More secure operating systems mean that attackers are looking elsewhere for holes to sneak through.
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COLUMN: The New Security Threats
December 20th, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: Column · Flaws and vulnerabilities · PC Magazine · Research · Security
COLUMN: Hacking for Dollars
November 29th, 2006 · No Comments
Viruses and worms are so last-decade. Today’s PC users have to worry more about online burglary than stolen bandwidth.
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Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · Cybercrime · PC Magazine · Security · Viruses and worms
COLUMN: Browser Bashing
November 15th, 2006 · No Comments
With online miscreants attacking Internet Explorer and Firefox, you need to take steps to protect your browser.
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Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · Flaws and vulnerabilities · PC Magazine · Research · Security
COLUMN: Watching the Watchmen
November 1st, 2006 · No Comments
Most companies monitor their employees in some way, but is corporate Big Brother going too far?
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Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · PC Magazine · Privacy · Security
COLUMN: New Ways to Nab Spam
October 11th, 2006 · No Comments
More than a third of all e-mail now carries digital markers to help prove where it came from, which helps reduce spam.
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Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · Cybercrime · PC Magazine · Security
COLUMN: Your Own Personal Matrix
September 27th, 2006 · No Comments
How rootkits can take over your computer and steal data under your nose—and how to stop them.
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Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · Cybercrime · PC Magazine · Research · Security
COLUMN: Keeping Web Miners Safe
September 13th, 2006 · No Comments
Whether they call them canaries, monkeys, or guinea pigs, more security companies are using virtual PCs to protect users.
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Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · PC Magazine · Research · Security
COLUMN: Gone in a Flash
August 30th, 2006 · No Comments
Employees and home users are the weakest link in computer security. People browse to unsafe sites. They give out their passwords for a free pen. They accept CD-ROMs from strangers and run the disc on a company computer. In each case, the employee is falling for the proverbial Trojan horse—a lure that the enemy hopes [...]
Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · Cybercrime · PC Magazine · Security
COLUMN: DRM - The Untold Story
August 16th, 2006 · No Comments
For some, DRM stands for Down-Right Maddening. Here’s why you should think twice about downloading DRM-protected files.
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Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · PC Magazine · Privacy · Security
COLUMN: Legion of Doom
August 2nd, 2006 · No Comments
Attackers are adopting open-source development practices, creating malware faster, and giving defenders less time to react.
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Tags: Column · Cybercrime · Open Source · PC Magazine · Research · Security