Malware writers and people who make money off the distribution of malware have always had one tricky element to their operation – getting the user to act in such a way which gets him/her infected. Throughout the years one approach …

By the time you’re reading this post, Kate and William will probably have tied the knot and are getting ready for the sumptuous post-service festivities. In the meantime, media outlets will be rushing to get their stories and video footage …

When Kate Middleton walks down the aisle tomorrow at Westminster Abbey to marry Prince William, two billion people worldwide are expected to tune in to witness probably the most important Royal Wedding since that of Prince Charles and Diana many …

Arguably, spam forms part of the email marketing tool used by marketers for direct advertising.  We never asked for or subscribed to most marketing messages that we receive on a daily basis. So how is spam different? Let’s first take …

If one were to ask people, ‘What is the most annoying thing they experience on the internet?’ it’s safe to assume that most will name spam as their No. 1 annoyance. The main driver for spam is obviously money. People …

I have often written about episodes where security fails, even in cases when it should not have, had basic good practices been followed. So one might ask, ‘why don’t we hear about many success stories?’ A reason for that is …

Recently I came across two different stories that made me wonder why companies fail to take security seriously until after they fall victims to attacks. The first story, as reported by The Register, reports system failure as being the number …

In the first part of this article we saw the legal parameters within which organizations implement internet monitoring. It’s easy to understand why employees feel concerned about being monitored at work. After all it’s human nature to feel uneasy knowing …

The debate about internet monitoring in the workplace has been going on for years! Employees often feel their employers are yet another entity that is enforcing the big brother effect on them, yet on the flip side employers feel as …

The topic of internet monitoring is known to raise a few eyebrows, but if you think about this from an administration level, it’s easier to appreciate.  What do I mean by this?  In short, internet monitoring will help to cut …