security

For years Google Street View has raised privacy concerns. The images of people and locations were put online without expressed permission. In some countries, there has been a debate as to whether Google was contravening the privacy laws of existing legislation.
Now, in Canada, there is concern that the Street View service may be [...]

Spoofing is creating limitimate looking content to dupe people into behaviour such as downloading programs or revealing personal information. Apparently, Comcast is initiating a trial of a malware alert program.
Elinor Mills reports:
“Comcast is launching a trial on Thursday of a new automated service that will warn broadband customers of possible virus infections, if the [...]

Following the videotaping crime involving Erin Andrews, there has been a focus on privacy and security in hotels. Some people, like athletes, are regular travelers and have their trip noted publicly, in the media. For example, it is well known when your favorite team is gone for an ‘away’ game and in which [...]

The irony is striking. Microsoft is in the security news for its free computer security package. The emphasis is on the “free“:
“… Microsoft said the software would be available to anyone who wanted to use it and downloading it would not involve registering with the software firm or having a limit on [...]

Some people can’t be without their music. Some runners use ear buds and tune out the noise as they do their miles (or kilometres). This is simply dangerous. Nevertheless, people listen to their music while on a bike, while in their car, while at their work desk… you might be reading [...]

It used to be that the security issues concerning wi-fi focused on hackers penetrating the system. The concerns were malware infections, spyware, identity theft and other such dangers. Now wi-fi being eliminated in some schools because of health concerns:
“Another primary school in Northern Ireland has decided not to use wireless technology after a [...]

Millions of family have pictures of baby in various states of undress. It may be chronicling baby as he or she is , dressing, having a bath, at play, toilet training and a myriad of other childhood activities. It can be a totally innocent cataloguing of the child’s development. However, it can [...]

It is inexplicable. There are reports that there are still educational institutions that are using Social Security numbers as student identifiers. That makes identity theft simple and easy. All that someone needs to steal an identity is to tie a name to a Social Security number. Any other information can be [...]

With striking predictability, criminals are exploiting the death of Patrick Swayze to deliver malware. The hackers are aware that this is a news item that people online will search and hackers are prepare to exploit this interest:
“… just as web miscreants have recently used immense interest in the deaths of Michael Jackson, Farah [...]

There was a myth online about internet security that some people still believe. That notion is that if someone online stays away from “bad’ websites, then there is no danger. That security belief is false.
An illustration of how invalid that notion is can be found with the recent problems linked with The New [...]