Security audits normally require 2 factor authentication for all users that access sensitive services on public facing servers. So although once upon a time it was cool to use single factor authentication such as the ‘publickey’ method for services like SSH, more recently it has become essential to use 2FA for accessing SSH on web […]

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Twitter has changed the way third party applications are allowed to tweet. Starting 31 August, applications must use “OAuth” to access twitter accounts. OAuth is an open standard authentication system (IETF RFC 5849) that enables applications to access Twitter on behalf of account holders with without asking directly for the account holder’s password. The move […]

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An increasing number of spammers are using fake Facebook email addresses to bypass spam filters and clog up recipients’ mailboxes. The spammers’ trick works because many mail systems don’t verify the sender’s email address. The Hypervisor estimates that in recent weeks around half the spam hitting our mailboxes claimed to be from Facebook. Of course, […]

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Mobile technology specialist TenBu today launched a Bluetooth based security gadget called Nio that protects laptops and other Bluetooth devices while you’re away from the office. Nio works by creating Bluetooth links to your mobile devices and sounding an alarm if the link is broken, such as would happen if you accidentally abandoned one of […]

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RapidSSL specializes in selling SSL certificates to businesses and non profit organisations. In The Hypervisor labs tests we found the thing that sets it apart from many of its competitors is the quick purchase process and excellent support documentation. For example, some SSL certificate suppliers require you to send them documentary proof of your business […]

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Hoping to build on the success of VMware’s vCloud initiative, configuration control specialist Tripwire today announced a new tool to help manage virtual server environments running VMware ESX Server. Tripwire’s new vWire tool can either be used as a standalone console or as a plug-in that provides a new tab within the VMware vServer client […]

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You only need to look at a few spam messages to see it’s surprisingly easy to make email look like it came from someone else. Likewise, most email is transported over the Internet in plain text, so anyone with network monitoring tools could read your mail — even before you do. These tools are extremely […]

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In a head to head test of AVG and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009, The Hypervisor lab results show the Kaspersky suite discovered and removed more Trojan and virus software than AVG. However, neither package was able to completely clean our PC and we needed to format the hard disk and reinstall Windows to fully fix the […]

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Quick and easy DR sounds too good to be true, but I’ve been reviewing a new appliance and service offering from Plan B. The review is published on ZDnet, and according to the review, the Plan B offering seems to have most of the bases covered. Plan B developed the appliance and agent software itself, […]

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Continuous availability specialist Neverfail today announced its intention to support Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager 2008. VMM is Microsoft’s equivalent of VMware’s Virtual Center management console. Many people will rely on VMM to manage their virtual infrastructure. A Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) deployment consists of multiple components, notably SQL Server, the library service, which requires file […]

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