In an interview with Vivian Yeo of Zdnet Asia Eugen Kaspersky stated that he would like to change the design of the Internet after being asked what he would change if he had the power to change three things related to IT security. According to him the biggest problem in IT security these days is [...]
Increase Internet Security With WOT For Internet Explorer
If you compare the add-ons that are available for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer with those available for the Firefox web browser you will soon discover that there are not many Internet Explorer add-ons that one would consider “must-have”. It is not really clear why Firefox add-on developer are more productive. Could be that it is easier [...]
Computer Security Myth: Defeating Keyloggers With Onscreen Keyboards
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 [...]
Internet Security: Comodo Verification Engine
The Internet is a dangerous place. Danger not only exists on the dark side of the net but also on the light side, on respected Internet sites. It is therefor important to use an assortment of Internet security tools to prevent and identify attacks on the Internet. It is not just financial transactions – like [...]
Internet Browsers: Firefox 3.0.10 Update
An update to the Internet browser Firefox has been released a couple of hours ago out of the usual release cycle. It is a security update that is fixing one critical security vulnerability and one major stability issue. Critical security vulnerabilities are classified as those that require no user interaction and allow the attacker to [...]
Increase Internet Security With Safe SSL
Safe is an extension for the Firefox Internet browser that increases Internet security quite a bit by visualizing safe SSL connections to the user. We have covered similar security extensions and applications in the past which changed the display of the address bar of the web browser to increase security. Today’s Internet users encounter SSL [...]
Ghacks Christmas Giveaway: BitDefender Software
Day 10 of the Ghacks Giveaway. We are still going strong and are already way beyond our expectations. All Giveaways so far have seen a great participation and we were able to hand out lots of licenses to commercial software.
Today it is BitDefender time here at Ghacks. The guys at BitDefender are donating one copy [...]
