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A closer look at Lavasoft Digital Lock
With convenient file selection and easy-to-use functions, Lavasoft Digital Lock is a natural addition to the privacy tools you use regularly to ensure your digital security. …
Removable Devices: The Menace Within
Handheld USB devices have been a godsend to anyone who wants to take information from one PC to another, but their ease of use also has created a new type of security headache …
Spam reaches all-time high of 95% of all email
Commtouch released its Email Threats Trend Report for the third quarter of 2007, based on the automated analysis of billions of email messages weekly. The report examines the …
New password recovery tool unlocks all Office 2007 passwords
ElcomSoft released Advanced Office Password Recovery (AOPR) 4.0 which allows business managers, information technology support administrators, and law enforcement officials of …
Information Security Forum launches new standard of good practice
Aimed at major national and international organisations, the Standard provides a key resource for organisations committed to reducing the business risks associated with …
PayPal and eBay email phishing plummets
There has been a dramatic reduction in the proportion of phishing emails targeted at the customers of PayPal and its parent company eBay. SophosLabs research shows that in …
World’s first portable motion-sensing device
MicroDetector is a motion-sensing device that is portable, rechargeable and retrievable and allows monitoring via an off-premise receiver. Called “the force …
A closer look at Clean Disk Security 7.5.6
This program gives you secure file deletion, making sure that deleted files cannot be “undeleted” again. As you know, deleting a file normally just removes the …
The Federal Bureau of Investigation – Capabilities and Service
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is an elite law enforcement organization. This article provides an overview of FBI teams, InfraGard and the FBI Citizens’ …
Nine out of ten websites have serious vulnerabilities
The third WhiteHat Website Security Statistics Report highlights the top 10 vulnerabilities currently affecting organizations. Attacks on websites are on the rise, placing …
Two spammers jailed for 5 years each
Two US men have been sent to jail for more than five years each for their part in an international spam gang which bombarded innocent internet users with sexually explicit …
Built-in security and remote management for laptops
Phoenix Technologies announced Phoenix FailSafe for mobile PCs which enables OEM partners to embed an innovative command and control system into the PC core firmware to track, …