| 91 | Honeypots Preview: A honeypot is a special computer system set up for the specific purpose of attracting hackers. Generally, these servers will be placed inside a firewall (although they might be outside) and contain specific, known vulnerabilities which allow hackers to gain access. Once inside, a good honeypot contains an immense amount of seemingly attractiv... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 17 February,2002 |
| 92 | Sins of The Internet: Pagejacking Preview: One of the most frustrating events you can experience as a webmaster or writer is finding your work has been copied without your permission. I'm sure that just about every writer and every webmaster has been horrified to find his own work somewhere else under a different person's name. The thankfully few times it has happened to me I felt a m... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 17 February,2002 |
| 93 | Virus Hoaxes Preview: Have you ever gotten an email message like this? BIGGGG TROUBLE !!!! DO NOT OPEN "WTC Survivor" It is a virus that will erase your whole "C" drive. It will come to you in the form of an E-Mail from a familiar person. I repeat a friend sent it to me, but called and warned me before I opened it. He was not so lucky and now he can't even start ... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 17 February,2002 |
| 94 | Product Review: Zone Alarm Pro Preview: I've tried using a number of personal firewalls, including WRQ AtGuard (since purchased by Symantec), BlackIce and ZoneAlarm. On my opinion, ZoneAlarm Pro is by far and away the best personal firewall on the market. I like this firewall because it is the first product of it's kind that actually seems to have been designed for normal human comput... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 17 February,2002 |
| 95 | Super Snooper Preview: You've heard enough about Big Brother to last a lifetime, so I've renamed him Super Snooper to spare you the cliche during this discussion. Super Snooper, (Big Brother), is using terrorism as an excuse to spy on everyone, scan their irises, print their fingers, record their movements and assign threat levels to each and every one of us. The lates... (more) Published By: Mike Banks Valentine Submitted: 18 February,2002 |
| 96 | Privacy Heat Generates Little Light Preview: Privacy and security are topics I've been following closely for over two years online and off. I know I've seen some rather vehement and heated opinions voiced on Privacy and I've watched otherwise very level-headed discussions turn rather boistrous when privacy issues come up in conversations of internet industry marketing or security veterans. ... (more) Published By: Mike Banks Valentine Submitted: 13 April,2002 |
| 97 | Protect and Secure Your Computer Life Preview: Protect and Secure Your Computer Life By: Janet L. Hall Cyberterrorists are no longer considered isolated problems. Big and small companies, organizations, and even personal computers get targeted every day. It’s a worldwide problem. Viruses that run through your computers, stealing your data and sending fake emails to friends and business as... (more) Published By: Janet L. Hall Submitted: 25 April,2002 |
| 98 | Real Life Internet Evil: Brilliant Digital Entertainment Preview: Our purpose with this series is to use real life examples of deception, fraud and other evil to show how you can better protect yourself. The examples cited in these articles are intended to demonstrate best practices and recommendations. What would you think about allowing someone to have unlimited access to your computer system without y... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 06 May,2002 |
| 99 | What is a security certificate? Preview: I'll bet one time or another you've surfed the web and suddenly found a pop-up window in front of you, demanding your approval for a security certificate. I occasionally see these on shopping sites, usually the smaller, less-well-funded companies. The first time I saw one of these windows I had no idea what to do. What the heck is a security ... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 06 May,2002 |
| 100 | I've Been Infected! Preview: The last few days, I've been so proud of myself. I've been working on my ebook, getting organized, really getting things done, and then... My computer started acting funny. Things started freezing up, my browser would change websites for no apparent reason, my email didn't seem the same, everything was running slow. Oh no! I've been infected! O... (more) Published By: Dennis Eppestine Submitted: 09 May,2002 |
| 101 | A Note On Microsoft Security Preview: I've been reading a lot of postings to various message boards, newsgroups and talkback boards on how evil Microsoft (often spelled as Micro$oft or more simply M$) is. The foam-at-the- mouth rantings after the publication on anything even remotely related to that company are nauseatingly predictable. The argument goes something like this: Micro... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 03 June,2002 |
| 102 | ANTI-SPAM, SCAM and SPAM, What do they have in common? Preview: You would be shocked. I am angry and hopefully you will be too after you read this. Anti-spam program = Scam and Spam to your Address Book. I won't pull bones here. Lies, misrepresentation, invasion of your privacy, e-mail abuse and more. That is what they claim the SPAMMERS are doing to you. They promise to stop it. Eliminate unwanted e-mail... (more) Published By: Mike Smith Submitted: 05 June,2002 |
| 103 | Setting Up Your AntiVirus Software Preview: There is far more to antivirus software than just opening the box, inserting the CD and installing software. To be properly protected you may actually want to do a little more than that. You see, a good antivirus program does a lot more than you might think. In this article we will be discussing features of Norton Antivirus 2002, one of the b... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 10 June,2002 |
| 104 | How to Frustrate Password Crackers: 8 Tips Preview: Some time ago, I was one of the most prolific contributors to one of the most popular newsgroups on Usenet. The newsgroup's purpose was to provide fraudulently-obtained, but valid, passwords for websites. The process there is fairly straightforward: someone posts the web site address of a site that they want (free and illegal) access to. Several ... (more) Published By: Mike Delaney Submitted: 11 June,2002 |
| 105 | Wildfire Preview: No, we're not talking about the wildfires in the western part of the U.S., or not even something that can harm your computer. Some times you will get an E-mail with a virus warning like the one that recently circulated on the web about the "A Card for You" virus. Without checking to see if the virus is real, many people immediately forwarded the... (more) Published By: Bob Osgoodby Submitted: 17 July,2002 |
| 106 | Chicken Little Entrepreneurs Preview: Chicken Little is hurrying Umbrella 'neath her wing. She thinks the sky is falling fast So goes to tell the King. But, after she has spread the news And all is told and said The good old King just laughs at her And sends her home instead. That is a very wise old King and I'd love him in charge now. Technology vendors think they can... (more) Published By: Mike Banks Valentine Submitted: 22 July,2002 |
| 107 | Two Simple Security Steps for your Web Site Preview: This article offers several security issues that every Web site owner or developer should be aware of.It's important to be aware of these issues because for many organizations, a Web site is an integral part of their processes, and any downtime can result in costly maintenance work, lost business, or upset customers. First and foremost, you shoul... (more) Published By: Alan Grissett Submitted: 24 November,2002 |
| 108 | The Problems with Secure Email Preview: The ideal system that everyone is searching for – the silver bullet, is to have top security automatically regardless of who you are sending to and what product(s) they happen to be using. The reality is that many e-mail packages are not themselves secure, and do not interoperate cleanly with anything but their own products. For the time being y... (more) Published By: ArticSoft Submitted: 28 February,2003 |
| 109 | Does SSL protect you, or is it a condom that is open at both ends? Preview: For the last five or so years, SSL has been paraded as the technology that secures the Internet. All you have to do is look and see the padlock on the bottom of the screen and you can be sure it’s safe. Is it true? SSL is a technology for providing a secure connection between two places. It provides secure links, or pipes between wherever it sta... (more) Published By: ArticSoft Submitted: 28 February,2003 |
| 110 | Why SSL is not enough to secure your credit card details Preview: SSL (secure sockets layer) is the security technology everyone uses to ensure that their web connections are secure. An SSL connection is symbolized by a padlock icon in the right-hand side of the taskbar and a URL that starts with ‘https’, the ‘s’ standing for a secure http connection. What trust, however, should users associate with SSL? Confid... (more) Published By: ArticSoft Submitted: 28 February,2003 |