Forensic
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PhotoDNA Fighting Child Pornography
Most people will never be exposed to photos of children being sexually abused by predators. But images of that abuse can be found in dark corners of the online world, where networks of child abusers and child-pornography consumers produce and propagate photos of children being victimized. This week, Microsoft is donating a new technology to [...]
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Stop Phishing: A simple guide
Phishing has been around for a while now. Longer than most of you think, and over the next year or so, its going to get worse. Can you detect a Phishing site or Scam? Are you protected… What is Phishing OK, for those of you who don’t know what phishing is, here’s a quick overview. [...]
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Cyber Affairs – The new adultry
Why do people cheat? Well its usually for a few reasons. Mostly its because they are not happy in their relationship (more on this later). Other times is because they can, they don’t care or have no respect for the person the are with. It could be for revenge or they fall in love with [...]
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Steganography – Invisible Secrets
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it could also hide something more treacherous. Today, businesses wanting to guard against the potentially ultra-serious hazard of vitally important data being deliberately leaked to unauthorised people outside or even inside the organisation, need to get to grips with an alarming reality: a picture can also [...]
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Password Advice
Your passwords are the keys you use to access personal information that you’ve stored on your computer and in your online accounts. If criminals or other malicious users steal this information, they can use your name to open new credit card accounts, apply for a mortgage, or pose as you in online transactions. In many [...]
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Twitter Dangers
We all know how fun Twitter can be. Many people have fallen in love with this micro blogging site, and don’t really see anything that could go wrong. After all, who needs Twitter safety tips against a cute, bird logo? Well, don’t be too caught up in your Twitter postings that you forget your safety. [...]
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Cyberstalking – A Guide
The lack of sensory information on the Internet (like too many adults, teenagers and younger kids with a Facebook or Myspace page or Twitter account) may have a significant impact on cyberstalkers, “The absence of sensory-perceptual stimuli from a real person means that fantasy can play an even more expansive role as the genesis of [...]
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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. Actually, encryption is a priceless security tool that any business can easily use to keep sensitive information confidential and safe from prying eyes. Unfortunately, many businesses fail to take [...]
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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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