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Author :: Gina Capatar  |
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| Article Title :: Spy Scanners – Don’t Compromise your Privacy |
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| Spies, spyware, internet parasites are among what they are usually called. These are scouts that monitor your web activities. The work undercover to check on your surfing patterns, spending habits, items bought, they extract email addresses, hijack browsers, steal credit card information. These are just some of the things a spyware is capable of.A spyware is mainly an information hungry parasite determined to gather data from a user or surfer without him knowing it.The information gathered by these parasites are then sent to the originator without the users consent. Most often, the information gathered by the spyware are used to generate ads and pop-ups on the user’s PC. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Jerry Yu |
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| Article Title :: How to Manage Your Username and Password The Easy and Secure Way |
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| Have been an Internet user for more than 9 years, I have 100's
of logins and passwords to keep. I'm paranoid. I'm now even
more paranoid after I joined YMMSS because I use online payment
systems on weekly basis if not daily.I used to use Microsoft Excel to manage my usernames, passwords,
and other registration information, both online and offline.
Excel is not safe because there are programs to crack password
protected Excel workbooks and I even cracked the spreadsheet and
VBA source code password for one of my old Excel financial
models I developed. Today I still use Excel to store some personal
information but I only save the Excel file on my another
PC that is not conne (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Priya Shah |
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| Article Title :: 5 Simple Steps to Protect your Digital Downloads |
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| A couple of days ago, I was searching for a popular eBook online.Now I'm not going to tell you the name of this eBook for reasons you'll understand in the next few minutes.Okay, so here I was, opening Google, entering the name of the eBook - clicking search, and checking through the first few pages of search results.-> Forward to Page 5 of GoogleI saw a link that looked like a PDF document.Right click -> open in new windowThere, in full glory, was the eBook I was searching for!The complete eBook, mind you, not a trial or demo - sitting there for the world to download.And this is a product that sells for over $25 online!!Obviou (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Alexandra Gamanenko |
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| Article Title :: Information Security for E-businessmen: Just a Couple of Ideas |
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| If you constantly deal with bank or electronic accounts, it must be
your worst nightmare--to wake up and learn that you are a bankrupt.
Some crook stole your personal data and all the money you have been
sweating blood for years has flown to somebody else's account. Almost
everybody must have heard that such a tradegy is called identity theft
and millions of people in the USA alone suffer the same every year.
Poor consolation for its victims, isn't it?Unfortunately, businessmen frequently are targets for identity
thieves, especially online. Lots of articles on identity theft,
"how-to-avoid" tips, and scary stories about the victims circulate
through (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Andrew Wroblewski |
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| Article Title :: I Spy...Something Terribly Wrong (In Your Computer) |
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| This really chapped my lips...I recently bought a new computer. Mine was getting old, had lost its whistle, and the few remaining bells didn't ding a nicely as they had in the past. Yep, it was time for a new state-of-the art dream machine with CD burner. DVD player, a bazillion gigabyte drive and more RAM than Rambo has. I whipped out my trusty credit card and told my local CompUSA to ring it up.Well, needless to say I was enthralled. Blazing speed, working whistles, and bells that were more like the Big Ben gong! I could tear through spreadsheets with one CD/ROM tied behind my back. One day, about three months later, my Son came home form college. having heard all about my (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Tony Chianese |
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| Article Title :: Mall Protection |
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| The Loss Prevention Manager should be receptive to the needs and
objectives of upper management and work to prevent and reduce loss from crime, fire accidents etc.With the continuing threats brought to us by our AL Quaeda and Taliban enemies and the outbreak of new TV shows that reinforce the danger we all face on a daily basis, one must look within as to how we can protect ourselves from threats both real and imagined. I said imagined because we can become either hypochondriacs or completely oblivious to the dangers around us.The situations we will focus on in this brief evaluation are those where large volumes of people congregate on a daily basis. Much has been written (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: John Savageau |
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| Article Title :: Passwords or Pass Phrase? Protecting your Intellectual Property |
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| Much has been said on the theory of password protection for files, computer login, and other network access. In the past we used a combination of letters, special characters, and other techniques to try and prevent unwanted or unauthorized access to our computers, resources, and networks. A new theory on passwords is emerging that may help us remember our access codes, be more secure, and generally keep hackers and thieves out of our networks.A password is a combination of words, letters, and special characters that only the user knows, allowing access to a computer or other information resources. As humans we have a large number of codes and numbers we need to remember every da (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Jacob Madison |
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| Article Title :: Phishing: A Scary Way of Life |
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| The Federal Bureau of Investigation has identified “phishing” as the “hottest and most troubling new scam on the Internet.”What is Phishing?Phishing is a scam initiated via e-mail. Messages are “fishing” for personal and financial information. Most often, e-mails appear to be from reputable companies (internet service providers, telephone companies, etc), banks, and other financial organizations. The e-mail message often gives a story of the bank needing to update its personal information database or a financial institution claiming your personal data had been lost.Who Phishes?Hackers and Scammers looking for personal and financial information use p (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Kenth Nasstrom |
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| Article Title :: A New Era of Computer Security |
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| Computer security for most can be described in 2 words, firewall and antivirus.Until recently could one install a firewall and an antivirus program and feel quite secure. The risk of something “bad” succeeding with infecting your computer or a hacker to breach your firewall was not likely.This as internet was filled with computer completely without protection. Easier to attack or infect the completely open computer then fight all installed counter measurements. The viruses spread quickly and if you had protection, you where protected.The new era has come.But look around. Read about all new versions of spam control software, software firewalls, antivirus sof (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Nick Smith |
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| Article Title :: Delete Cookies: New-Age Diet or Common Sense Internet Security? |
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| No, this article isn't about some new, lose-20-pounds-in-a-week, certified-by-some-tan-Southern-California-doctor diet. It's about cookies on your computer - what they are, why they are there, and what to do about them. Computer cookies actually have quite a bit in common with their baked counterparts - some are good, some are bad, and they have expiration dates.Cookies are small text files that a server places onto your hard drive whenever you access a given domain. Cookies typically contain information that the website uses to either customize the page you are viewing or otherwise make your web browsing experience more convenient and enjoyable. The information is stored on your h (read full article) |
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