Security

How Safe Are Your Passwords?

April 14, 2010

“If you invited me to try and crack your password, how many guesses would it take before I got it?”, asks blogger and Internet standards expert John Pozadzides. The top ten list of common passwords includes your city, college, football team, your birthday, your partner’s name, or your pet’s name, perhaps followed by a zero [...]

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Avoid Being Phished on Twitter

February 10, 2010

Twitter has recently been hit by a rash of phishing attacks, where users get email messages with fake Twitter login links, in an attempt to steal Twitter account passwords. If you receive a notification from what looks like the real site, do not login. Instead, type “twitter.com” directly into your browser address bar. As a [...]

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Internet Cafe Security

November 18, 2009

When using a public wi-fi network in an Internet café or coffee house, it is up to you to secure your transmissions against prying eyes. Only using https secure connections is one way of stopping those around you from seeing your transmissions. For more cyber café security tips, read Ask Leo, and PC Magazine.

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How to Identify Safe Websites

October 15, 2009

What resources can be used to identify safe websites? Leo Notenboom of Ask-Leo.com says, “One of the best things you can do as you surf the web is simply be skeptical.” He also explores McAfee’s Site Advisor, and Web Of Trust in his article What’s a Safe Web Site?.

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Windows Live Security Breach

October 6, 2009

Attention Hotmail and MSN users: itt’s time to change your password. According to Neowin, an anonymous hacker posted thousands of Microsoft’s Windows Live Hotmail usernames and passwords. The first list of over 10,000 accounts only includes account names that start with the letters A and B, but there was a hint that there could be [...]

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How to Secure Your Online Accounts

July 28, 2009

In early July, a hacker comprised the email account of a Twitter employee, and stole some internal company documents. He did this by using the password reminder feature of Gmail. What can we learn from this? First, use unique, unusual passwords. Second, make sure the answers to your security questions are not easily guessed. Third, [...]

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Protect Yourself from PayPal Phishing Attempts

November 25, 2008

A recent round of PayPal phishing schemes brings up the importance of staying diligent and alert when responding to email. To sharpen your phishing sensors, PayPal offers a Fight Phishing Challenge . Common Crafts explains Phishing Scams in Plain English. And Wombat Security Technologies offers an educational Anti-Phishing Phil game based work done at Carnegie-Mellon.

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What does Your IP Address Reveal About You?

October 28, 2008

Your IP address is the logical identification (as opposed to a physical address) of your Internet-connected computer or router. It is a number formatted into 4 octets (or words) separated by periods, such as 184.238.14.180. Your IP address is shared with every website you visit, and frequently included in every email you send. But exactly [...]

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How to Stop Security Breaches

September 14, 2008

According to an Information Week survey of 4500 computer security professionals, 22% of security breaches were done with “guessed passwords.” This means that the number one thing you can do to improve your security is to use passwords that can not be guessed. For starters, never use any word that appears in your account data, [...]

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Where to Find Free Computer Security Programs

July 22, 2008

Tired of shelling out the big bucks for computer security? Seth Rosenblatt, a technology blogger at CNET’s Download.com, lists his pick of free, top-rated security programs in his Security Starter Kit. His recommendations include Comodo Firewall Pro and AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition.

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