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Most passwords are easy to guess. Take a stab at it and see if your officemate uses his or her name, kids' names or dog's to get into their system. These days, it's important to protect your password... Read more...

Small businesses are facing more hack attacks than ever before. They are brutal and can take your business down. But the question is what can you do about them? Gartner research firm estimates that... Read more...

Security researcher Moxie Marlinspike has come out with a cloud-based service to audit the security of a WPA network in just 20 minutes. The 400-node system works by performing a dictionary attack... Read more...

If you are like me and millions of others online, you've got more than one password--many more. You may have one that is six or seven letters or one that combines letters and numbers. There could be... Read more...

It's that holiday time of year again, when the spirit of giving and the spirit of taking abounds. And when it comes to taking, watch out for those email solicitations and dummy e-commerce sites that... Read more...