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The True Cost of Spam
Junk email may be costing your company more than you think; here’s how to add up the real costs. Spam may be cheap for the people who send it, but it can be a serious expense for your business. According to a study conducted earlier this year by Nucleus Research Inc., spam management costs Businesses [...]
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Encryption 101
For many people, the word “encryption” invokes images of spies, clandestine operations and World War II, or NSA code breakers feverishly working to decipher enemy messages in a Dan Brown novel. Actually, encryption is a priceless security tool that any business can easily use to keep sensitive information confidential and safe from prying eyes. You [...]
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Chain Mail & Hoaxes
Firstly, Its simple… Rule No. 1. Don’t forward emails to everyone in your address book. Why? I hear you say, Read on… What Are Internet Hoaxes and Chain Letters? Internet hoaxes and chain letters are e-mail messages written with one purpose; to be sent to everyone you know. The messages they contain are usually untrue. [...]
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What is Malware
What is Malware? Malware, is short for MALicious softWARE and is a term used to broadly classify a form of software which is installed in a computer system mostly without the owners permission with malicious intentions. It includes Trojans, viruses, key loggers, malicious active content, rogue programs and diallers among others. There is another form [...]
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The Future of Identity
The Internet has shown that reputations are important but don’t have to be tied to specific real individuals. The entire banking system is built on top of the idea of reputation, but tries hard to tie them to real identities. The problem of identity theft is likely to break this connection. We will see a [...]
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Protecting Your Privacy on the Internet
What are some of the most basic security threats to your computer? Find out in this article, and learn drastic steps that can be taken to protect yourself and your system. The IT security world has now enriched its vocabulary with such notions as spyware, adware, phishing, zombie PCs, spam robots, etc. Thus software protection [...]
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Eset Smart Security
I have used Eset’s products for many years now and swear by them. The release of version 4 again impresses me. The interface has been redesigned as well as the pop-up notifications. They seem to glow with pleasing bright colours. I was impressed with the Beta versions that I tested for ESET. Now its fully [...]
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Facts about Facebook
I have recently written a lot on social networking and have been asked on many occasions to justify what I write about, so here goes: Social Networking is popular and packed with features, and yet it offers so little to so many. The favourite timewaster for many office workers, sites such as Facebook and MySpace [...]
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Data Theft – Who has your data?
Data theft is, quite simply, the unauthorised copying or removal of confidential information from a business or other large enterprise. It can take the form of ID-related theft (the theft of customer records) or the theft of a company’s proprietary information or intellectual property. ID Data Theft ID-related data theft occurs when customer records are [...]
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Clickjacking: A beginners guide
Clickjacking is a form of client-side, web-based attack in which the attacker tricks the victim into clicking areas of disguised/obfuscated HTML elements, such as the IFRAME, APPLET, OBJECT, or other HTML elements that can display externally loaded resources. The clickjacking technique aims to circumvent the stringent security policies of the browser and all of its [...]
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