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You haven’t been properly inaugurated into the 21st century until you get a letter warning that your personal information has been stolen and you may be a victim of fraud. I received my letter a few weeks ago. The University of California at Berkeley, where I attended journalism school as a graduate student, wrote to [...]
PCWorld’s Annual List. Included are some of our favorites : Firefox, Gmail, OSx, Skype, Zonealarm.
As part of the monthly security bulletin release cycle, Microsoft provides advance notification to our customers on the number of new security updates being released, the products affected, the aggregate maximum severity and information about detection tools relevant to the update. This is intended to help our customers plan for the deployment of these security [...]
Another informative and timely article from Fred Langa.
From the first day of sitemaps introduction, I’ve been posting to and reading the
google sitemap group.
So, my $0.02 (for what that is worth): no consipiracies, no ulterior moives, just good old fashioned business logic. “Reduced costs == increased profits, a better product == market leadership and better PR, innovation == keeping Microsoft in third place”.
Internet security specialist Symantec Corp. has turned the tables on browser toolbar startup Hotbar.com Inc., filing a lawsuit to retain the right to flag Hotbar products as a potential security risk for PC users.
A reader recently asked me whether it was better to have a complex password that you repeated often or to have several different passwords. I want to say both, but I know in practice that I have occasionally reused passwords, especially for online newspaper registration to otherwise free content. I would never reuse a password [...]
Citigroup is advising some customers to take steps to protect their identity following the disappearance of a package containing credit information on 3.9 million of the company’s CitiFinancial Branch Network Customers.
The data, which contains customer names, Social Security numbers, and payment history information, was stored on computer tapes being sent via United Parcel Service to [...]
A Web browser spoofing vulnerability has returned to plague the latest version of Mozilla Firefox and other Mozilla browsers, a security researcher reported Monday.
Congress is considering anti-spyware legislation, and while the intent of our legislators is laudable, it is doubtful that Congress can pass an effective, enforceable anti-spyware bill.
First, spyware is difficult to define legally. Second, even if we can define spyware legally, legislation will not protect us against spyware from companies outside Congress’ jurisdiction.