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One of the most important weapons in the toolbox of every virus writer, hacker, phisher, or other fraudster is the scare tactic. Fraudsters might try to trick you into clicking links , opening attachments, or willingly handing over personal information
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You wouldn't post your credit card number on your blog. You wouldn't post your bank account number on your Facebook page. You wouldn't respond to a stranger's e-mail request with your current address. But, have you considered how you protect that information?
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The way that online identities are managed today cannot withstand the increasing assaults from expert criminals. With financial losses from offline and online identity theft totaling $45 billion in the United States alone in 2007, and with e-commerce
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Today Microsoft released 4 new security bulletins. • MS08-052 addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows, .Net Framework, Visual Studio, Visual FoxPro, Microsoft Works, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Forefront, and Microsoft
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Your local rotary club did a great job of cleaning up that old playground down the street. But who's taking care of the other places where kids play these days—the online places? We like the idea that there are separate spaces for adults and kids online,
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Earlier this year, we told you about the new Microsoft End to End Trust initiative and invited your comments and feedback. Since the launch of the initiative at the RSA U.S. Conference in April 2008, Microsoft has also talked with industry partners, customers,
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Some employees have replaced the daily computer solitaire break with a daily check of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, MySpace, Windows Live Spaces, or other favorite social networking site, many workplaces report. Online social networking might be a more
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Microsoft Equipt is a new cross-category subscription service that helps you protect your home computer, get things done and stay in touch with friends and family. On one CD, you get the following software: · Windows Live One Care offers security features
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Criminals are sneaky. They'll take advantage of anything, especially our laziness. I mean, haven't we all wanted to just write our passwords on a sticky note and attach them to our computer monitors instead of memorizing them? But our passwords are protecting
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Today Microsoft released 11 new security bulletins for Microsoft Windows, Windows Messenger, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel. To get the updates, go to the Microsoft Update Web site . To get updates automatically
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Bret Arsenault knows about security. Before he was Chief Security Officer at Microsoft, he worked extensively on the creation of the Microsoft Security Risk Assessment (MSRA) methodology, a standardized framework used to evaluate security issues and provide
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Microsoft just launched a new Windows Defender Web site dedicated to helping you fight spyware. The new Windows Defender site features: Links to download Windows Defender , the free antispyware program from Microsoft. A new video demo that explains how
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If you have automatic updating turned on (and we hope that you do), you might not even notice when important security updates are installed automatically on your PC. But if you've ever wanted to learn more about the process, now is your chance. The Windows
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A mandatory part of Microsoft product development, the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) plays a critical role in embedding security and privacy into Microsoft software and culture. Now Microsoft is making SDL tools, process guidance, and
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Is your computer filled with files that aren't yours? Desktop cluttered with downloads that you didn't download? Do you have spyware even though you know all the steps to take to avoid getting it ? It sounds like you might be sharing a computer. Whether
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