Gmail Security Concerns
Recently Google has been in the news quite a bit because a number of gmail users have had their accounts hacked, allegedly from China. The article at Technology Review talks about tracing the source of Gmail attacks, but it also highlights ways that the attacks occur, referencing an article that shows what some of the...
The Art of Data Loss Prevention
Data Loss Prevention and Server Security A guest post by Paul Hawkinson The Art of DLP There is an interesting article on DLP (Data Loss Prevention) linked to by Slashdot today. This short article was written by Kevin Fogarty. Go give it a read but the jist of the article is that a large percentage...
Operating System Essential Anti-Virus
It’s always amazed me that the anti-virus software market’s been so big. When you install anti-virus software, modifications are made to the very lowest level parts of the operating system to monitor internet traffic, email applications, scan devices when they are attached, and scan files when they are opened, in addition to monitoring system processes….....