We all have digital information we wish to keep private, from a word document filled with improvisational notes about surprise party to work files and folders that contain commercially sensitive facts and figures, but knowing how to keep such data secure and away from nosy-parkers is not always obvious. For starter, there are many different ways to make files and folders private, and some options ... Read more.

The concept of twitter building networks to share teeny-weeny bits of information, who need to read a steady of people’s random thought each in 140 character or less, yet twitter is taking the world by storm, it’s number of active users has grown 900 percent from 2007 to 2008, and actually twitter can be quite helpful if you want to receive news updates, promote your business and connect with ... Read more.

Visiting any adult website can compromise your computer’s security, that notion is widely bandied about, even though common sense tells us that if it was that common then surely the online that is does, 12 million people whose computer were compromised by a virus over 6 month period, one million of them were result of visiting an adult web site, of course, all 12 million infections occurred beca... Read more.

Cyber criminals are carrying out reconnaissance mission on PCs, so they can tailor their attacks, according to Security Company, when hackers find a computer that is vulnerable to attack, they infect it with a small piece of malicious software called a downloader this will initially “sniff” around the victim’s PC, looking for other vulnerabilities, it can find out which operating system and ... Read more.

Your digital photo hold all sort of information, you no doubt know what that you can find the date and time taken, date modified and exposure information in your photo’s metadata, you might also know that your photo can tell what make and model of camera you used and even the lens and flash, but you might also be storing your name, your home address and other private or potentially embarrassin... Read more.

The security benefits are well worth the times investment, OpenDNS can protect your small business network, is take a few minutes to set it up and is free and has contributed significantly to combat against the conficker worm, and it will protect your network from any number of future attacks, as a bonus, it may help your network users experience better browsing performance. Before i describe how... Read more.

The total number of users on the social networking site Facebook has now soared above the 200 million mark. Just to put that into perspective: if Facebook were a country, it would be the fifth largest on Earth, after China, India, the U.S. and Indonesia. According to a recent report by ComScore, European users of social network Facebook have grown by 314% over the past year to nearly 100 million u... Read more.

Talking about ethical hacking, which is the need of the hour, to protect all online transactions from the wrath of viruses, An ethical hacker is a computer and network expert who attacks a security system on behalf of its owners, seeking vulnerabilities that a malicious hacker could exploit. To test a security system, ethical hackers use the same methods as their less principled counterparts, ... Read more.

Recent news stories have reported a litany of facebook horror stories from geriatrics, people over age 30 who dented their dignities, if not their careers, through careless social networking, some people think that the post-collegiate crowd is simply too fuddy-duddy for facebook. Others insist that the site is now as essential as email and phone service, if not air and water, and nobody of any ag... Read more.

Children surfing the web are at no greater risk than when they are offline, according to US report, it says internet related sexual exploitation of young people remains a concern, but research showed it usually involves adolescents well aware that they are engaging with an adult with a view to sexual activity. The biggest problem for young people, online or off is bullying and harassment by their... Read more.