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Stealth Mode: Making Yourself Nearly Invisible on Facebook »

Q: Growing tired of the Facebook privacy scandals, I tried to leave the social network, but you need to be a member now to access a number of outside websites.…

Jan 26 2011 / 1 Comment / Read More »
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New Firefox Feature Blocks Behavioral Ads »

Mozilla, the developer of the Firefox browser, is working a feature that will allow users to opt-out of online behavioral advertising. The goal is to give users “a deeper understanding…

Jan 25 2011 / 2 Comments / Read More »
Personal Security

Govt May Soon Force Banks to Impose New Online Authentication Steps »

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The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) could soon release new guidelines for banks to use when authenticating users to…

Jan 26 2011 / 1 Comment / Read More »

Stealth Mode: Making Yourself Nearly Invisible on Facebook »

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Q: Growing tired of the Facebook privacy scandals, I tried to leave the social network, but you need to be…

Jan 26 2011 / 1 Comment / Read More »

E-signatures safer than the real thing, experts say »

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In a high-tech world where incidents of ultramodern cybercrime are rapidly becoming the norm, it seems that something as straightforward…

Jan 25 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Online Privacy Masks ‘Beauty of the Internet,’ Prof Says »

The current discussions about online privacy threaten to ruin the “beauty of the Internet,” according to a top journalism professor…

Jan 24 2011 / 1 Comment / Read More »
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Financial Security

Government commission say regulators failed in 2008 stock market crash »

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The government commission that investigated the financial crisis said two presidential administrations and the Federal Reserve Bank shared the blame. “The greatest tragedy would be to accept the refrain that no one could have seen this coming and thus nothing could have been done,” the…

Jan 26 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Identity Theft, Data Breaches Jump 33% in 2010 »

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) recorded 662 data breaches in the United States in 2010, a nearly 33 percent increase from 2009. To cybersecurity analysts, this is further proof that organizations that handle and store sensitive digital data need to do a much better…

Jan 7 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Using Social Media Passwords With Critical Accounts »

InformationWeek reports, “All the major sites–Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn–have the same minimum password length of six characters. And password complexity checks are few and far between. Facebook and LinkedIn have no complexity checks. For MySpace, some complexity checking is enabled; however, users can enter a…

Nov 30 2010 / 1 Comment / Read More »
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Behind the Veil of Internet Security »

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As the internet develops over time so do our concerns over Internet security. Fear of cybercrime and swindles are constantly in the headlines and in…

Dec 27 2010 / 2 Comments / Read More »
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