Latest Blog Posts- Don’t download pirated software! Ever!
This video from panda labs show how easy it is for the bad guys to tag malware or a virus on to legitimate (but cracked/pirated) software that is then often released on P2P networks for download. How cyber criminals infect victims via P2P with pirated software from Panda Security on Vimeo. - 20 years of the EFF
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has created a Surveillance Self-Defense site to educate the American public about the law and technology of government surveillance in the United States, providing the information and tools necessary to evaluate the threat of surveillance and take appropriate steps to defend against it. - Adventures with BackTrack 4
BackTrack 4 is filled with awesome security utilities. So what have we done so far … well not too much – we’ve downloaded the 1.6Gb ISO image and successfully created a DVD from the ISO. This DVD has been used to successfully boot up into ubuntu linux and we’ve started the gui using startx. So [...] - Great site showing lack of DLP processes and software
The Office of Inadequate Security catelogues the massive and significant amount of data loss that is continuing to occur with the latest being 79,000 employee details missing from AMR (parent company of American Airlines) - Junior code breakers in the making
The US NSA get in early … and why not, codes, ciphers and puzzles are great and challenge the mind :) See the Code Kids site.
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Hacker News Network| The Hacker News Network » Hacker Interest | | All content © 2009, 2010 SRT Studios, LLC | - OBD-II on Your iPhone
This week’s HNNCast includes a story on ODB II hacking – well, I guess we’re not the only ones to get the Auto Bug – there’s now an app for that – well, to read ODB II at least…
Rev by DevToaster is an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows real-time monitoring of [...] - Program your own mayhem-causing USB dongle
…this programmable USB device. [Adrian's] creation identifies itself as a USB keyboard and can be programmed to do whatever you want. That’s because it’s based around the Teensy board which sports an ATmega32 that will cost you only $18. He’s added a set of DIP switches for easy in-field changes to the firmware. There’s also [...]
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| Home Welcome to Desktop Security Software | Written by Administrator | | Monday, 23 November 2009 20:54 | Desktop Security Software (DSS) is an information portal that provides news, reviews and advice relating to home and corporate system security and services.
DSS is a community portal that encourages active participation from its readership. “One for all and all for one” is our motto with regard to system security!
We take security seriously, even with this informational web site – you will see that this site can be secured for information in transit by Secure Socket Layer (SSL):
We hope you find the information within this web site useful. Why not join us (free registration) and login and help contribute to everyone’s desktop security with relevant articles of your own. Or help with our security wiki (which is in its early stages to say the least!)
And maybe link to us and help spread the word!
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| | Free Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer Software |  |  |  |
| Written by Administrator | | Friday, 16 July 2010 19:19 |  This free tool from Microsoft checks computers for common security misconfigurations.
The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can check computers running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows® Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows 2000. The scanning of computers for security updates with this tool requires "Windows Server Update Services", that means you must have administrator privileges for each computer you want to scan.
| | Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:48 | | Read more... |
| Keep on blogging - know your rights | | | |
| Written by Administrator | | Sunday, 27 June 2010 18:14 |  The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) aims to help you secure your blogging future with this helpful service that advises on legal and ethical blogging.
Please note that this guide applies to people living in the US. The EFF don't currently have the expertise or resources to speak over other countries' legal traditions. If you know of a similar guide for other than the USA then let the EFF know, to help bloggers in other parts of the world.
| | Last Updated on Sunday, 27 June 2010 18:28 |
| How to avoid phishing scams | | | |
| Written by Security Guru | | Sunday, 06 June 2010 16:51 | 
5 tips to avoid phishing scams Phishing (fishing) refers to scams and cons where people are persuaded into providing personal information such as identity (name, address, d.o.b. etc) and other details (passwords, credit card numbers). | | Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:40 | | Read more... |
| How To Keep Your Money and Info Safe Online | | | |
| Written by ILIUM SOFTWARE | | Thursday, 27 May 2010 18:58 | 5 tips to protect yourself and a great security tool that makes it easy Whether we like it or not, information about - and control over - the money in our bank and credit card accounts is online. All of that information - and as a result, our money - is only as safe as the passwords we choose to protect it.
If we aren't careful with our information, it can get stolen. And these days, with the convenience of online shopping and banking, it's not only our info that risks getting compromised, but our actual money. So how can you help prevent the potential theft of your money and info online? Using the tips below, along with a secure password manager like eWallet, is a great way to protect your important information. Keep reading for some online safety tips, and to see why eWallet is the perfect security tool for following these simple steps. | | Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:49 | | Read more... |
| | Russian spies using steganography software? | | | |
| Written by Administrator | | Saturday, 03 July 2010 11:47 |  It's being reported that the captured Russian spies have been using Steganography software to pass secret messages back home.
The BBC reports on steganography concepts in it's usual elegant way and photography sites are exploring the issue too. Amateur Photography magazine is speculating (we think) that easy to use free steganography software like QuickStego could have been used.
Indeed this software is blissfully easy to try and does allow a massive amount of hidden text to be tucked away inside a .bmp type picture image with imperceptible results to the image itself.
| | Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:36 |
| Be careful what you reveal on Facebook | | | |
| Written by Know a Byte | | Friday, 11 June 2010 17:39 |  The Information Commission is advocating due care and attention about the amount and type of personal information you reveal about yourself.
Not really from an ID theft point of view (though that can be a problem if you give away too much personal information), but more from "wearing your heart on your sleeve" via social networking.
Do you really want your current or future employers to know how many beers you routinely consume? That you took a "sickie" yesterday, last week, last month, five times last year?
The site is pretty much targeted at younger adults - read more here - stay in control of your online information, don't let your profile come back to haunt you!.
| | Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:33 |
| Free Online Child Safety Software | | | |
| Written by Software Reviewer | | Sunday, 06 June 2010 15:44 | 
Keep track of what your kids do on-line and protect them from on-line nasties. This free service from Norton may not provide the best service of this type, but for free it is definitely better than nothing and is indeed a respectable offering from the huge Symantec/Norton security company. It's easy to set-up and configure ... | | Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:45 | | Read more... |
| Which encryption to choose, 128- or 256-bit? | | | |
| Written by WinAbility Software | | Sunday, 16 May 2010 16:38 |  When you password-protect a disk or a file with encryption software, you are often have a choice of the size of the encryption key, which could be 128- or 256-bit, or even longer. Which size should you choose?
The naïve answer seems to be "the longer the better": the 256-bit encryption’s got to be much stronger than 128-bit, why not use it? The reality is, however, that for all practical purposes the 128-bit encryption is just as strong as the 256-bit, while it requires less computational resources and is performed faster. How can it be, you might be wondering? | | Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:41 | | Read more... |
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