Posted by: secureitfoundation on: September 30, 2009
Lying in life is generally a bad thing, however on the Internet normal rules do not apply, so it is time for you to be an expert liar. When you meet someone new then do you give them your real name? Why do you do this? It is because your real identity may be known [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: September 29, 2009
The Internet is a military creation, never forget that! It was designed by the US so that wars could be fought with computers directing the war, sending information from one place to another. If one part of the military network were destroyed then it would not stop the information getting to other locations. The benefits [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: September 28, 2009
While it would be good security to never download files online, video, music, games, software etc, the Secure IT Foundation understands that is not practical. So you have told to look at a funny / naughty / offensive file by your friends. It can have been emailed directly to you / sent via Facebook /Myspace [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: September 26, 2009
In the real world, you know the bad guys. These are the gangs of feral youths on the street corner, the bank robbers waving guns around, ex-partners seeking revenge, the school bully waiting at the gates. As you can see them, you can plan to avoid running into them. Evolution has added natural responses that [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: September 25, 2009
If we lived in paradise then there would be no need for security. Good karma would rule, theft would be unknown and we could be proud of being whatever we want to be or do regardless of opinion. History has shown this is not the case, and humans will kill, steal or take opportunities when [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: September 22, 2009
The Secure IT Foundation in conjunction with SecurityBrad and Mozilla Foundation presented OneWebDay Amsterdam on Tuesday 22nd September. As the Netherlands representatives, our contribution to OneWebday was giving Amsterdam home computer security advice for free! We started out at 2pm at Amsterdam Centraal Station, giving out leaflets and advice. We continued around Amsterdam, stopping in [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: September 20, 2009
Sunday’s blog entries are a little light relief from the usual serious security. We are using this day’s posting for those questions we are asked the most but may not always have a security angle. Today’s question is ‘why does my computer run so slowly?’ Philosophically the answer should what do you mean by slow? [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: September 19, 2009
Smug security, or security by obscurity to give its proper security title, is a terrible thing. It lulls people into thinking they are secure because no one is currently attacking them. The reason no one is attacking them is that there is no money / fame / job in it as the item being secured [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: September 18, 2009
The world is full of bad guys trying to take your money. They come after you using the Internet, with luring adverts for big pay out lotteries with odds too good to be true. They may send you an email offering you a share in stolen bounty from a civil war if you act as [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: September 17, 2009
It is still busy times for computer security. If you were not aware, Microsoft, omitted in this month’s STOM day a security fix for a networking issue that has been fixed in final version of Windows 7, but leaves Vista users vulnerable. It is known as SMB2 and you can read more about it on [...]
