Best Weekend Reading

Protect yourself against getting hacked while using wireless networking at airports. This also goes for coffee shops or any other location offering free wi-fi connections. I’ve seen many Ad-Hoc network access points that pretend to be Free Wireless or Free Internet.

The dangers of not securing your voice mail system were discussed in this article. This is . . . → Read More: Best Weekend Reading

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Best Reading from Around the Web 12/21/08

Lifehacker had a nice article on practical ways to lock down your data. One of the tools they mention is Truecrypt, which I wrote about when discussing free security apps for small businesses.

This article’s a bit alarming if its true.

Foreign hackers have accessed between half and all of the U.S. government and military computers they . . . → Read More: Best Reading from Around the Web 12/21/08

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Free Security Apps for Small Business

The following products are some top notch, free programs that can be used to secure the information you need to run your business. If you store or process credit card information, these tools can also be used to meet the security requirements of PCI.

Truecrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/)

Truecrypt is an encryption product that allows you to create an encrypted . . . → Read More: Free Security Apps for Small Business

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Important Firefox Updates Available

Mozilla, the organization that maintains the Firefox browser, has released patches for several critical security vulnerabilities in both versions 2 and 3 of the browser.

If you have your browser set to automatically check for updates (the default setting), it will automatically download the update and you will be prompted to install it. The new version numbers . . . → Read More: Important Firefox Updates Available

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Microsoft Releases Urgent Patch for IE

Microsoft has released an urgent, out-of-band, patch for a critical vulernability in Internet Explorer. If you are using IE, please download this patch . . . → Read More: Microsoft Releases Urgent Patch for IE

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