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10 Privacy Settings for Facebook Users

“Everyday I receive an email from somebody about how their account was hacked, how a friend tagged them in the photo and they want a way to avoid it, as well as a number of other complications related... 
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Research on Security of Firefox and Opera Browsers

“We found that the patch level achieved is mainly determined by the ergonomics and default settings of built-in auto-update mechanisms. Firefox’ auto-update is very effective: most users installed... 
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Payment Processor Warns of Network Breach

“Heartland Payment Systems, a credit-card and check processor serving 250,000 businesses in the United States, warned on Tuesday that it had found evidence of a network breach that had compromised... 
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One in Seven SSL Certificates are Weak

“About 14 percent of all Web sites use digital certificates signed using the vulnerable MD5 hashing algorithm, according to a survey performed by network-monitoring firm Netcraft.The survey, which... 
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Google Releases Web Browser Security Handbook

“Browsers have garnered renewed scrutiny from security researchers in recent years. In 2007, computer-science students at Stanford University found a way to bypass the same-origin policy in browsers,... 
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Digital Photo Frame Virus from China the Gift that Keeps on Giving

“The virus, which Computer Associates calls Mocmex, recognizes and blocks antivirus protection from more than 100 security vendors, as well as the security and firewall built into Microsoft Windows.... 
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AJAX Apps Ripe Targets for JavaScript Hijacking

“Fortify Software has documented what the security firm is calling a “pervasive and critical” vulnerability in Web 2.0 applications—specifically, in the ability of an attacker... 
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Close the Windows Hole

“Microsoft publicly announced last week — after security firms had already scooped the software maker — yet another Windows vulnerability for which the company has yet to release security... 
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How to Protect Your Website Images

If your business offers unique products, and you have a website, you may have wondered how to prevent competitors from copying your images to their computer. What made the web so popular so fast, the ability... 
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American Censors in China

“Should American companies help China filter the Internet? That’s a question that came up twice in my life over the past week. In one case, I think a small Utah company is doing the right thing,... 
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Online Attack Trends: 2004 and 2005

“Another 2004 trend that we expect to continue in 2005 is crime. Hacking has moved from a hobbyist pursuit with a goal of notoriety to a criminal pursuit with a goal of money. Hackers can sell unknown... 
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Firefox Web Browser Add-on Lets Surfers Remove Ads, But is it Safe?

“Rip, mix–get burned? That’s one cautionary note making the rounds along with a popular new extension for Firefox that lets people customize Web pages they visit without the knowledge... 
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Amazon Knows Who You Are

“Many companies have systems for tracking customer habits, but Amazon has collected info longer and used it more proactively. It now has technology that tracks data on those you buy gifts for, and... 
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Who Else is Reading Your E-Mail?

“Last year, I transferred money from an online brokerage account to a large nationwide investment management firm. The investment firm sent a confirmation e-mail to the online brokerage containing... 
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E-mail Reliability at Risk as Spam Controls Get Aggressive

“Sometimes the only way to know whether an e-mail got through is to call. Just ask Ashley Friedlein, who runs E-consultancy Ltd. in London. He never heard back from a correspondent in the United... 
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No Execute Flag Waves Off Buffer Attacks

“If programmers wrote perfect software that could never be crashed by an overload of data, buffer overflow attacks would be a thing of the past. Various defensive techniques can also squelch overflow... 
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UK Government Launches Internet Security Service

ITsafe is a website designed to provide both UK home users and small businesses with proven, plain English advice to help protect computers, mobile phones and other devices from malicious attack. It consists... 
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New HTML Tag Attribute Helps Block Comment Spam

“If you’re a blogger (or a blog reader), you’re painfully familiar with people who try to raise their own websites’ search engine rankings by submitting linked blog comments like... 
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Parents Protest Radio ID Tags for Students

“The only grade school in this rural town is requiring students to wear radio frequency identification badges that can track their every move. Some parents are outraged, fearing it will rob their... 
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Extremely High-Level IE6 Vulnerability Found: Don’t Use IE

“I’ve posted about IE6 vulnerabilities before. They mostly involved spoofing the address bar, which was in itself dangerous as it allowed scam artists to make their websites be at the address... 
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