Month: October 2010

If you have ever taken a survival course you have probably heard the instructor talk about how you need to be aware of your surroundings. Much of survival is about recognizing where you are, what is safe, and what is not. The Internet is no different. By far the most important factor in safe use of the web is recognizing where you are, and making appropriate decisions about what is safe and what is not; what is to be expected, and what is extraordinary. Unfortunately, most people either do not know how to tell where they are, or do not … Continue reading Security Awareness Post 3: Recognizing Your Surroundings (Virtual)

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and as I stated in the last post, I decided to celebrate by writing some Security Awareness posts. Almost as if they knew what I was going to write about, I received this spam comment on my last post this morning: "such a very informative and valued article, regards" The poster's name, which is undoubtedly fake, was hotlinked to: hxxp://www.antivirus-finder.blogspot.com. That, in turn, turns out to be a blog that links to various unknown and quite possibly shady anti-malware programs. ("Malware" is a collective term for malicious software, such as viruses, worms, trojan … Continue reading Security Awareness Post 2: Beware of malicious software

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and as I stated in the last post, I decided to celebrate by writing some Security Awareness posts. Almost as if they knew what I was going to write about, I received this spam comment on my last post this morning: "such a very informative and valued article, regards" The poster's name, which is undoubtedly fake, was hotlinked to: hxxp://www.antivirus-finder.blogspot.com. That, in turn, turns out to be a blog that links to various unknown and quite possibly shady anti-malware programs. ("Malware" is a collective term for malicious software, such as viruses, worms, trojan … Continue reading Security Awareness Post 2