Protecting your children is an everlasting experience each and every parent must do, both on and offline. With the growth of technology taking over our children’s lives, we’re stuck wondering what they’re doing online. Too many parents are facing the dangers in losing their children to social networking websites that create chaos in their child’s [...]

Are You Hunting Down Spyware and Adware? For  many of us hate spyware and adware. Unless you are a web developer that has a pair of spyware and adware programs tied to your credentials, possibilities are you belong to the bulk of web browsers who seek the help of anti-spyware removal programs to kill spyware [...]

A new report released by brand protection firm MarkMonitor has revealed that online abuse of leading brands is growing more common, damaging brand reputations and upping the risk of unwitting users becoming the victims of malware and phishing attacks. Online brand abuse involves leveraging the reputation of a well known brand to draw traffic to [...]

In March 2009, a BBC Wales investigation revealed that serious data security breaches have occurred at three of the four Wales police forces. The breaches were revealed when BBC Wales made Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to the four Wales forces: Dyfed-Powys Police, North Wales Police, South Wales Police, and Gwent Police. Three of the [...]

Two cyber-criminals were jailed today for their involvement in an attempt to rob a UK bank using stolen staff passwords. Hugh Rodley, 61 was sentenced to eight years while David Nash, 47 was given three years for their part in an attempt to steal over 200 million GBP from the Sumitomo Mitsui Bank in London. [...]

The process of law making is notoriously long and drawn out, with Bills taking months or even years to pass into to law. In the realms of computer crime, where technology develops apace, this sometimes means that the law is left flagging dangerously behind. An area where law particularly struggles to keep up with technology [...]

Preventing identity theft is one thing that we all need to work on. Many have become victims; many have become inconvenienced and troubled by this crime that has affected millions of people already. And the question that might cause a constant fear is: Will I be next?. You should not be next. With the number [...]

Protection from identity theft is a privilege we should allow ourselves to indulge in. Privacy is one right that every person is thankful to have; its the right that we have always fought for, and a right that we are always careful to keep safe. After all, it allows us to speak only when we [...]

Whenever a company engages a third party to provide a product or service, a vetting process should be undertaken to ensure that the contract will be performed with due prudence and responsibility and to an appropriate standard. Never is this more important than in the field of computer forensics, where the quality of the investigation [...]

The Law describes theft as the taking of personal property without permission or consent of the owner which should be enough bases for everybody to be more cautious in preventing identity theft. Yes, perhaps we should count ourselves quite lucky when the crime that will beset us is theft instead of robbery. After all, we [...]

If you own a computer or a laptop its absolutely essential that you have the correct security issued programs for anti-virus, spyware even adware. There are millions upon millions of new viruses being created every single day and these viruses, no matter how experienced you are, can easily attach themselves to your computer and could [...]

Security has taken on a whole new meaning in recent years. The days when a good sturdy lock and chain were enough to keep the thieves at bay are long gone; now you’ve got to deal with cyber crime. The digital element, which is now such an important part of everything we do, has meant [...]

Almost 100% of the Malware take the help of your browsers to spread and infect your PC and other’s PC. And attempting to take control of your browser is an integral part of almost all malware attacks. What are Browser Hijackers? One of the techniques used by these malware is browser hijacking. Browser hijacking is [...]

Nowadays, the world faces a lot of issues, whether they may affect the economy, the environment, world relations, and even human rights. One of the increasingly prevalent issues today, that affect nearly everyone, is the case of id theft. All over the world, thousands even up to millions are affected by this slowly losing their [...]

When it comes to getting almost any kind of information, there’s only one avenue to go to: the internet. The internet has grown to be so useful it has become part of our everyday life; you can do your chores, your studies, and even business over the internet. The internet is also a very good [...]