Archive for January, 2008

Social Security to go High Tech

Even the Social Security has begun to beef up security in the area of its disability and claims checks. The government announced that it is undergoing implementation of the use of debit cards instead of the standard checks that are mailed out monthly due to several incidents of people using other people’s checks and claiming [...]

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P2P Site Administrators Beware

Peer to peer sites have long been a debated and attacked web sites that are said to be sponsored and run by hackers for anything goes with P2P. From the latest and hottest music tracks and videos, to whole movies being shared across the continents even with copyright laws as we have said anything goes. [...]

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FaceBook Phishing Scam

The site has again been subject to attack by hackers who gather up user login names and passwords. The attack begins with a seemingly legitimate FaceBook link which unknowingly cuts out selective information as they are linked to the group as belonging to the friend social group. FaceBokk to this day has not released any [...]

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FTP for fast file transfer

But that might not be too great for security when browsing the web. Go to the control panel and check-out internet connections and go to the protocol sections and see what are installed. There are usually three types NetBios, IPX/SPX and TCPIP. For most casual internet users you would only need TcpIP for the NetBios [...]

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Site Blocking

If you allow your kids to go online on their own, use the built-in the windows content blocker. It allows you to specify which sites you do not allow them to access blocking entry with a password or to totally prevent entry to a site by blocking it altogether. There are facilities where you list [...]

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Encryption Technology

This is the main feature of so-called secure web sites that encrypt data for all transactions. This is only necessary when sending information say as you pay your bill, you would notice the browser if you watch closely shift to some other mode which would become evident due to it working a bit slower than [...]

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Anti-Virus Protection

Most anti-virus programs of today come in packages that have different features. It may be the basic anti virus that intercepts or removes viruses before they spread. It may also come with email protection which scans all incoming and outgoing e-mail for viruses and other malignant programs preventing them from leaving your computer and infecting [...]

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Adware/Spyware

These are advertising tools that without the proper protection such as a firewall (which is built into Windows Xp SP2 or one may be included in your Anti-virus software ) pop out of nowhere when you visit web sites, becoming a nuisance by distracting you from the information you may be looking for. The worst [...]

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