Not very long ago I went to a website that I had been too many times and was instantly under attack from rogue code that had been planted onto the site. Yep, it had been hacked.
In that situation, shut down your browser as soon as possible, then do a full virus and malware scan of [...]
Sprint Turns Over User GPS Data to Police 8 Million Times a Year | Maximum PC.
Are you worried about your rights being violated? You are in the minority apparently if you answered yes.
Sprint, it turns out, has been routinely handing over GPS information on its customers to law enforcement for some time. So commonplace is [...]
Computer Security Company Takes Out Enormous Botnet | Maximum PC.
Pretty Awesome if you ask me:
Security firm FireEye has reportedly struck a massive blow against spam. The so called “Mega-D” or “Ozdok” spam botnet was effectively dismantled by these intrepid security researchers. After studying the beast, FireEye launched an attack by notifying ISPs, having command and [...]
How 10 digits will end privacy as we know it | Security – CNET News.
Americans in particular are so used to freedom that we freely give out information that can very easily be used against us. For instance, security questions to change email passwords can be found on most people’s personal websites or blogs or [...]
This is pretty awesome. If you have Vonage as I do, you can already do most of this, but the difference is that this is free. You can also set it up to ask who is calling before it lets them through, which means that if it’s an automated call it won’t get through. [...]
White House Move to Collect ‘Fishy’ Info May Be Illegal, Critics Say – Political News – FOXNews.com.
The White House strategy of turning supporters into snitches when they see “fishy” information about the health care debate may run afoul of the law, legal experts say.
“The White House is in bit [...]
Here’s something that everyone can use to help keep their home computers safe and if you own a business you really have to use something like this. If you aren’t using OpenDNS, the button below will tell you. Click on it and you’ll see how it can help you without having to know what you’re [...]
How-To: Boost Your Web Browsing Performance Like an IT Pro Using DNS | Maximum PC.
This is a great article on using OpenDNS. I’ve been using it for over a year now and it’s great. I started using it when my ISP (Charter) started becoming slow to respond when I would try to follow a link [...]