Phishing Scams: Keep Your Identity Safe From Theft (09 Oct 2008) You receive an e-mail claiming to to be from your bank asking you to follow a link and submit your login details or your account will be suspended. Is it genuine or is it from a scammer trying to get hold of your identity?
Why Computer Security Software is Essential (02 Aug 2008) Find out how to fight hackers with effective computer security software. A lot of reasons exist for people to use computer security measures to protect information that is important to them whenever they are online.
Phishing Filter - How to Use Phishing Filters to Prevent Any Information Theft (10 Jun 2008) A lot of people are actually still afraid of using computers due to the fact that they can have viruses and people can manipulate them in order to serve their purposes. This argument actually holds true but there are actually different types of "manipulations" that people can do. This is where anti-viruses and viruses come into play and one of the most recent developments is creating phishing filters.
How to Prevent Phishing Scams (10 Jun 2008) Phishing scams are situations created by identity thieves where they pretend to already know some information about you in order to gain access to your personal information. For example, you might receive an email or instant message that appears to be from your bank or lender. This individual will ask you to confirm your bank account number or other sensitive information - sometimes threatening negative consequences if you don't do so immediately. Even though refusing to give out this information is your best defense, millions of people get fooled every year by these scams.
Use Anti-Phishing Programs To Detect, Avoid And Stop Phishing Attacks (10 Jun 2008) Anti-phishing is a process that makes use of special software. That software has the ability to detect an attempt by an illegitimate group to obtain information that is normally shared with a reputable organization.
Online Banking And Phishing (02 Feb 2008) Phishing is becoming one of the most prolific scams on the internet. By knowing how phishing works, you can prevent unauthorized individuals from getting access to your bank account.
Phishing Attacks Reach New Level (02 Feb 2008) Phishing just went to a whole new level as hackers have started pulling pooling their resources together. They are taking advantage of the open recursive DNS servers to lead users to fake websites.
How to Make Your Passwords Rock Hard (01 Jan 2008) Passwords have been used to protect secrets and privacy for centuries and so it was only natural that they be adapted to the cyber realms. They offer a way for anyone in the world to have their own private piece of data storage stored on a public medium. However like most things, they have their weaknesses, and more and more people are discovering the hard way that not all passwords are impenetrable.
