Security Tech
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Protect your good name
Protect your good name
I’ve posted about life lock on here before but I figure that identity theft is always good to write about.
According to ConsumerAffairs.com, Identity theft tops the Federal Trade Commission’s list of complaints with 674,354 complaints during 2006 (and I’m sure things haven’t gotten a lot better since then). That was about 36 percent of [...]
Ad-Aware 2008 beta released
Ad-Aware is one of the better free Spyware, Adware and Malware detection and removal tools out there.
New features include:
Rootkit removal Reduced use of your computer memory (yay!) Speedier Updates Vista and 64 bit system support
Want to test the beta? Check it out here
Via DownloadSquad
Get help updating applications (free)
It’s not only your operating system, Internet connection, and hardware drivers that leave your computer system open to hardware vulnerabilities, your applications can do it too. (yes, you’re just getting it from all sides).
Secunia makes a PSI (Personal Software Inspector) that quite happily sits on your computer and monitors your software to see [...]
Security? software isn’t the problem, it’s the users
Studies are showing that cyber criminals aren’t too worried about software vulnerabilities any more, they’re targeting users instead.
It would seem that users are kind of… slow in the area of computer security actually (yes, I know, stand back aghast) especially executives.
Instead of phishing users are being ‘Whaled’. Whalers are targeting the higher power, richer executives [...]
Security? software isn’t the problem, it’s the users
Studies are showing that cyber criminals aren’t too worried about software vulnerabilities any more, they’re targeting users instead.
It would seem that users are kind of… slow in the area of computer security actually (yes, I know, stand back aghast) especially executives.
Instead of phishing users are being ‘Whaled’. Whalers are targeting the higher power, richer executives [...]
Comodo: Excellent, Free, Firewall
I’ve bee using the Comodo Firewall software for a couple of days now and I have to say that it’s really good!
Even better, it’s a free download from the Comodo site. Fully functioning, not-stripped-down, licensed and free!
The software learns the applications that you use to give them access to the Internet, should they need it [...]
PayPal announces secure credit card
Online payment processor, PayPal, will officiall launch another way for you to spend your money online on Tuesday.
PayPal is set to launch a new piece of software called Secure Card.
Sources are letting slip that once installed, the software springs into action when you visit the shopping cart on a site.
The software sits in your [...]
Fireblast Training Simulators
I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that there is no such thing as too much training in a fire department. Sadly there is no better training than an actual fire.
It looks like FireBlast451 has a pretty good change of changing that, they have realistic settings in mobile trailers that can [...]
