Security

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Security is a top concern for businesses of all sizes, everywhere. Your valuable business data is the lifeblood of your organisation, and protecting it is vital. There may be a host of conflicting messages out there about how to best protect your data. Is not designed to help you resolve every single security problem on a technical level, but rather …

A discreetly tucked away folder that contains your resume, your tax returns and another important file may be convenient for you, but it’s also a gold mine for online crooks that steal and sell digital data on a thriving black market, even though encrypting data unquestionably helps protect it from thieves, many users in the past believed that using encryption …