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To protect your small or midsize company’s network against bots, you’ve first got to understand what bots do and how they do it. Cisco’s Jimmy Ray Purser unveils the dark side of network bots. Looking back at how good things can be turned into bad things is the true study of network security. There never […]
According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, a joint initiative between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, Americans lost $198.4 million to Internet fraud in 2006, an increase of 8 percent from 2005. The number of scams reaches its highest in the months leading up to Christmas Day, when online shopping is […]
Various types of online threats such as spyware are not widely understood by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). According to research by Get Safe Online, 44 per cent of small firms in the UK have fallen victim to cyber crimes such as data theft and identity fraud, with many suffering a computer virus and phishing […]
To protect consumers from global online marketplace fraud, Microsoft has filed 52 lawsuits and referred 22 cases to local law enforcement in 22 countries. These lawsuits and cases are against resellers who allegedly sold counterfeit Microsoft software on various online marketplaces. India is one of the countries where these lawsuits and referrals have been undertaken. […]
Although Vista is the most secure version of Windows ever created, many of its security features have drawn criticism. This article explains why. When Vista was released to manufacturing, Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin told the press that the number one reason for upgrading to Vista is that it’s far more secure than previous versions of […]
Computer users are still demonstrating widespread indifference to measures designed to prevent malware infections. A survey by PC Tools found that 80 per cent of respondents had been hit by an online attack despite claiming a high level of awareness of online security and the requisite security products. Nearly all respondents were aware of the […]
The latest version from Trend Micro has all these in place and we found they worked well together. The interface has been updated but it remains clean and easy to use with all the main features grouped together and listed down the left-hand side. One of the problems we had with the previous version was […]
When it comes to anti-malware software, the first decision any Windows user needs to make is whether to go with an integrated suite of software or pick and chose specific products, such as a firewall, anti-virus and anti-spyware software. If a suite came pre-installed, it’s certainly a tempting option. Dealing with a single company and […]
Historically, viruses have been the primary concern of computer users and network administrators. If you’ve used a computer for any length of time, you certainly remember various virus outbreaks and the nuisance they cause. As anti-virus technology has improved, the incidents of viruses infecting computers has reduced. Even with the proper protection, you still need […]
More than half of computer users who think they are protected against online threats like spyware, viruses, and hackers actually have inadequate or no online protection, according to an independent research study conducted for Verizon… While 92 percent of participants thought they were safe, the scans revealed that 59 percent were actually vulnerable to a […]
Last month, when Facebook announced a series of ads that would inject themselves into your friends’ News Feeds, privacy advocates balked. It was believed that this sort of implied advertising that appeared to come from a friend was illegally using their likeness to shill for some product or another. All that seems minor now, however, […]
