How Secure Is Your Network?

As far as network security is concerned, much of it will depend on how well you value imposing safety precautions each time you log on to the web. Whenever you log on, do remember that you have a lot to consider such as intrusions and hacking done by anyone logged on to the web.

There is no reward in hacking a computer. People just love to give problems and showcase their wisdom. But while they are not directed towards putting their special talent to good use yet, it would be wise to be safe from them rather than falling prey and being a victim as well.

Social Networking Security Warned

For people who own or are even thinking of putting up a social networking site, be warned. Thanks to their growing popularity, they are the next target of viruses being set loose. Much of this is because of the high traffic and attention that they are getting and apparently, the mischievous people of the web want a piece of the attention.

Security of their sites should have been done in the first place. While many would wait for their business to boom before enhancing their site, it would be best to take the initiative in advance. It is wise to be ahead rather than getting to the top and falling due to one minor glitch.

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Social Net – Censored Net ?!?!?

The internet has indeed become one of the most sociable technological wonders the world over yet it has been also subject to controversy time and time again. in countries where the government seeks to control the influx and outflow on information, it is censored and filtered, maybe using keywords or user name databases to block and deny access to them. The upcoming anniversary of the Tienanmen Square Events is sure to get some attention from the Chinese authorities and in the past, Iran has done some filtering of their own when elections and other events of international significance tends to be cut-off from the rest of the internet. Read the rest of this entry »

Social Sites – Fast Becoming Favorites

Of hackers as they try to find ways of spreading their wares, stealing the identities of unsuspecting people and cashing in on other people’s hard earned cash. The many budding social sites that are popping out all over the place, deemed as revolutionary startups are falling one by one to hackers who are after their sites, or their members who are running into the millions ripe fruits for the picking of their wrongdoing. Read the rest of this entry »

The Continuing Conficker Menace

Security centers around the world have found that the famed conficker worm has again sprung back to life at the expected time and date April 1, April Fools Day. This was marked by updates sent to the sleeping code that told it to revise it’s strategy allowing it to circumvent many of the measures put in place to battle the long running malware that is estimated to have infected 9 million computers according to the latest estimates.
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2009 will be a better year for internet security?

Will next year a better year for internet security? If the report from McAfee below is right, it may seem so:

The investigation, conducted by McAfee(R) SiteAdvisor(TM), studied the five major U.S. search engines (Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Ask) and found that the overall chance of clicking through to a risky site declined by 12.0%. Still, McAfee estimates that consumers click through to risky sites more than 268 million times each month.

“It’s good to see that clicking on search engine results has gotten modestly safer,” said Chris Dixon, director of strategy, McAfee SiteAdvisor. “But when almost one of 12 sponsored links still clicks through to a risky site, there remains significant room for continued improvement.”

Whether 2009 becomes the year of internet security or not, internet users must stay alert for any possible attack through websites surfed.

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MS08-067 worms

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Microsoft released an emergency patch for its operating systems. Then it publicly released a reliable exploit code. Now it is reported that there are two new worms that are capable of using the MS08-067 vulnerability. This was discovered by the virus hunters. These worms were discovered on Windows, Chinese version. The worms are used to be able to install a trojan downloader, a denial of service bot and one rootkit to be able to keep its presence undetected on the computers that are infected already. This newest threat is using the proof of concept code, which is widely available. The worms are capable of Distributed Denial of Service attacks or DDOS. Good thing Windows users that updated are not affected with these worms.

Touch your Browser. Take A Closer Look.

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Exhausted of Pocket Internet Explorer? Forget about the stylus, the tiny scrollbars and the keyhole view of the internet. TouchBrowser gives you the effortless webbrowsing knowledge of the iPh0ne, right on your Pocket PC.

You can use you finger to move the webpage around the screen. Toggle between mobile view and desktop view. A large finger-keyboard lets you enter URLs with ease, or enter Google searches directly from the keyboard.

The software works on all Pocket PCs, with all versions of Windows Mobile. Get iPhone-style internet browsing on your Pocket PC. TouchBrowser lets you control everything using only your fingers. You can type using the large keyboard, slide along through web content and scroll through pages with a flick, with full page view.

Why do Hackers Love Their Job?

Creating problems and havoc towards people’s lives has been associated with criminals and fugitives who are simply wanting in attention. On the web a lot of this goes on and they go by the name of hackers. The question on why they do it? It is really more on prestige.

They are wasted talent in the world today. Rather than help create a purpose, they are simply after fame in the wrong way. While we all despise them, look at the hackers from the past. Isn’t it funny how their technique lands them fortunes and good jobs? So would you call that fair?

Buying Stuff Securely Online

We all see sites on the web that offer online selling and while many have embraced them as a new branch of technology, there are some who still have apprehensions since they fear the security of their personal and financial information.

Through your credit card or Paypal, you can purchase practically anything online. But the thing is, how much do you trust the web to make it all happen. This is perhaps what makes most people hesitate today. With all fraud and scams made possible on the web who can blame them! Just be careful and make sure you are making a transaction with a site that has your safety covered.