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 …
Posted on November 21, 2009 by Mike .
Posted on August 28, 2009 by Mike .
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: …
Posted on August 12, 2009 by Mike .
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 …
Posted on July 31, 2009 by Mike .
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 …
Posted on March 31, 2009 by Mike .
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 …
Posted on March 25, 2009 by Mike .
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., …
Posted on March 21, 2009 by Mike .
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 …
Posted on March 14, 2009 by Mike .
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 …
Posted on January 18, 2009 by Mike .
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 …
