It seems like every week there’s another official report about the majority of computer users still not taking care of themselves online. If you’re reading this, however, you’re probably already ahead of most of them. This week, we’re going to talk about passwords. According to research by the UK government’s … Read my full article at Norman.com
It’s no surprise that users of one of the world’s biggest social networks are targets for hackers, but two particularly interesting issues hit Twitter last week – both of which could affect you and the world around you. The first was a story about explosions in the White House. The … Read my full article at Norman.com
Public holidays are supposed to be a relaxing time, but constant email notifications could remind you of a day at the office. Unfortunately, SPAM robots don’t rest on the same days we do, and actually increase their junk mail delivery on special occasions. If you noticed a big spike in … Read my full article at Norman.com
We’ve previously talked about how dangerous downloading pirated files from the internet can be – see this article from a few weeks ago. What we didn’t mention was that computer games are by far the most dangerous type of pirated file, with an incredible (and terrifying) 90% of illegally downloaded … Read my full article at Norman.com
Search engines are gateways to the internet. Almost every journey into the online unknown begins with a visit to one of two search giants: Google and Bing. The third biggest – Yahoo! – is also powered by Microsoft’s Bing, just with added yellow backgrounds and exclamation marks. If we’re using … Read my full article at Norman.com
It’s a horrible thing, but opportunist scammers often use tragedies as a chance to exploit computer users. For example, with the explosions in Boston barely a week old, cyber criminals have already started using SPAM emails to infect people’s computers with malware. When checking your email over the next few … Read my full article at Norman.com
Microsoft’s s latest Security Intelligence Report – http://www.microsoft.com/security/sir/default.aspx – had a lot to say on the subject of virus protection – including that you’re 5.5x more likely to be infected if you don’t have virus protection! Couple this with the shocking statistic was that 25% of computers have inadequate anti-virus … Read my full article at Norman.com