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Four software programs promise to spam-proof your inbox; Gore-Tex guitar strings.READ»

Why Use Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam?

The two things that make us waste precious time and ruin our day are the spam junk that we get and sneaky viruses that take control of our computer. READ»

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U.S. Recruiting Cyber Patriots to Defend the Interwebs

Don't panic, residents of the U.S. of A., your interWeb is safe: Soon 10,000 young cyber warriors will be bravely donning their unifo... uh, T-shirts, and clambering into their cockpi... uh, desks, ready to defend your networks from ...READ»

PCI Policies and Procedures | Why You Need Them and Where to Get Them

PCI Policies and Procedures are an important component of complying with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) provisions.READ»

List Of Computer Virus Exposition

List Of Computer Virus Exposition READ»

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HACKING   |  2 comments

The Best (and Worst) Hacks of Defcon Computer Security Conference 2009

Computer security is a famously murky world that tends to generate alarmist headlines--like the ones about Apple's vulnerabilities from last week. Defcon 2009 has just finished, and lived up to this reputation in many, surprising, ...READ»

The Ad Agency on Your Hard Drive

How Web software called "adware" is taking advertising to a new, effective, and extremely annoying level.READ»

Sweating In the Hot Zone

Imagine what life would be like if your product were never finished, if your work were never done, if your market shifted 30 times a day. The computer-virus hunters at Symantec don't have to imagine.READ»

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Facebook and Twitter Attacks Were Political, and Personal

The attacks that took Facebook and Twitter offline had a bizarre, and disturbing twist: They were aimed at a single user's web presence.READ»

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PCI Policy Examples | Obtaining PCI Security Policy and Procedure Documents

PCI policy examples,where to obtain them and tips on writing PCI security policy and procedure documentsREAD»

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Removing Windows Police Pro from your computer

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Remove Personal Antivirus

Another member of the so called "scareware" viruses is the "Personal Antivirus" malware which infected millions of computers worldwide. The Personal Antivirus is a fake antivirus application which gets installed on user's computers ...READ»

MasterCard Site Data Protection Program (SDP) | Attention Merchants | PCI DSS

MasterCard has made changes to their SDP program,which essentially now requires both Level 1 and Level 2 Merchants to have an annual on-site assessment conducted by a QSA.READ»

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PCI Merchant Levels | What You Need to Know about PCI DSS Compliance

Both Merchants and Service Providers need to comply with PCI DSS, thus, it is imperative that organizations understand the different levels for compliance and what they actually entail.READ»

The Dirty Little Secret About Spam

What J.P. Morgan Chase and Kraft want is exactly what the guys peddling porn and gambling want: free access to your inbox. That's why there's no easy solution to a problem that could soon make the world's email system crash and burn.READ»

Software Consultancy Tips for Selling Virus Protection Support Contracts

Own a Software Consultancy? Learn how proven consultancy secrets attract more great software consultancy clients now. READ»

Slam That Spam

How to put up a fight in the spam battle.READ»

PCI DSS Compliance | You will need documented Policies & Procedures for PCI DSS

PCI DSS compliance requires much more than having the technological infrastructure in place and working in a protected environment. What you will essentially also need is documented policies and procedures for PCI DSS compliance. ...READ»

PCI DSS Compliance | You will need documented Policies & Procedures for PCI DSS

PCI DSS compliance requires much more than having the technological infrastructure in place and working in a protected environment. What you will essentially also need is documented policies and procedures for PCI DSS compliance. ...READ»

Google Bombing and the IRS

Google Bombing and the IRS

It's tax time, and many of us will heed the IRS' suggestion to download forms and file electronically. But as I learned, malicious black hat hackers have hijacked Google's IRS search results to deliver nasty malware. Here’s how. READ»

Privacy, Please

It's getting harder to use the Net -- whether you're sending an email or buying a toy -- without lots of strangers accessing your personal information. Here are some easy-to-use hardware and software tools to help you keep your private affairs private.READ»

Spyware Blockers and Spyware Removers Best Practices and Uses.

Discover leading spyware blockers and spyware removers.READ»

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FACEBOOK   |  4 comments

10 Questions About the Facebook Hack Attacks

On Thursday night, Facebook was attacked by hackers for the fourth time this month. Who is behind the attacks isn't known, but the malefactors appear to be using several old tricks--phishing, malware downloads, and other ...READ»

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Is PC Virus Fear Breeding More Attacks?

Hands up if you've ever had a PC virus? Yup, thought so. It's a ubiquitous and persistent problem that's dogged Microsoft and its users for decades. Now Microsoft's published a security report that sheds an interesting light on the ...READ»

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Update: The Facebook Phishing Scam Continues

Last week I wrote about a phishing and malware scam that has plagued Facebook for weeks. It wasn't quite a virus, because it affected Mac users--but it wasn't entirely Web-based either, because some of the links it hawked were ...READ»