I spent part of today reading and watching YouTube videos about a security guard who was busted last week for hacking into the computer systems of the Dallas hospital where he was employed. As smart as he may have been with computers, he was no mental giant at getting...
Electricity is a wonderful thing that we depend upon every day. Electricity can also be a dangerous enemy if not given proper respect. Around 1,000 people are killed in the U.S. every year from accidental electrocution. Countless more computers are shocked to death,...
I remember, years ago when I saw my first phishing website; I was impressed. It looked exactly like the website of a popular credit card company, right down to the logo, buttons and graphics. The only way that I could tell it was fake was that the address in the...
Like it or not, the Internet is a dangerous place. Scams abound and it’s often difficult to tell the bad guys from the good. Common sense can only carry you so far in making the all-important decision: do I trust this website, or not? It’s a bit like using...
It seems that, all too often, government agencies excel at telling regular citizens how to live their lives, while at the same time being unable to keep their own houses in order. There is no greater example of this type of abuse than in the area of computer security....
