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Microsoft Patches & Updates for April 2010

April 14, 2010

On the second Tuesday of each month Microsoft releases software patches & updates for their various products, so this is a very important day for all Windows users who care about their privacy and security [full summary here]. Why? Well.. Often a Microsoft patch or update will close a vulnerability that, if left unaddressed, could [...]

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Social Networking Self-Defense: Part I

April 12, 2010

How do you safeguard your privacy and security in the all too public social networking scene? That social networking sites have become a raging phenomena is all too obvious. As of this writing Wikipedia has 179 entries in its “List of social networking websites“. Seventy-nine of those claim memberships in excess of one million and [...]

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Critical Internet Explorer Update

April 8, 2010

Patch Internet Explorer now! Microsoft’s latest security update for Internet Explorer has been out for a few days now and I haven’t seen any reports of unexpected/undesirable effects. consequently, this is one you should install promptly. Here’s the babble from Microsoft on Security Update MS10-018:

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Are Passwords an Insight to Your Personality?

March 27, 2010

Password selection and personality? A couple of days ago I read a book review in one of our local newspapers, in which the authors (of the book) suggested that the computer passwords you select can reveal a lot about your personality. Let me say right up front that if that’s the case — if your [...]

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Internet Crime At Frightening Levels

March 16, 2010

The FBI has released a report that clearly indicates that the level of Internet crime is not only just as bad as we suspected it was, but getting much worse, with losses more than doubling between 2008 and 2009. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) which issued the report is a partnership between the FBI [...]

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Microsoft Patches & Updates for March 2010

March 10, 2010

Yes folks, it’s Patch Tuesday again! On the second Tuesday of each month Microsoft releases software patches & updates for their various products, so this is a very important day for all Windows users who care about their privacy and security [full summary here]. Why? Well.. Often a Microsoft patch or update will close a [...]

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Why the Proposed Australian Internet Filter is an Outright Con

March 3, 2010

Is the Internet censorship filter proposed by the Australian government really about protecting children, or is it just a politically motivated waste of money and resources? I keep seeing in various magazines and newspaper articles, letters to the editor and suchlike, people declaring themselves in favor of a government mandated Internet filter implemented at the [...]

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Cyber Criminals Are Robbing Us Blind

March 2, 2010

We all know that data theft, credit card theft, etc are rife. And we know that spyware, viruses, Trojans and other cyber nasties are a threat. But have we been underestimating the real effect? As regular readers will know, I’m not a fan of Norton/Symantec or McAfee anti-malware products. I believe you can do a [...]

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School Spies On Kids — At Home!

February 19, 2010

Yes, you can be spied on through your own webcam! Let this true story be a lesson in how otherwise fun and useful technology can be turned against you if you don’t stay constantly alert. A Philadelphia School district is facing a class-action lawsuit bought by parents of its high school students. In 2009 the [...]

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Microsoft Patches & Updates for February 2010

February 10, 2010

This is Microsoft’s biggest batch of patches & updates in a long time, and you really MUST pay due attention. Yes folks, it’s Patch Tuesday again! On the second Tuesday of each month Microsoft releases software patches & updates for their various products. This month there are something like 13 updates addressing a total of [...]

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