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	from Tony Bradley, CISSP, your Editor and Guide This week I continued adding to and updating the Top Picks lists on the site to help people shop for the upcoming holidays. The new or improved lists for this week include Encryption / Cryptography books and Forensics and Incident Response books. I also updated the Free Antivirus Software and Free Anti-Spam software and posted a review of the book Hacking For Dummies. Later this week I will be posting a new free email course and a review of the free Prevx Home intrusion prevention software.

In the Spotlight

Book Review: Hacking For Dummies
The "For Dummies" series of books has established itself firmly as a household word. There is a "For Dummies" book on almost every subject imaginable (and then some). The popularity of the series isn't for nothing though. The "For Dummies" books take subject matter and boil it down to what you need to know and present it in a plain-English way...read more

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		Getting Started With Linux Rootkits: Stealth Hacking False Sense of Security 5 Steps To Protect Yourself From Spyware Protect Yourself From Phishing Scams Solving The Spam Epidemic Introduction to Vulnerability Scanning

New and Updated Free Antivirus and Anti-Spam Tools
I updated and modernized the Free Antivirus Software under Tools and Utilities. The AVG product was updated from version 6.0 to version 7.0 and two new products were added: Clam Antivirus for Windows and ScripTrap. If you are looking for a way to protect your computer from viruses, trojans, worms and other malware or you need a tool...read more

New Top Picks
Today I added two new Top Picks to the Book Reviews section of the site. If you are looking for a book about cryptography or encryption or about computer security incident response or computer forensics for yourself or to give...read more

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