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Researcher finds vulnerability in Skype

Levent Kayan, a security consultant based in Berlin posted early last week about a vulnerability affecting Skype. Levent describes the effect of the vulnerability as, “An attacker could trivially hijack session IDs of remote users and leverage the vulnerability to increase the attack vector to the underlying software and operating system of the victim.” You […]

Companies reluctant to post newsworthy security announcements

A report over at foxbusiness.com explores the worrying trend that companies are becoming reluctant to let customers know about vulnerabilities in their security systems. Fears hackers will exploit these flaws being the main reason for this. “Definitely, there is more a sense of keeping things closer to the vest,” says Dave Jevans, Founder of IronKey […]

Win a brand new Ironkey – closes 17 June 2011!

June marks the re-introduction of 1GB and 2GB Ironkey devices across the whole S200 and D200 range. So now it’s even more affordable to get your hands on these goodies. But more importantly, easier for anyone to safely carry their data around. So, here’s the deal: (1) Make sure you “Like” our Facebook page, here: […]