Averted government shutdown spared millions of computer users, too – USA Today
Ken Ammon, chief strategy officer at Xceedium, a company that makes computer-security systems for federal agencies, said its government customers are “prohibited from purchasing anything until they get an approved budget.”
Experts fear cyberspammers are plotting new attack modes – USA Today
The spam that anti-virus giant Symantec filters from the e-mail systems at large organizations plummeted to 47 billion per day, down from a daily average of 131 billion per day in 2010. Other e-mail security firms reported a similar drop-off. On Monday …
Set up your new computer safely and securely – USA Today
Otherwise, your new computer could become loaded with viruses and malware in a matter of minutes. You can find links to free security software and other programs mentioned at www.komando.com/news . Start by unpacking the computer and connecting the …
Security protest could disrupt Thanksgiving travel – USA Today
The full-body scanners show a traveler’s physical contours on a computer in a private room removed from security checkpoints. But critics say they amount to virtual strip searches. The protest was conceived in early November by Brian Sodergren of Ashburn …
Free software tools can add to your anti-virus protection – USA Today
Simply navigating to a well-known, legitimate website can result in what’s known as a “drive-by download,” the stealthy installing of a computer infection onto your PC’s hard drive. The endgame for …
Securing Critical Computer Systems Begins At The Beginning: New NIST Report – Medical News Today
Nothing beats the feeling of starting up a new computer – be it a laptop, desktop or a major, custom-designed computing system. A new system is a blank slate with no worry of botnets, viruses or any other …
Report Criticizes U.S. Network Security Abilities – Enterprise Security Today
The Homeland Security Department’s inspector general has issued a report that criticizes the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, saying the agency must share information about threats and trends more quickly and in greater detail with other federal departments so they can better protect …
Facebook’s Gone Phishing Today With PayPal, eBay & HSBC – Inventorspot
In case, you were trying to get through to Mark Zuckerberg today at Facebook, he’s taking the day off to go ‘phishing.’ As if the the major social network in the land didn’t have enough problems attending to their …
Internet Security Today
Product DescriptionInternet Security Today creates an awareness of the risks faced when an individual or organization links the local network to the internet. This book contains a brief history of the internet and its security problems, followed by examples of security breaches today. An explanation of how hackers work and the tools they use is [...]
3 Reasons Win7 Security is Better than Vista – Infopackets (blog)
Channel 4 News 3 Reasons Win7 Security is Better than Vista Infopackets (blog) The operating system (OS) itself looks to make the traditional notebook computer appear as an entirely new device altogether.
