The White House Reveals its U.S. International Strategy for Cyberspace
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The Obama Administration officially launched its international cybersecurity strategy in a White House event on Monday, May 16. The event was lead by Homeland Security Advisor John Brennan and Howard Schmidt, the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. In addition, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder, The Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, the Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn and Secretary Gary Locke of the Commerce Department participated as a unified sign of support.
Information Privacy Issues with People Search Websites: What can you do to protect yourself?
At one time, when you wanted to know something about someone you would use a search engine like Google or Yahoo, but that is not the case anymore. There are hundreds of websites with your personal information listed that will provide your information to someone for a fee and some even for free. Many people always ask, “How did my information get on this site?”, and I often state, “You put it there.” Maybe not directly, but through various online activities such as Facebook and Twitter updates as well as signing up to purchase items online. All of that information is eventually collected and stored in some company’s database.
The WikiLeaks Security Issue – The Un-Political Side
The political aspect is obvious to many of us, but the information assurance side reveals a scary situation. If the government, with all of its resources is having difficulties protecting sensitive documents, what chances do private companies have?
Webcams and your Privacy…
Cybercrime expert Gregory Evans explains the potential risks hackers can pose to webcams on your system and how to ensure your safety and privacy online.
This issue is a problem as in the case against a Pennsylvania school district that turned on the webcam of various student's school-issued laptops while the computers and captured images of "inappropriate activity" in the student's home.
FCC Approves the use of “White Space”, What is the Security Concern?
On September 23rd of 2010 the FCC approved the usage of “White Space” for wireless networking access. White Space is the frequency that are between television broadcast channels and many of them became free when TV broadcasters switched from analog signals to digital signals.
“White Space” and a Possible Security Concern
The FCC will be ruling on the usage of “White Space” for wireless networking access today (9/23/2010). White Space is the frequencies that are between television broadcast channels and many of them became free when TV broadcasters switched from analog signals to digital signals.
Twitter Mouse-Over Flaw Send Users to Dangerous Links
Earlier in the day a security flaw turned Twitter's Website into a chaotic and potentially unsafe place, filled with annoying pop-up windows that activated just by rolling the mouse over another user's tweets.
Internet Safety: Content Filtering Software for Kids
Parents do not allow their kids access to adult content while reading a magazine or watching TV, so the same should be taken into consideration when it comes to using the computer and mobile phone. Yes, mobile phones too. Ideally, parents would like to shoulder surf while their kids are on the Internet, but the reality is that’s not always possible. Teaching kids to use the Internet properly and not to disclose personal information as describe in a recent article is a very important step in keeping them safe, but adding a bit of insurance with an Internet content filtering software geared towards protecting kids can also compliment a potential dangerous situation.
Child Safety on the Internet
The Internet has made it possible for people to communicate with anyone anywhere in the world. That is a scary thought when it comes to thinking about child safety on the Internet. On a daily basis, kids are on line communicating on chat rooms without adult supervision not really knowing the person on the end is who they claim to be.
Facebook “Dislike” Button a Scam
Facebook users are being targeted again in a scam that offers them a chance to install a "dislike" button. This scam has been making its way around Facebook this past weekend and it is said thousands of users have been affected, effected and infected.
The scam asks users if they would like to install a "dislike" button on their Facebook page, once they select the link the user are tricked into allowing a rogue application to access their profile page, which then begin post spam messages. The rouge application also attempts to lure the user into completing an online survey, for which the responsible party of the scam are paid money.
