‘They’ Really Are Watching You

Advertising networks, Web analytics companies and just about anyone else who’s interested can track your online activity thanks to the unique digital fingerprints your Web browser leaves at every site you visit. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans

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Are Apple products really more secure?

One thing I hear regularly when working in the computer security field are comments from Apple users along the lines of: “Why doesn’t everybody use Apple because there are no viruses for Macs?” or “All viruses target Windows because Windows sucks so bad” or “Microsoft is the target because Microsoft…

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With SSL, who can you really trust?

SSL requires that users rely on trusted third parties, but with some of those third parties compromised, researchers look for alternatives SSL, the encryption scheme that protects virtually all secure online transaction, requires that users rely on trusted third parties, but what if they can’t be trusted? Well, it turns…

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