A user in the Internet / Network Security Forums asks: "Is there a program (free or shareware preferably) that will allow me to "ghost" my kids PC that is networked ... Read More

It seems to be the time for the release of monumental sequels. First, Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith premiered, and now the 5th edition of the computer security ... Read More

Congress has been busy this week trying to combat the threat of spyware to personal and corporate computer users. First, the House passed the SPY Act, by a 399-1 vote, ... Read More

Cyber-extortion is one of the latest threats to strike at home computer users. According to Websense Security Labs, the threat infects vulnerable systems using an old vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet ... Read More

One of the first things that even a novice computer user learns is that when your arrow cursor changes to a little hand or a line of text is a ... Read More

Microsoft only had one bulletin for the month of May. It is rated as Important, but it affects Windows Explorer and could result in an attacker being able to execute ... Read More

NMap is a versatile and powerful tool. Better than that, it is free. NMap is a scanning and auditing tool which can provide a great deal of useful information regarding ... Read More

It is not much of a security issue, but each time you install security patches and updates from Microsoft, an uninstall folder is created which takes up valuable hard drive ... Read More

In old cowboy movies, the good guys always wear white hats and the bad guys always wear black hats. Those labels have been adopted to attempt to differentiate computer security ... Read More

The Apple Mac operating system tends to have fewer vulnerabilities and certainly does not have the malware and exploit issues of the Windows operating systems, but that doesn't make it ... Read More

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, affectionately dubbed SOX, was created primarily to provide more oversight of corporate financial and accounting concerns in the wake of debacles like Enron and MCI. Since it ... Read More

Disaster recovery best practices seem to be in conflict with data security best practices these days. Disaster recovery suggests that you should backup your data and take the backups off ... Read More

I came across an article while reading Bruce Schneier's (author of Beyond Fear and co-author of Practical Cryptography) blog site. The article appears at CSOOnline.com and is written by an ... Read More

Hildebrandt and Koetter have written a concise, yet definitive guide to installing, configuring and administering Postfix. The Book of Postfix knocks weeks off of the learning curve and helps the ... Read More