- Don't Become A Victim Of Identity Theft
Identity theft can happen in many different ways. Some are out of your hands and you can do nothing about them, for instance when your information are leaked by institutions due to negligence. But your identity can get stolen in several other ways, ways that can be prevented. - Don't Exchange Links - Exchange Articles
Search engines are not attaching any value of importance to link exchanges anymore. Having your link on the links page of another web site and returning the favour does nothing to increase the traffic to your site. Many people propagate that link exchanges still count, but being a webmaster, I can speak out of experience, they don’t. - Freedom Of Speech Is Not Exercised When You Mislead People
I have the right and the freedom to choose with what I want to be associated with and what not. If you mislead me to view pictures I don’t want.... - Internet Explorer 7 RC1 Flagging Sites Wrongfully As Phishing Sites
Web site owners are in a state of panic because of the latest flaw in Internet Explorer 7. It certainly holds serious financial implications for online businesses, but how exactly does this concern the user? - Internet Security Is More About Prevention Than Disinfection
Almost everywhere you go on the Internet, you come across victims of malware, hackers, phishing attacks and e-mail scams. These victims turn up like wounded civilians at all the malware removal forums and the security divisions of community driven web sites, seeking for help and advice to recover from the damages caused by these malicious threats. It is like a war ground, claiming casualties everyday. As with any war, you suffer a lot of casualties when you allow the enemy to get past your defences and it is even worse when you have no defences at all - Lara Fabian: The Nue Album – Honesty And Integrity In The Purest Form
Why do a review of an album that was released more than 5 years ago? When it comes to the music of Lara Fabian, there is never a time limit on the lifespan of her music. Lara Fabian's music is immortal, universal and never attached to trends. This allows her music to stay applicable to the listener, no matter when you listen to it, whether it is during the initial release or 5 years after. Nue (which is French for Naked) is a theme that can be applied to most of Lara's albums. It is always amazing to see how she exposes herself through the downright honesty in her music. - Making The Move From Microsoft Internet Explorer To Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox was the solution to so many problems I encountered with Microsoft Internet Explorer. I had an effective browser that dealt with annoying pop-ups and spyware. - Mars Coming To Large View – Is This Hoax Amnesia Or Ignorance
It is unbelievable how many people believe all the nonsense that is circulating the Internet these days. Last year, 30 October 2005, we had the occurrence of Mars being close enough to Earth so that you could be spot it with the naked eye. But many people complained the next day that they saw nothing. The reason was that they have been hoaxed to believe that Mars will be as big is the moon, while it was in fact a bright star in the sky. This year we again have an e-mail circulating the Net, propagating the same lies again and the best of all, the e-mail states that this will only happen again in the year 2287, but according to NASA, this happens every two years. - Online Safety Of Your Children Starts With You As A Parent
We teach our children not to talk to strangers on street, not to accept any gifts from them or give them any personal information. We teach them not to watch unsuitable movies and television programmes. Still we neglect to teach them how to stay safe online while browsing the Internet. No, we rather get parental control software to do our parental jobs for us. Do not allow a computer to teach your child what is right and what is not. - Protocol Against Spam
There has been heavy debate over the effectiveness of the SMTP protocol in a world polluted with spam. There is an urgent need for a new protocol to replace this age-old technology to help battle the ever-increasing problem of spam. But is it really necessary to replace this trusted protocol, is e-mail protocol not the solution to spam we are seeking for. - Safe Online Shopping Tips For Late Christmas Shoppers
If you have not done your Christmas shopping yet, then you fall into the category of the late Christmas shopper. This is the part of the year when retail shops make buckets full of money, because they know people are desperate for gifts and will pay anything just to get something for their loved ones before Christmas day. Online shops are no different, but online shoppers need to be on the lookout for scammers trying to exploit these conditions. - Scammers With A Death Wish
Scammers come up with the craziest ideas these days. It is hard to believe that people still fall for the ridiculous e-mail scams in circulation all over the web. It is even harder to comprehend how scammers think they are going to swindle people into believing their devious lies and unbelievable stories. Unfortunately, online scams are a harsh reality. On the one side you have innocent, uninformed victims walking into the traps of merciless con artists and on the other side you have scammers following a "shoot in the dark with a shotgun" approach to claim as many victims as possible. - Security Flaws, Hanging Them Against The Big Clock
