Miscellaneous

Internet-Interception Equipment: Targets Emails, Online Chats and Facebook Messages Using Massive Interception

French technology company is offloading its business that sells Internet-interception equipment, a move that comes six months after it became public that Moammar Gadhafi's regime had been using the technology to spy on Libyans. Internet-Interception Equipment: Targets Emails, Online Chats and Facebook Messages Using Massive Interception The company said it had…

Facebooks Apps. Are Selling You Out!

Not so long ago, there was a familiar product called software. It was sold in stores, in shrink-wrapped boxes. When you bought it, all that you gave away was your credit card number or a stack of bills. Facebooks Apps. Are Selling You Out! Now there are "apps"—stylish, discrete chunks of…

Phishing/Scamming: Why You Shouldn’t Take The Bait!

Phishing/Scamming One of the primary reasons for the severe increase in phishing/scamming among and individuals and smaller organizations is that online criminals believe these institutions and people do not possess the resources, knowledge or employees to protect themselves or respond to a phishing/scamming attack. Many of the larger banks, retailers…