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Brian Donohue

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

152 articles

  • data breach

eBay Database Breached, Forced Password Changes Loom

eBay users will be forced to change their passwords because of a data breach that exposed encrypted user credentials.

  • Brian Donohue

  • May 21, 2014

  • bitly

A Week in the News: Sale Terminals at Risk

Bitly was compromised this week and is urging users to change passwords. Point-of-sale systems are poorly secured. And fixes from Microsoft on Patch Tuesday.

  • Brian Donohue

  • May 16, 2014

  • access control

Study: Majority of Smart Homes Vulnerable to Hacking

Many Internet-connected smart home systems contain vulnerabilities that could expose the owners of those systems to physical and digital theft.

  • Brian Donohue

  • May 15, 2014

  • AutoTrader

How to Safely Buy and Sell Cars Online

Safety, Security, and privacy tips for buying a car online.

  • Brian Donohue

  • May 13, 2014

  • Android

A CryptoLocker for Android?

A new piece of ransomware is targeting Android users and may be related to the infamous CryptoLocker malware.

  • Brian Donohue

  • May 8, 2014

  • advice

How to React to and Report Online Fraud

Whether you’re a victim or a witness, there are a number of sources you can submit online threat information to in order to make the Internet a safer place.

  • Brian Donohue

  • May 6, 2014

  • Firefox

A Week in the News: IE Zero Days

Microsoft Internet Explorer and Adobe Flash Player zero-days replace OpenSSL Heartbleed as the primary topic of discussion in this week’s security news.

  • Brian Donohue

  • May 2, 2014

  • Android

April 2014 Monthly News Podcast

Chris Brook of Threatpost and Brian Donohue discuss the month’s news, including OpenSSL Heartbleed, the end of Windows XP, Android, data breaches, and more.

  • Brian Donohue

  • May 1, 2014

  • Facebook

Fortifying Facebook: Privacy Settings You Need to Know

In this video tutorial, we explore Facebook’s settings, explaining what each feature does and showing users how to configure their profile and ensure privacy.

  • Brian Donohue

  • April 25, 2014

  • bitcoin

A Week in the News: Heartbleed Lingers as Apple Fixes its own Crypto

First ever SMS Android Trojan in U.S., update on OpenSSL Heartbleed, Apple fixes SSL vulnerability in iOS and OSX, AOL Hacked, and Iowa State Bitcoin Mining.

  • Brian Donohue

  • April 25, 2014

  • Facebook

Fortifying Facebook: Security Settings You Need to Know

In this video tutorial, we explore the Facebook settings pages, explaining what each feature does and showing users how to securely configure their profiles

  • Brian Donohue

  • April 24, 2014

  • Android

First Ever Android SMS Trojan Targeting U.S. Users

Malware targeting Android devices is increasing, and for the first time, an active Android SMS Trojan targeting users in the United States has emerged.

  • Brian Donohue

  • April 23, 2014

  • Financial Security

Some Tips on Safely Transferring Money

A series of security tips and guidelines to follow if you are planning to conduct money transfers online.

  • Brian Donohue

  • April 22, 2014

  • Android

A Week in the News: Still Talking About Heartbleed

The OpenSSL Heartbleed bug that could expose passwords, communications, and encryption keys continues to dominate news headlines across the security industry

  • Brian Donohue

  • April 18, 2014

  • crypto

A Week in the News: Heartbleed and Windows XP

Headlines dominated by just two stories this week: a seriously widespread crypto bug known as Heartbleed and Microsoft’s end of security support for Windows XP

  • Brian Donohue

  • April 11, 2014

  • Antivirus

The Wonders of Hashing

Cryptographic hash functions are a ubiquitous tool in computing, used for everything from identity verification to malware detection to file protection.

  • Brian Donohue

  • April 10, 2014

  • account security

“Heartbleed” Vulnerability may compromise your security on thousands of sites

UPDATE: A previous version of this article stated – citing a list on Github – that users on a site called HideMyAss were affected by Heartbleed. A spokesperson from that

  • Brian Donohue

  • April 10, 2014

  • automobile security

A Week in the News – April 1

We begin our synopsis of this week by looking forward to next week when Microsoft will – at long last – discontinue its support of the once ubiquitous, forever vulnerable,

  • Brian Donohue

  • April 4, 2014

  • featured

Kaspersky Daily News Podcast – March 2014 Edition

In the news this month: more transparency reports, Microsoft zero days, data breaches, and NSA revelations. WhatsApp – the popular global messaging service – is acquired by Facebook, much to

  • Brian Donohue

  • April 2, 2014

  • browser

A Week in the News: Metadata, Zero Days, MH 370 Phishing and More

Last week was something of a slow week for those of us that spend our days writing about computer security news. However, while there may not have been an abundance

  • Brian Donohue

  • March 28, 2014

  • mobile hacks

Popular Samsung Devices Allegedly Contain Backdoor

A number of Samsung’s popular Galaxy devices reportedly contain an alleged backdoor that could give attackers remote control of vulnerable handsets, effectively turning successfully exploited phones into mobile spying machines.

  • Brian Donohue

  • March 18, 2014

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