Security Corner
Security Food for Thought
There has only been a couple of times where I have really got burned bad through shopping online. I must admit it was though my own ignorance. Each time I was more interested in the product than researching the seller. Just looking into the experience others had with the seller would of have saved me… »
Do You Mozy?
If you have not noticed, periodically I get on a soap box and start preaching about the importance of backing up one’s pictures, music, video and documents. Part of the reason is I some very valuable information through not backing up documents. Then there is other people who I know personally who lost very large… »
How Secure are Banks in the Cloud?
Just for the mere fact of having money transfer, and account information moving through the Cloud, there is a requirement for a high degree of security. The risk of having account numbers and passwords being intercepted must be in the not happening category.
Banks and other business that do money transfer use what is called encryption. Encryption… »
Desktop or Cloud
When it comes to Cloud computing, one of the first questions I get asked is about how secure it is. Then I ask them the question about how secure is their desktop. Today, we are going to look which is more secure the Cloud or your computer desktop.
Stop and think about what it takes for… »
Conficker is Not Over
On April 1st aka April Fools Day the news media was talking about this Conficker Worm.
Actually, Conficker is a bot net that sleeps on your computer until a specific date or instruction. At that it does one of several things.
Launch an attack to a specific website, government, or business
Secretly mail out spam
Take you logins and… »
