Detection and Protection from Spyware Part 1 of this 2 part series looked at how common Spyware is. Let’s now take a look at how to protect your computer, privacy and identity from spyware attacks. Here are a few solutions for spyware along with my personal recommendation.

Programs that compromise your personal information… or… Spyware 101 Spyware is any program that communicates data about your computer and/or you that you do not explicitly authorize. Imagine that some program is transmitting your behavior and usage patterns on your computer to some individual or company? Well unfortunately, its far more common than you might [...]

Does your hosting protect against a common vulnerability of email? The default installation of WordPress uses the PHP mail function to send all email. There is a common exploit of this function to allow spammers to use your blog as a relay for sending spam. The exploit is called Header Injection. Here are a few [...]

For public demos of your website or application, use a restricted user account to protect your computer and private files One of our customers is excited to demo her application, www.insightfulonlinetarot.com, at trade shows, but is concerned about the security of her computer. She asked how to allow users access to a web browser and [...]

A customer of ours recently asked how to stop her browser from remembering passwords. She wants to give a demo at a trade show, but knows how awkward it will be when a prospect tries to log in to her system, and sees a list of remembered passwords. The prospect will probably not want to [...]

Great question! Anti-virus, firewalls, pop up blockers, phishing attacks, passwords, and more are on the list of internet security. Let’s look at what’s at stake first: A virus can infect your computer. The effects range from annoying pop ups interrupting your web browsing experience to total system failure, yikes! A malicious individual, kindly refered to [...]

I’m sure you’ve heard the disquieting stories of security breaches of some of the largest institutions including: 2009 Citibank breach Atlanta VA Hospital Even the IRS And more