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This post provides an update to last year's Choosing the Safest Browser post. Let's take a look at what's changed since June 2010. Browsers Last year, we looked at the following browsers to discuss which would be the safest: Opera Firefox Safari Internet Explorer Google Chrome Number of Vulnerabilities How do you decide which browser is the safest? One way ...

Safe Practices Check your Browser Security Settings How can you tell how secure your web browser may be? Scanit's Browser Security Test checks your browser security settings and provides a report explaining the vulnerabilities, the potential impacts, and how to correct them. Use Security Software Your security software should include an antivirus, anti-spyware, and a firewall. Update Regularly Keep your ...

What's the easiest way to break into a computer account? Cracking the password? Putting a trojan on the computer? Hacking? Unfortunately, it's simply tricking you into giving up your password through a technique known as phishing. Computers have vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers using different types of malware. However, your attacker is as likely to come after you ...

Are you as a parent worried about what your kids may encounter online? Are you unsure of how they or you can stay safe online when using social networking sites?  Although our kids are now college grads, we had the same concerns about the dangers our kids faced online as most of you do. In my professional life, I'm a ...

It's been a little less than two weeks since the Society for Technical Communication Summit in Sacramento ended. Summit was an intensive four day immersion in the multifaceted profession of technical communications. I wanted to share what I found really important about the event, before the memories fade. I'll start unpacking my takeaways here and in future posts. I hope ...