Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Malware targeting childrens' game sites
An interesting report about malware targeting kids games sites. If malware can get into your childrens computer then it has a chance to get on to yours. Or there may be a computer mostly used by the children and occasionally used by adults. If used for sensitive activities like banking, this use by the kids could leave it vulnerable. Moral - keep the kids computers safe and check up on their security posture from time to time.
Monday, 16 January 2012
Use This Infographic to Pick a Good, Strong Password
Some excellent tips on choosing passwords contained within this infographic.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
US researchers awarded grants for home computer security research
Researchers at Michigan State University have received grants totaling about $500,000 to seek ways to help people increase the security of their home computers. The researchers will study how to help home users better understand security issues by carrying out surveys of public opinion on computer security and experiments to find out how people learn about security.
There hasn't been a great deal of research into home computer security so this will be an interesting activity, and it is good that they are starting by trying to understand the users. The next step should be to see how to incoporate security tools and help, into applications and web sites in a more novice friendly way.
There hasn't been a great deal of research into home computer security so this will be an interesting activity, and it is good that they are starting by trying to understand the users. The next step should be to see how to incoporate security tools and help, into applications and web sites in a more novice friendly way.
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Typosquatters Target Christmas Shoppers
A typosquatter is someone who has registered a web address that is very similar to a well-known shop or online business. The difference can be a common or simple typing mistake. So, for example debenams, or argoss have been seen. The criminal then puts up a web site very similar to the real shop in order to entice you to enter your credit card details. It is usually a good idea to type in the name of a web address in order to avoid clicking on a suspect link, but this scam shows you have to be very careful not to make any mistakes. If you are in any way suspicious about the site don't leave your credit card details.
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Safe Online Shopping - Top Tips
At this time of year we are at peak time for online shopping. Here is a collection of sites with lots of good tips for safe online shopping:
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