Digital Security
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Learning the Hard Way
What does the future hold for Information Security? Will we ever learn to stay safe from the dangers that lurk out there?
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Beware of 4-1-9 Scams
I received an interesting e-mail message the other day. I was offered millions of dollars just to funnel money through my bank account. But remember in Cyberspace if it sounds too good to been true it probably is a scam.
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Back-up To Get Back Up
While backing-up your data won't prevent getting attacked by a hacker or a computer virus, it will enable you to pick up right where you left off.
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It's Y2K All Over Again
Now more than ever the lessons learned from Y2K are playing an invaluable role in protecting cyberspace from cyber-terrorism.
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Taking a Byte Out of Crime (and Terrorism)
The tragic events that the world witnessed last month have rekindled (or should I say, "re-ignited") one of the longest running debates since the birth of the Internet: Internet privacy versus National Security and the use of the FBI's Carnivore surveillance tool.
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AI: The Future of Computer Security?
Continuing along a theme from an earlier article, this one elaborates on the power of AI and how it may one day be a strong force in securing cyberspace.
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A Tale of Two Viruses
While the media has been making all the fuss over Code Red, another possibly far more dangerous virus has gone astonishingly unnoticed while spreading rapidly through the depth of Cyberspace.
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Wonders of Technology
Leave it to technology to complicate simple tasks. Technology strikes again at, of all places, the Technology Expo in New York.
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Hacking for Hype
If a web site got hacked but no one was around to see (or report) it was it really hacked? What's the real motivation behind cybervandals?
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Millennium Checkmate
Today, using new technologies, we can earn our livelihood simply by pushing the correct keys on a computer terminal. Life has essentially been reduced down to one great big algebra problem. It is a problem we are still striving to solve. But are we really prepared to solve it?
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Free Cash?
Did you hear Bill Gates is giving away $1000 and all you have to do is forward some e-mail! Or maybe it's April Fool's Day? Whether they're responsible for senatorial candidates debating phony issues or causing plenty of false calls to 911, e-mail hoaxes are a year round problem and only you can help stop them.
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Clicking lessons
Many of the countless netcitizens exploring the information superhighway are speeding along without wearing their safety belts or checking their rearview mirrors. When will we learn not to click on everything we see?
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Beyond Y2K
It's 2001, but is the Y2K bug really dead? Bugs can strike at any time and we must be prepared.
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Information bandits
All through history we find outlaws causing mischief. The only thing diffrent today are more clever and sophisticated ways for causing damage.
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