Keyloggers are either hardware devices or software which can record the key strokes of a user. Both are legal to own in the US and other countries despite their ability to be used in identity theft and fraud. While software keyloggers are the most common, hardware ones need to be watched out for too. While [...]

Categories: Security

The British Government has today launched a national competition to find the next generation of computer security experts according to the BBC.  The competition, which is primarily aimed at teenagers and school-leavers, has prizes that range from bursaries to study at University to full-time employment. Defending all of our interests in cyberspace is a relatively [...]

Categories: Hacking, Misc

Malware is a generic term for trojans, viruses, worms, keyloggers, rootkits and other malicious code. The Avira blog has posted an interesting statistic about the malware that gets distributed by urls either in emails, on websites or other ways. Most computer users probably associated file types like exe as dangerous when they encounter them on [...]

Categories: Security

Ports are what connects your computer to the outside world. This can either be in a network or the Internet. Open ports are required for many things like connecting to websites, downloading files, chatting or uploading photos to Flickr or Facebook. Most ports are only open when they are needed by an application. Problems can [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

If you are sharing a desktop computer with several users you might be interested in knowing the login and logout time of each user on the system. It could also be interesting to know even if you are using the computer alone but have it accessible in a room where others could access it. Parents [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

I recently came upon a few articles that once again offered the computer security tip to use onscreen keyboards to defeat keyloggers. Most of these tips are suggesting to install an onscreen keylogger or make use of the default one of the operating system to defeat keyloggers while making transactions on the Internet or working [...]

Categories: Security

While the Conficker worm did not have the serious impact many assumed it would have on April 1 it is still a threat as millions of computer systems are infected with it. We covered Conficker worm detection and removal instructions in March and would like to add the easiest way of detecting a possible Conficker [...]

Categories: Online Services, Security, The Web

Several remote services are available to analyze submitted software programs or files for malicious contents like computer viruses or trojans. Among them are Virus Total which uses more than a dozen different antivirus engines to scan submitted files. All of them have one thing in common: They scan and analyze the files using signature databases [...]

Categories: Security, Windows