By Michael, on May 30th, 2009%
It’s not your bank information or credit card numbers hackers that take over your PC are interested. Those items are bonuses. The real use of a hacked, or zombie, PC is in the computing power the hacker can use. Things like: Illicit Web Hosting – You too can serve up porn Zombie Grunt Work – [...] . . . → Read More: Hacked PC Value
By Michael, on April 29th, 2009%
You’ve probably seen the ads. Some famous person is shown with their calendar age and their “real age.” If you visit the website and fill out their survey they’ll tell you your “real age.” Cool huh? Are you living healthy or rushing toward the end of life? You think this is something everyone would want [...] . . . → Read More: Real Age, Real Reasons
By Michael, on September 19th, 2008%
This New York Post story about the kid who cracked Sarah Palin’s email account has a graphic with tips to prevent your email account from being hacked. It describes steps that are in and of themselves reasonable. But not one of them addresses the weakness the cracker used to get into Sarah’s email. She could, [...] . . . → Read More: Wrong Advice for Account Protection
By Michael, on September 18th, 2008%
Banks and other places enable you to recover or reset your password after you answer some “personal questions.” People, be careful of the questions and answers you provide. Here’s how a hacker got into Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! email account: after the password recovery was reenabled, it took seriously 45 mins on wikipedia and google to [...] . . . → Read More: Security Lesson – Listen Up
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