You may have noticed that the focus and the format of the Security Corner has changed a bit. I will be posting current news items and short tips twice per week, mostly in the form of links. Two or three times per month, I will post longer articles as well. The MiFi – cool tool,…
DetailsMicrosoft’s “patch Tuesday” was pretty low-key this month (unless you are still running Windows 2000, but Adobe has release some critical patches. Keeping applications, especially those used for internet access, patched is now as important as keeping the operating system patched. Clients often ask why their anti-virus program failed to catch a piece of malware…
DetailsGoogle announced yesterday (http://nosurl.com/9s) that they were finally making HTTPS access for webmail the default setting, which encrypts all email as it travels between the client’s computer and the Gmail mail servers. We applaud this move, but it’s another example of how extremely large companies are slow to implement changes, even necessary changes. Nerds On…
DetailsOne of the latest techniques in fighting spam is domain-based reputation systems, something that Nerds On Site has integrated into our systems over 2 years ago already. However, the buzz around domain-based reputation has increased significantly, with major ISPs such as Yahoo, Gmail and AOL adding such protection to their spam filters. In brief, every…
DetailsIn his annual email predictions blog entry for 2010 (http://nosurl.com/9c), Matt Blumberg has predicted a sharp increase in the amount of email traffic that will flow across the Internet in the upcoming year. Every year more and more pundits declare the death of email, but they couldn’t be more wrong. According to email-marketing-reports.com, 247 billion…
DetailsNews: W3C Standard for a Database Engine Within the Browser – Cool, but Will it Create More Security Holes? The Fix for the SSL Renogiation Flaw Has Been Finalized Ecryption Keys Will Contunie to Get Bigger (Note that This Refers to RSA Asymmetric Keys – 128-bit Symmetric Keys are Still Strong Google Chrome Takes the…
DetailsWhen choosing a hosting provider, uptime and availability is perhaps the most critical aspect to look at. The first question you should ask is ‘Does my potential hosting provider have a trust website – a site that provides complete statistics on their availability?’ You would be amazed at how quickly you can eliminate hosting providers…
DetailsMost small and mid-sized businesses are using email as a primary communication channel with customers, colleagues and suppliers. But many of these companies stop there, missing out on productivity-boosting features like shared calendars, contact information and files. By upgrading to the world’s most popular business messaging software, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, you can significantly raise…
DetailsWhen looking for a new domain name for your business, it is always important to first determine what is available in the rapidly dwindling domain pool. Unfortunately, some registrars play loose and fast with the rules, and will actually register any available domains that you lookup using their WHOIS tools. For that reason, Nerds On…
DetailsIn Part 4 of this series, we asked the question: “Where does the data live?” Sensitive data that is at rest must be protected by access controls and by encryption, according to its classification and security policies. Data does not stay in one place, though – it does not even stay in the many places…
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