If you’ve ever struggled with your PC’s BIOS, or been knee-capped by a rootkit that assailed the BIOS, you undoubtedly wondered why this archaic part of every PC wasn’t scrapped long ago. Well, be of good cheer: Windows 8 will finally pull the PC industry out of the BIOS generation and into a far more [...]

Mozilla has released the first publicly available beta of Firefox 5, which acts as a halfway house between the final stable, final release of Firefox and the developmental version, Firefox Aurora. The beta version offers a more stable environment than Aurora in which to road-test developmental features before they’re implemented into the next final release. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]