they will leave Facebook due to concerns over privacy. […]