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Secure your public wi-fi access with freeware tool

17 March, 2008 (13:05) | security, software | By: bbowers

I published an article a few days ago on giving your data to thieves. Here’s a tool to solve one of the problems, public wireless internet hotspots. As a quick recap, unless the sites you are visiting are secured, your data in a public access hotspot goes unencrypted over the air to everyone else [...]

WikiLeaks releases FBI electronic surveillance documents

17 March, 2008 (07:30) | internet, security | By: bbowers

WikiLeaks has been making headlines a lot lately with some pretty ground-breaking releases. Last, they hosted documents embarrassing a large bank in the Cayman Islands that had prided itself in privacy and anonymity. Names of clients that may have been using it as an offshore tax shelter were released along with internal information.
Now, the latest [...]

free software to warn you about unsafe websites

16 March, 2008 (14:13) | internet, security | By: bbowers

Do you ever wonder if the site you are about to visit from Google search results, is a safe site to visit? Wonder no more, in addition to Google’s own search protection, there is a free plugin for your web browser that will warn you before you visit the site, if it has been know [...]

cyber attack launched from 10,000 webpages

14 March, 2008 (11:44) | security | By: bbowers

McAfee Avert labs have identified over 10,000 legitimate webpages organized to infect PCs by redirecting them to a malware-laden website. The malware attacks a mix of applications that have been found vulnerable. Of course, once the victim PC gets infected with one piece of the software, it invites all of its malicious friends in through [...]