So What's A Cookie For, Anyway?

(Wed Aug 16th, 2006, by Richard Lowe)

With all of the rhetoric about cookies, many people don't understand that these little text files were invented for a reason. In fact, cookies were created to solve the internet's equivalent of Alzheimer's disease. You see, web sites do not remember ...

Test Fidelity with a Spy Phone

(Mon Aug 14th, 2006, by Kingston Y. amadan)

Are you worried that you partner may be cheating on you? With a spy phone it is fairly easy to find out. In today's world, nearly everyone has his or her own cell phone. In fact, with family plans and extra phones, there is no need to share a phone. ...

What is a security certificate?

(Sat Aug 12th, 2006, by Richard Lowe)

I'll bet one time or another you've surfed the web and suddenly found a pop-up window in front of you, demanding your approval for a security certificate. I occasionally see these on shopping sites, usually the smaller, less-well-funded companies. Th...

Phone Taps That Allow You to Listen to Both Ends of the

(Wed Aug 9th, 2006, by Kingston Y. amadan)

There are some phone taps that are not true taps at all. They are more like bugs that only allow you to listen to one end of the conversation. While one end can be very useful, the fact is that it can also be very incomplete, leaving a lot of things ...

Ordinary Objects? Or Listening Devices?

(Tue Aug 8th, 2006, by Kingston Y. amadan)

Listening devices are among the most basic of spy and surveillance equipment. It is the first thing that any professional, amateur, or hobbyist should look into getting. There is a wide variety of listening devices. They range from the large-seeming ...

Bogus Virus Warning ...

(Wed Aug 2nd, 2006, by Kimberly Teed)

I've received several of these warnings from very well meaning e-friends/associates, so I figured it's important enough to pass this information on ... the e-mail reads, "PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION!!! YOU MAY HAVE A DEADLY VIRUS ON YOUR COMPUTER ... ...

Viruses

(Wed Aug 2nd, 2006, by Richard Lowe)

Years from now, we will all look back on the summer of 2001 as one of the strangest summers in the history of the internet. We will surely laugh at the frantic gyrations of system administrators and security professionals because of a worm called "Co...

Will your network pass a security audit?

(Fri Jul 28th, 2006, by Michael Bruck)

It is a well-known fact that in the Internet-connected world network perimeter vulnerabilities do exist that allow unauthorized individuals access to networks and provide the ability to disrupt business continuance. Well-prepared companies do know ab...

Phishing - What It Is and How to Avoid Identity Theft.

(Thu Jul 27th, 2006, by Angela Daley)

Phishing is a term used to describe a type of spam that aims to steal your identity. It can be attempted through email, instant messages, or pop-up windows. Phishers seek to convince their potential victims to provide personal data such as credit car...

The Problems with Secure Email

(Thu Jul 27th, 2006, by ArticSoft)

The ideal system that everyone is searching for – the silver bullet, is to have top security automatically regardless of who you are sending to and what product(s) they happen to be using. The reality is that many e-mail packages are not themselves s...