Still recovering from the largest data security breach to date, and working to resolve law suits with consumers, TJX still has security issues. They claim in their Important Customer Alert, ... Read More

Do you use Google's web-based email service, GMail? How about Google's Picasa program for managing and organizing your digital photographs? Does your enterprise utilize the Google search appliance? If any ... Read More

Zone Alarm has been a virtual household name in consumer computer security. The Zone Alarm firewall, especially the version available for free for personal use, has been protecting computer systems ... Read More

Adobe created the PDF, or Portable Document Format, to be interoperable among various operating systems and platforms. They wanted to provide a format which could be embedded in web pages ... Read More

Large, and even some medium or small organizations, have separate individuals or groups of people that handle security auditing, configuration and patch management, real-time incident response, and vulnerability scanning. Each ... Read More

Actually, so is Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). The word on the street has waivered between rumors of late 2007 and early 2008 for official release of either. The ... Read More

With Windows Vista, Microsoft made a lot of strides on the security front. The much-maligned UAC (User Account Control) function and the separation of privileges for Admin accounts are positive ... Read More

Pretty much everyone knows that they should backup their data on a regular basis. One wrong power surge, a minor flood, or overly ambitious children can wreak havoc on your ... Read More

I use Skype...occasionally. I did pay for the Skype Unlimited service, and I like being able to make calls from my laptop and use my bluetooth headset for hands-free talking. ... Read More

Time flies by. Many organizations and individuals are still wrestling with getting all 9 of the Security Bulletins from last month dealt with, and it is already Patch Tuesday again. ... Read More

Unless you have been hiding under a rock or on a walkabout in the Australian outback for the past year or so, you have probably seen the terms bot or ... Read More

On his blog site, Microsoft security guru Steve Riley recently responded to criticism regarding the default, out-of-the-box security of Windows and why Microsoft does not enable an Account Lockout Policy ... Read More

Spammers have been busy this year coming up with new and improved ways to ensure their message about discount Viagra, or no-money-down mortgage refinancing makes it to your email Inbox. ... Read More

Why does phishing work? Is it is a technical problem, or a social problem? In other words, is it the computer technologies or the people using them that are broken? ... Read More