SECURITY UPDATE

Apr 2, 2003 | security

You might have seen the latest article about the lack of security in Microsoft products. It was picked up widely by the mainstream newspapers. According to a study by Forrester Research, three-fourths of computer software security experts at major companies do not...

PIRATED SYMANTEC SOFTWARE

Mar 11, 2003 | security

I get a spam message or two every day offering to sell Symantec software at ridiculously low prices. This article confirms that the software is pirated, which is what you’d expect. Two additional details are worth noting. First, many of the counterfeit software scams...

BE CAREFUL OUT THERE

Mar 5, 2003 | security

Don’t respond to unsolicited e-mail. Don’t click on links that say “Click here to be removed from this mailing list.” And especially – never, ever put passwords or credit card information into e-mail messages. I’ve used PayPal once. I got a message this morning. The...

CYBERTERRORISM AND FUD

Mar 4, 2003 | news, security

More interesting reading: this Slate article casts a jaundiced eye at the “National Strategy To Secure Cyberspace” pushed out by the Bush administration last month. Part of a broader strategy to fill the airwaves and the public consciousness with FUD – “fear,...

WINDOWS IS MORE STABLE AND SECURE THAN LINUX

Feb 28, 2003 | security, WinXP

Commentary by columnist Paul Thurrott in a newsletter today: “The mainstream press–which has historically over-inflated Linux’s value, usage, and potential–is finally starting to own up to some facts that should be fairly obvious: Linux is more...

NORTON ANTIVIRUS GRIPES

Feb 26, 2003 | security, software

Norton Antivirus continues to be the best antivirus program for most people – but it has had its share of annoyances. Many people found that online subscription renewal was broken. There was a bug that caused outgoing mail to be sent incredibly slowly if NAV was...