January 05, 2009

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McColo and the Difficulty of Fighting Spam

In a world full of spamming, phishing and other fraudulent behavior, even the most battle-tested spam investigators are hard-pressed to assess who’s to blame and who’s been framed.

Bruce Schneier: Securing Your PC and Your Privacy

In this interview, the security guru discusses the technological threats facing us, from ID theft to how to best protect your personal computer.

Boosting Email and Web Security: Unified Messaging Platform

The majority of threats to the enterprise are now triggered by Web content, not email content, creating a vital need for a unified messaging platform in the battle against cyber-threats.

How To Get Your Email Past Clients' Spam Filter

Achieving “deliverability,” otherwise known as getting email delivered to a user’s inbox in a timely and fully-functional fashion, is both an art and a science.

Cybersecurity Best Practice: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

When it comes to our computers, the classic principle of “innocent until proven guilty” is simply too dangerous.


Browser Security: IE vs. Safari vs. Firefox

Each of the three browsers has strengths in malware protection, but it’s their weaknesses that are the most worrisome.

How to Prevent a Coffee Shop Wi-Fi Attack

Logging on using your mobile device allows hackers to steal your password unless you take basic precautions.

Why Are IT Security Pros so Bad?

Have you heard about the security conference where the organizers inadvertently distributed a virus-infected USB stick to the attendees?

So a Key IT Person Quit, Now What?

How you handle the departure of a top IT pro can have an impact on remaining employees and your network.

Dude, Where's My Laptop?

If may seem as if there is more data theft today than ever, but impressions -- and high-profile media coverage -- can be deceiving.

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