It won’t hurt when you go public with security flaws of a certain piece of software, if there are only three or four users of the software worldwide. But it becomes a problem if billions of people use the software. - Smelling A Hoax A Mile Away By Using A Little Common Sense
It is amazing how quickly the world knew in September 2001 that America was under attack, - Spammers Replying To E-mail You Did Not Send
Spammers are always on the lookout for ways to bypass our spam filters. Lately they have been very successful at this, because many people are complaining that tons of e-mails are getting past their spam filters. Spammers are combining old techniques with new ones, making it hard for even the most advanced and best trained Bayesian spam filter to keep junk mail out of our mailboxes. - Strange E-mails Without Attachments Are Not Necessarily Harmless
A couple of years ago it was safe to assume that e-mails without attachments are completely harmless, whether from a trusted source or not. Computer criminals became more advanced over the years, causing this simple rule to become less applicable to e-mail security. Spam is more than just senseless e-mails cluttering your Inbox, whether they have attachments or not. - The Dangers Of Chain Letters And Petition Lists
Have you ever thought about the purpose of chain letters? Do you think petition lists ever promote the specific cause they were created for? Very few people ask themselves these questions when they receive chain letters and petition list spam, simply because they act like mindless zombies when it comes to responding to these e-mails. Instead of ignoring them, they follow each instruction within these e-mails down to the very last bit of detail. Have people forgot to question the purpose of their actions or are they deliberately exposing themselves to the dangers of these unsolicited e-mails? - The Mental Dysfunction Of A Hoaxer
A hoax about the death of former South African president Nelson Mandela has been in circulation among South Africans since last week. This has caused waves of panic and shocked the nation. Mr. Mandela is a role model for many people, not just in South Africa, but worldwide and has always been an icon for peace, so it is understandable why so many people were shocked about this news. But was it possible to prevent the confusion caused by this hoax? - The Obstacles Facing Cyber Law Enforcement
I recently had an interesting encounter with a specific individual while following a lead on a money laundry scam. I am not going into any details of this encounter but this person completely misunderstood my intentions as a pursuer of law and order in the digital world and jumped to all kinds of conclusions. Once again this made it clear to me that many people is under the false impression that fighting cyber crime is an easy task. - The Perfect Password Practice
Our lives are filled with passwords, security questions, personal identification numbers (PINs) and security codes. Almost every digital device and software package has some security feature involving a password. We have hundreds of shopping accounts, email accounts, banking accounts, you name it and each and every one of these accounts has a user name and a password associated with it. Sometimes you feel you are loosing your mind keeping the security of all your accounts and devices together. Here are a few tips to make the job a bit easier and your accounts more secure. - The Top 10 Culprits Causing Malware Infections
Viruses and spyware is no strange thing to computer users these days. Everyday we need to update our anti-virus and anti-spyware programs to keep our computers protected against these threats. A scan once a week or more is required to reveal any nasty pests, which infiltrated your system without being detected. While it is imperative to have software protecting our computers against these threats, is it just as important to know how these infections occur and where they come from. - United Against Cyber Crime
Two heads are better than one. This is true and this is what we need to combat cyber crime effectively. There is much collaboration between organisations fighting cyber crime and it is important that these organisations work together to make the Internet a safer place for everyone. But there are still a lot of organisations that prefer to work alone and the abuse departments of well-known service providers are ignoring reports from the public and anti-cyber-crime organisations. - Why EV SSL And The New Breed Of Anti-phishing Filters Won’t Work
Microsoft is planning to implement a feature in Internet Explorer 7, which will make the address bar turn green when the user visits a legitimate web site. Sounds good doesn’t it? But there is a catch, to make the address bar turn green when people visit your site, you will need to have an EV SSL certificate. The new EV SSL certificate technology will have a negative impact on the small Internet business that cannot always afford such a luxury. Once again it is a case of everyone getting hit over the fingers because Internet authorities can’t control the waves of computerised crime raging on the Web.
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