Everybody knows the little pictures with numbers and letters on websites that need you to read what they say then type in the letters and numbers seen in them, and boy can they be annoying…that aside, are they really doing what they were intended to do successfully?A new study finds “Captchas” (Completely Automated Public Turing…
New reports from McAfee show hackers making their next targets the computers that run inside of newer cars. Hackers are trying to take over vehicles, stealing personal information, tracking people’s whereabouts, and even manipulating your cars sensory units including air bags, cruise control, door locks, and even power seats in some vehicles. At this year’s…
Over the past several months you may have heard about all of the corporate systems that have been hacked. One of those systems had mistakenly given up confidential information of its clients. Sony has been a major target for hackers over the last few months. Everything from Sony’s Gaming servers for Playstation 3 to Sony…
In the past months especially attack attempts on corporations and home users alike have been on the rise. With large corporations like Sony, Google, and even RSA, a company whose business is network security, how are you supposed to defend your company and its intellectual data? Well according to many articles out that talk about…
The Playstation Network (or PSN for short) was hacked and possibly 77million of Sony’s Playstation, and Qriocirty customers’ data have been obtained by the hackers. Included in the list of data that may have been obtained includes the username, password, email address, house addresses, and any other data you may have linked with your account.…
Well once again scammers are out in full force. That’s right since the news broke of Bin Laden’s death scammers have been developing more new malware and optimizing their sites to show up with high rankings in search engines for related topics. I’ve said it one, I’ll say it again, keep your software updated! Many…
Hackers have managed to crack an Intel-developed encryption code that is currently used by a number of industry heavyweights to secure HD video content and devices. In order for someone to use this information to unlock anything that would have to implement it into silicon-make a computer chip.
In a recent study conducted by PandaLabs (www.pandasecurity.com) they have collected data and the numbers are scary! More than 57,000 malware infected websites are put out on the Internet each and everyday. Sites like Ebay, Amazon, and Western Union related sites are making up for most of the numbers, and the sites where credit cards…
Having a hard time remembering all those complicated passwords you have. Now days you need to have very complex passwords to help prevent hackers from getting in. It can be very hard to remember all your passwords then. There is this nice little application called Kneepass that can help you remember and do not worry…
There are a lot of great Anti-Virus programs out there that help to keep your computer safe from viruses, but what happens when it just isn't enough and your computer is now infected with tons of Trojans and you can't use it. Well that's when you would use a Rescue CD, and the free AVG…
Panda Vaccine disables autorun on your computer to protect you from getting infected, but also protects your USB drives from spreading viruses when you use them in another PC. To use this tool all you have to do is just install the tool then click the Vaccinate computer button. The software just creates a hidden,…
With over 350 million users' worldwise, Facebook is becoming, if not already, the most popular social networking site on the web. From sharing comments, photos, videos, links to your favorite sites, and even creating invitations for events your going to or even hosting, there no wonder why it has become so widely used and popular.…