Archive for April, 2010

VirusProtection

Malware Demystified

Viruses, worms, trojans, adware, and crimeware….oh my! Other than being extremely difficult and time consuming to remove from a computer, these all have at least one other thing in common – they’re all known as malware (shudder).

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Welcome To Password Hell – Enjoy Your Stay?

Passwords. One word has never carried as much important about your personal privacy and online accounts as this one has. Passwords are an evil necessity in a world where we find it hard to trust our co-workers, neighbors and sometimes even our friends and family. If you are anything like me (let’s hope you’re not), [...]

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We’re Mobile!

  InfoSec Wreck is now mobile.

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Is This The New iPhone?

Although this is not a computer security related post, this is still something that registers large in the tech and phone world.  Gizmodo is reporting to having a prototype of the new iPhone (believed to be announced in June).

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Using HTTPS (Why should you use it and why should you care)

Chances are, when you open your web-browser, you do one of three things: 1.  You open one of your bookmarked links 2.  You use a search engine 3.  You manually type an address in (facebook.com)

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Protected: Anatomy Of A Social Networking Hack – Part One

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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How Hackers Utilize Google

Typically for anyone who uses a computer, Google is the most well-known name when it comes to searching for what you want on the Internet.  Many people don’t realize that modern-day hackers also heavily rely on the search results that Google provides them.