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Are You Kiddin' Me?, Security

FBI Loses About 4 Laptops a Month

Mar 8, 2007

According to an audit by the US Justice Department Inspector General, 3 or 4 FBI laptops are lost or stolen each month. As if that was not enough, no ...

Security, Technology

Setup a Secure Home Network

Mar 6, 2007

Our article on securing your wireless router has received a lot of visitors. In fact, we got so much traffic for that one article that I had begun wri...

General, Security

Eight QuickTime Holes Plugged

Mar 6, 2007

In a bulletin released today, Apples has plugged eight serious security holes in its QuickTime media player. These vulnerabilities affected Macs as we...

General, Security, Software

Microsoft Live OneCareā„¢

Mar 3, 2007

Microsoft announced OneCare™ almost 2 years ago as a way for the average PC user to get a beefy all-in-one protection package that would keep th...

General, Security

NCAA Tournament Will Test Networks

Mar 2, 2007

This month’s NCAA Tournament is one of the most popular events in US sports. (Note to foreign readers, this is kind of like the World Cup of Col...

Security, Software, Web

Google Desktop Search Exploit Patched

Feb 22, 2007

Google recently released a notice of a severe bug in their Desktop Search Tool, which allows users to search Google from their desktop. The leak is a ...

General, Security

Credit Card Cloning

Feb 19, 2007

Here is a video that outlines a pretty sneaky technique that is being employed more and more these days. Here is a link to a video that demonstrates t...

Browsers, Firefox, General, Security

New Firefox Vulnerability Reported

Feb 17, 2007

There has been a vulnerability found in the Firefox web browser that could allow a phishing web site [define Phishing] to appear authentic. This but w...

Browsers, Internet Explorer, Security, Software

Microsoft Patches Six Critical Flaws

Feb 14, 2007

When you are the world’s largest maker of software and your software runs on about 95 percent of the world’s computers, you are going to h...

Security

Google Flagging Risky Web Sites

Feb 14, 2007

These days, all one has to do to have malware installed on their computer is click on the wrong web site. In some cases, as soon as your browser goes ...

Security, Tech Tips

Internet Security – What is Phishing?

Feb 13, 2007

This is part two of my multi-part series Internet Security – Your Computer and You. Here, I am touching on the subject of phishing. Phishing pro...

Security, Tech Tips, Web

Internet Security – Your Computer and You [I]

Feb 6, 2007

I am beginning on a multi-part series on Internet Security which concerns you, your computer and your data. It will be a weekly edition as I begin to ...

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