Security
What's worse than getting hit with a security breach? Getting hit with an easily preventable one.
Articles about Security
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How to respond to a malware incident
When malware is suspected don't jump the gun on diagnosis and countermeasures. Follow these best practice guidelines to ensure an appropriate and measured response.
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Malcovery Security: The company spammers and phishers hate
When a start-up company helps take down several major online spam and phish operations, it's time to look at what they are doing right.
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Review: USB Security Suite
If you need a tool that will lock down USB ports and eliminate sneaky auto-run malware off your flash drive, USB Security Suite is worth a look.
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The dark side of BYOD
Exploring new mobile and cloud platforms without a governance strategy can have consequences.
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Changes to Google Chrome and Chrome OS certificate handling
Beefed up requirements for RSA keys and changes to the way Google Chrome handles certificates will benefit Internet security for end users.
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National Computer Forensics Institute: Demystifying cybercrime
Knowing how to handle digital evidence and discovery correctly prevents costly mistakes. A federal facility in Birmingham, Alabama is working hard to improve that situation.
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How facial recognition software can track you in the offline world
Patrick Lambert looks at the increased use of facial recognition software.
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How Israel is rewriting the future of cybersecurity and creating the next Silicon Valley
If you're looking for the rise the next Silicon Valley, the place to watch is the Negev region in Israel. Its new cybersecurity juggernaut is breaking new ground in public-private partnership.
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Linux is more secure but not invulnerable
Jack Wallen believes Linux is more secure than other platforms, but it's only as secure as the packages installed.
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UAB takes aim at spammers, phishers, and purveyors of malware
Birmingham, Alabama, is fast becoming a hotspot for digital crime fighting. Together, let's learn what they're doing right.
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Photos: Israel and the next Silicon Valley
TechRepublic's Jason Hiner spent a week in Israel in March 2013 to research a special report on Israel's quest to create the next Silicon Valley. This is his full gallery of photos.
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Google Voice number forwarding could be a potential liability
Donovan Colbert forgot to disable Google Voice forwarding when his regional number lapsed and was assigned to an underage girl's phone. Find out what happened.
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Gain an extra level of security on your Android phone with Vault-Hide
Jack Wallen takes a look at Vault-Hide, an applications that allows you to hide calls, contacts, SMS, pictures, videos, and more on your Android smartphone.
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Buffering SSL encryption to combat today's emerging threats
Next-generation firewalls should include intrusion prevention (IPS), the ability to decrypt and inspect SSL sessions in real time, and the ability to visualize and control application traffic as it cr...
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Researchers create nearly undetectable hardware backdoor
University of Massachusetts researchers have found a way to make hardware backdoors virtually undetectable.
Topic Contributors
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Michael Kassner
Michael Kassner is currently a systems manager for an international company. Together with his son, he runs MKassner Net, a small IT publication consultancy.
You can also find Michael Kassner on and Google+ .
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Patrick Lambert
Patrick Lambert has been working in the tech industry for over 15 years, both as an online freelancer and in companies around Montreal, Canada. A fan of Star Wars, gaming, technology, and art, he writes for several sites including the art news community TideArt. He's always at the forefront of the latest happening in the world of technology. You can find him online at http://dendory.net or on Twitter at @dendory.
