Entries from Earthling - EarthLink blog tagged with 'security'
Security Center Out Of Beta And myEarthLink Feature
You might remember the new EarthLink Security Center from its beta launch back in April. Kinks have been worked out, a little polish has been added, and as of yesterday Security Center is now officially out there as a full product. As you may have noticed, our beta releases don't tend to stay in beta for long. Keep up with ongoing news about the Security Center and talk to the team via their product blog.
Security Center Beta Launches
The new EarthLink Security Center rolls out as a beta release today. Its goal is to provide a complete and trustworthy set of content, tools, and software to help you stay on top of your internet security needs. It should be a satisfying destination for learning, tips, troubleshooting, and solutions. In addition to hearing your thoughts overall, the team would love feedback on some specific elements of the Security Center.
How Secure Is A Security Expert? 9 Questions
This week I seized the opportunity and asked Jonathan nine questions about his software and home security habits. It turns out that although he does live in what has been called a "fortress," I'd classify his security habits as smart but human. Read on to find out about his run-ins with computer viruses and burglars, and what he does(and doesn't do) to keep his personal information, computer network, and living space safe.
ProtectionPack AEA Reaches 100,000 Users
Our Anonymous Email Addresses feature just reached an important milestone -- its now in use by over 100,000 customers. If you've been reading Earthling for a while, you'll remember when Julie
Each day in January, the Month Of Apple Bugs project is seeking to highlight a bug affecting Mac OS X or third-party software that runs on it. Last I checked in on Security Product Manager Ben Kaplan, he was inviting large amounts of viruses and spyware into his computer. He and his team are preparing to release the new version 2.0 of EarthLink's Protection Control Center in the next couple of months, which will feature a new technology called Attack Shield. Attack Shield represents a new approach to fighting malware, that sniffs out potential threats as they are happening to your computer, and stops them from doing any damage. I interviewed Ben via e-mail to find out about how it works and what's new in PCC 2.0. Here's a list of links to worthwhile stories in the security and protection world, with a couple more about legal protection thrown in for good measure: There's a particularly freaky story going around today about a newly discovered set of security exploits that could allow someone to gain control of a laptop computer via it's Wi-Fi card by hacking the device drivers. All of the details aren't available yet, but Glenn Fleishman writes:
Apple And Gmail Bugs
Protection Control Center 2.0 and Attack Shield Sneak Preview
Security and Protection Round-up, Broadly Speaking
Wi-Fi Card Exploit and Security Round-up
Most horrifying? Half the flaws they found don’t require the Wi-Fi adapter to be connected to a network—just active.
Here are a few other security and protection stories that I've collected recently:
Security And Protection Round-up
- Instant Messaging and Peer-to-peer Security Incidents On The Rise - According to a recent analysis by FaceTme.com, reported IM and Peer-to-peer incidents rose by a factor of 100 from 2004 to 2005.
- Cryzip Virus Demands Ransom - Here's a new one. Researchers have discovered instances of a new computer virus that locks up your files, and then asks you to deposit money into an online payment account to get them back. Cryzip is believed to be part of a batch of e-mail spam.
- Security-enabled Blogging For Kids - Few details are available yet, but a company called Industrious Kid is working on a blogging tool they say will have "easy-to-use access to the necessary insight and controls related to the communications and content development activities of their children."
- Digital Rights Management Shortens Battery Life - All of the extra encoding and checking that portable mp3 players do to make sure you own some of the music you play can reduce the life of your battery by as much as 25%. Yahoo Executive Dave Goldberg suggested recently that maybe the music industry should think about getting rid of Digital Rights Management completely. Would anyone complain?
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