Security

For some of our readers, the new year starts very soon — it’s school time again. And with school, in spite of the economy, there will be purchases of new laptops and desktops. On those laptops and desktops will go some very important files — like lectures, papers, music, pictures, and other personal “stuff” — [...]

Some days, it seems as though there is a never-ending barrage of new malware out there in the cyber world. Hackers and criminals are increasingly creative in trying to get you to click the links, thus delivering you their malicious code. People using services like Twitter also have to be concerned about malware — just [...]

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford wrote what he considered to be private email correspondences to a “dear friend.” Unfortunately, the recipient of his email communications had her email account hacked. This unauthorized access meant that Governor Sanford’s private, intimate email correspondences were media fodder for the national and international press. The breach of email security [...]

The unfortunate deaths of a number of celebrities recently has generated an increase in spam. Add political scandals to the news, and the junk mail really spikes upward. There has been (and will continue to be) a significantly higher volume of this junk email directed at your inbox. Not only is this spam a waste [...]

Gnomie Gerritt from Symantec writes:
Hi, Chris!
With summer in full swing, travel plans are on the horizon for many of us — and while Lockergnome readers are probably more “up-to-speed” than most when it comes to technology, it may be a good time to remind them about some of the basics. Norton from Symantec — a [...]

Cisco Systems uses this program. The Drug Enforcement Administration (USA) uses this program. The Exchange Bank uses this program. McCain Foods Limited uses this program. The program is Invisible Secrets and the client list grows. Privacy and security are important to these companies and institutions — it is essential to computer protection. This is a [...]

There is a myth about computer security that survives. It goes something like this: ‘you can stay out of trouble if you don’t visit bad sites.’ This is not true. First of all, what defines a ‘bad’ site? And, with the expertise and sophistication of today’s criminals, any site can be compromised and turned into [...]

Most people now have more than one computer. Some may have a main desktop machine and a laptop for out-of-the-house work. It is baffling why each and every computer that a person owns does not have the same level of protection against malware and spyware. The analogy that comes to mind is that the front [...]

Although most people don’t give security much attention until their personal or business systems are attacked, this thought-provoking anthology demonstrates that digital security is not only worth thinking about, it’s also a fascinating topic. Criminals succeed by exercising enormous creativity, and those defending against them must do the same.
In Beautiful Security, edited by Andy Oram [...]

Some people who spend many hours online fighting malware requested that this top-rated firewall be brought back, as an offer for our readers. It was formerly known as the Kerio Personal Firewall. Now, it is called the Sunbelt Personal Firewall.
This firewall was discussed previously. Not all firewalls are the same. They differ in efficiency. [...]