AOL investigates cyber attack, says user data compromised

(Reuters) – AOL Inc on Monday urged its tens of millions of email account holders to change their passwords and security questions after a cyber attack compromised about 2 percent of its accounts. AOL said that it identified the breach after noticing a “significant” increase in the amount of spam appearing as spoofed emails from […]

Microsoft admits to huge security flaw in I.E. versions 6 through 11

Hence why you should be using http://www.mspsecureweb.net for safe browsing a true proxy. (Reporting by AP Jim Finkle; editing by Diane Craft.) Microsoft said in the advisory that the vulnerability could allow a hacker to take complete control of an affected system, and then do things such as viewing, changing, or deleting data; installing malicious […]

FYI to all MspPortal mail clients Microsoft Office 365 sending IP is blacklisted via Backscatter

Whereas we all know that Backscatter is a useless RBL based upon volume. Please have your clients view quarantine if there are expecting emails from anybody using Microsoft mail products. Again my point why would you put clients on Microsoft hosted services.. but as we all know I am brutal on firms that do not […]

Encrypted Mail gives organizations the ability to enforce email encryption By MspPortal.net/MspEncryptMail.net

Encrypted Mail gives organizations the ability to enforce email encryption at the desktop, completely eliminating the possibility of confidential information being read by anyone other than the intended recipient. With Encrypted Mail, employees are assured that their confidential information is never exposed to potential hackers or even their IT department. Users can manually encrypt their […]

Google kept Heartbleed bug hidden from the Public and the Government

Does this surprise you.. Folks I would strongly suggest you drop Google period your privacy is in jeopardy. If you need to search for something use https://duckduckgo.com Reuters / Mal Langsdon Published time: April 15, 2014 18:33 The Heartbleed security bug disclosed last week may be among the most wide-reaching vulnerabilities on the web to […]

Major security flaw discovered in Google Android

By Chris Smith Security firm FireEye has discovered a major security flaw in Google’s mobile operating system, ComputerWorld reports, which could allow an attacker to modify the behavior of an app icon in the launcher in order to send users to a malicious site that would collect personal data. It’s not clear whether any apps […]

Google Gmail does scan all emails, new Google terms clarify

Google has clarified its Gmail terms of service to specifically state that email is scanned by automated systems. Samuel Gibbs theguardian.com, Tuesday 15 April 2014 08.24 EDT Folks What Goggle is saying is we are worse then the US Government because we have more money.. if you are on the internet you have no rights […]

Passwords vulnerable after security flaw found

AP By Anick Jesdanun NEW YORK (AP) — Passwords, credit cards and other sensitive data are at risk after security researchers discovered a problem with an encryption technology used to securely transmit email, e-commerce transactions, social networking posts and other Web traffic. Security researchers say the threat, known as Heartbleed, is serious, partly because it […]

Consumers Can Proceed as Class Action Against Antivirus Software Provider Symantec Corp. for Misleading

The Herald | HeraldOnline.com (press release) 4/4/2014 (Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/04/02/5831944/federal-court-rules-consumers.html?sp=/100/773/385/#storylink=cpy) Federal Court Rules Consumers Can Proceed as Class Action Against Antivirus Software Provider Symantec Corp. for Misleading Product Re-Downloading Service It would be nice to have one less Antivirus Company who scams the Public (Lets see if we can get rid of Kaspersky, Trend […]