Is Your Email Private? Part 2 of 3 (26 Jun 2006) In Part 1 of Is Your Email Private, We covered the basics of most current email systems, including how they work and why they are not secure. We then started into the topic of encryption and provided a link to PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), considered by many to be the default standard for email encryption on the Internet.
Is Your Music Player Spying On You? (26 Jun 2006) In today's times spyware is a very serious issue and all computer users should be aware of the possible damage it can cause. It is estimated by well known industry insiders that nearly 90% of all computers are infected with some kind of spyware.
Its Time to Sing the Encryption Song - Again! (26 Jun 2006) Yes, I'm wearing my encryption hat again. Why you may ask? Well I just finished reading about the newest security hole in Microsoft's latest server product. Then couple that with all the recent hacker activity, new reports from the GAO (that's the Government Accounting Office) that the government can't protect it's own computers and data much less the data WE send them, reports that computer theft is on the rise and news that the FBI is now developing a new computer "worm" (read virus) to spy on citizens, I decided to sing the encryption song again. This time I'll sing a verse about personal data encryption.
Its War I Tell You! (26 Jun 2006) As you may or may not know, a new computer is extremely vulnerable when you first get online with it...
Just Whos Computer is this Anyway? (26 Jun 2006) Well, this is an article I never thought I would have to write. Computer ownership was just not something I thought people would get confused over but, after overhearing a number of conversations last week from my co-workers, I realized that quite a few people just don't know how cut and dry this topic is.
Katrina Scams Move Online (26 Jun 2006) Spam and phishing scams try to capitalize on the Hurricane Katrina tragedy.
Keeping Worms Out of Your Network... (26 Jun 2006) No auntie Sookie, not earth worms, computer virus worms that
can get to you computer and slowly dig deep into your files
and eat them away. Put that fishing pole down and I'll tell you
some more about these new worms.
Knowing What A Trojan Horse Is (26 Jun 2006) Just like the original Trojan Horse that was built by the Greeks, the Trojan Horse Virus for your computer is actually something that is evil and bad concealed within something that seems good and positive.
Lets Talk About Antivirus Software! (26 Jun 2006) Nowadays more and more people are using a computer. A lot of them use it at their work place, but an increasing number of computer users have also discovered the need to have a computer at home. At the same time the number of Internet surfers increased. This is a good thing because people are realizing the advantages offered by the world of technology. As soon as they discover this, they start using computers and the Internet more and more, but at the same time not considering the threats that are coming in from all sides. They should know that if you don't protect yourself, nobody will. These threats are now coming from everywhere and they are growing in number and complexity. First threats of this kind were the viruses. At first, viruses were not that harmful. They were designed to perform a simple task, like flashing a single message onto the user's computer screen. Also the spread rate was slow, because not many people were connected to the Internet. But now the majority of viruses are programs intentionally written to obstruct with, or harm other programs or computer systems. And they are spreading very fast.
Lottery Scam, What It is and how to Avoid It? (26 Jun 2006) Internet scams and frauds are on the rise! The quantity of scam
emails with various fraud schemes any email account receives
today is simply overwhelming! There is this infamous Nigerian
419 scam, which is by far the most widely circulated one. I wrote
about it in one of our ezine articles not long ago. You can read
about it here! And there are many other scams like Lottery, Letter
of Credit, money transfer, black money conversion, real estate,
fraudulent order and the list goes on and on.
Mail Forwarding - Why Would You Do It? (26 Jun 2006) First of all when you think about tampering with mail such as remailing, forwarding etc. you think “dodgy” or is that legal? Quite simply yes, it is legal but it all depends on what the intent of the service is. I will explain why people need to have a fake mail address.
Make Money Online - Defend Against The Latest Scam (26 Jun 2006) First, let's do a little recap'. As I stated in the first part of the article, "Make Money Online - The Latest Scam Disclosed", "refund policy scammers" affect the websites that make money online by selling digital products by buying the product and asking for refunds, while keeping the product.
Make Money Online - Latest Scam Disclosed (26 Jun 2006) Before we start, I want to make it clear that this article is about scammers that affect people who make money online by selling digital products, like e-books, software, etc. and have a refund policy....
Message Board Security Problems (26 Jun 2006) Ever open up your website to find a note from a hacker or maybe have your web host shut you down? It might be time to upgrade your message board.
Money Mule Email Scam Hits U.S. (26 Jun 2006) Job offer scam sent in email can lead to huge liability and legal troubles for honest people
Network Security 101 (26 Jun 2006) Keeping your network secure is becoming increasingly important as the number of computer hackers continues to grow. This article gives the basics of Network Security.
New CipherSend Online Security Service Thwarts Email Address Theft And Soothes Password Fatigue (26 Jun 2006) A CPA that has managed websites for accounting firms for several years hired encryption programmers to inexpensively solve two of the biggest headaches his CPA clients complain about: email addresses being stolen off their website by spambots and being unable to receive secure documents from their own clients without passwords and logins.
