Weekend Reading
Security 'hit-list' for 2007 revealed
Laptop security and mobile viruses should be top of the IT agenda next year, says the SANS Institute. VoIP and the contentious issue of mobile phone viruses also feature on one organisation's 'hit-list'.
Read the article HERE.
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Parents struggle to monitor safety as kids
Snooping through the family computer, a woman discovered that her 13-year-old daughter and some girlfriends had posted profiles on the Internet site MySpace. Word spread, and soon the other moms had ordered the youngsters to delete their profiles.
But that didn't deter the River Dell Middle School students. As more adults try to keep electronic tabs on their offspring - in many cases out of concern for their safety - teenagers are finding new ways to protect their privacy. In an era when businesses and governments routinely employ what some consider Big Brother-like surveillance, parents eavesdropping on their children's online activities has become a game of cat-and-mouse.
Read the article [Sept. 6,2006] HERE.
ChatChecker Lite
ChatChecker Lite is an easy-to-use parental control system for instant messaging. The free ChatChecker Lite service lets you capture and record instant message conversations on one PC in your home. Once installed, you can login from any web connection to review instant messaging activity within the last 24 hours and set up or change your watch-word alerts.
Visit the website HERE.
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Virus writers are funny
In February of this year, Virus Bulletin published one of my articles in which I was speculating about the meaning of a message that a certain virus was displaying. When executed, the virus randomly (a one in 1,983 chance) chose whether or not to display the message “GeNeTiX is EVIL!”
Read the article HERE.
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The sad state of computer security
I teach computer security for a living. Last week, a class of mine asked which vendor had the best security. I responded that they all are pretty bad. If you aren't using OpenBSD or software by D.J. Bernstein, then every other product in the world is pretty bad in comparison.
Read the entire article HERE.
Laptop security and mobile viruses should be top of the IT agenda next year, says the SANS Institute. VoIP and the contentious issue of mobile phone viruses also feature on one organisation's 'hit-list'.
Read the article HERE.
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Parents struggle to monitor safety as kids
Snooping through the family computer, a woman discovered that her 13-year-old daughter and some girlfriends had posted profiles on the Internet site MySpace. Word spread, and soon the other moms had ordered the youngsters to delete their profiles.
But that didn't deter the River Dell Middle School students. As more adults try to keep electronic tabs on their offspring - in many cases out of concern for their safety - teenagers are finding new ways to protect their privacy. In an era when businesses and governments routinely employ what some consider Big Brother-like surveillance, parents eavesdropping on their children's online activities has become a game of cat-and-mouse.
Read the article [Sept. 6,2006] HERE.
ChatChecker Lite
ChatChecker Lite is an easy-to-use parental control system for instant messaging. The free ChatChecker Lite service lets you capture and record instant message conversations on one PC in your home. Once installed, you can login from any web connection to review instant messaging activity within the last 24 hours and set up or change your watch-word alerts.
Visit the website HERE.
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Virus writers are funny
In February of this year, Virus Bulletin published one of my articles in which I was speculating about the meaning of a message that a certain virus was displaying. When executed, the virus randomly (a one in 1,983 chance) chose whether or not to display the message “GeNeTiX is EVIL!”
Read the article HERE.
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The sad state of computer security
I teach computer security for a living. Last week, a class of mine asked which vendor had the best security. I responded that they all are pretty bad. If you aren't using OpenBSD or software by D.J. Bernstein, then every other product in the world is pretty bad in comparison.
Read the entire article HERE.
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