http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/privacysecuritynews.html Guard privacy and online security by keeping up-to-date with news and information about Internet privacy security risks and protection en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:03:38 +0100 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:03:38 +0100 Easy Blogs ( http://www.easyblogs.com ) http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200907.html#e70 http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200907.html#e70 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:03:38 +0100 There are a few simple habits you can adopt which can dramatically reduce the access other people have to your computer information or the loss of it due to corruption... Although it may be pretty easy to identify people who could gain physical access to... http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200805.html#e69 http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200805.html#e69 Sun, 25 May 2008 10:44:11 +0100 The UK government is seriously considering new telecommunications legislation that will create a massive database with details of every telephone call, text message, email and web visit made by everyone in Britain. The government says the legislation... http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200805.html#e68 http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200805.html#e68 Tue, 13 May 2008 22:49:20 +0100 McAfee Avert Labs has recently reported the most significant malware outbreak in three years. Detection of a trojan named Downloader-UA.h was added to the McAfee DAT files several days ago. This trojan downloads fake music and video files... http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200804.html#e67 http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200804.html#e67 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:52:55 +0100 ISPs were criticised for creating a huge security exploit in the name of further increasing profits. US based Earthlink outsourced the interception of traffic from mistyped web page requests to a company in London whose servers lacked even the... http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200804.html#e66 http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200804.html#e66 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:55:15 +0100 A full identity can be purchased in the underground economy for as little as $1 and bank account credentials are selling for as little as $10. According to Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report, there is a maturing underground economy to... http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200804.html#e65 http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200804.html#e65 Tue, 1 Apr 2008 18:33:37 +0100 A teenager has been found guilty of masterminding botnet attacks that are estimated to have infected over a million computers and created havoc for computer users at home and in business. Eighteen-year-old Owen Thor Walker from New Zealand pleaded... http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200803.html#e64 http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200803.html#e64 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:24:25 +0100 Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Father of the Internet, has raised privacy concerns about web tracking systems, as major British internet service providers, including Talk Talk, BT and Virgin, consider adopting a web tracking service provided by a company... http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200803.html#e63 http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200803.html#e63 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:09:54 +0100 What is "Google hacking"? It isn't about hacking into Google's website, but refers to a sophisticated searching technique used to uncover flaws in the way Web sites handle confidential details, such as public files containing password and credit... http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200802.html#e62 http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200802.html#e62 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:44:44 +0100 As more and more of us conduct our financial transactions online, our personal details are at risk from a carefully located keylogger. In fact, any individual or organisation that accesses, inputs or stores private information is at risk. By... http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200802.html#e61 http://www.guard-privacy-and-online-security.com/200802.html#e61 Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:19:25 +0100 FaceBook and MySpace users are vulnerable to hackers because of a software flaw, resulting from a failure in software used to upload images. Symantec have issued a warning that an ActiveX flaw exists in image uploaders that have been widely...