Over 50,000 email and password combinations were posted to Pastebin earlier this week. However, Twitter has reported that most of the accounts on this list apparently belong to spammers, with more than 20,000 being duplicate accounts. As a precautionary measure, Twitter sent password reset emails to all users listed in the five-page online dump. The …
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HTTPS Sites Exposed to Vulnerablilites 0
One of the most important checks to conduct when dealing with sensitive or financial transactions, is to ensure that the front of the URL reads “HHTPS’. This indicates that the site uses Secure Sockets Layer encryption, a method by which traffic between a website and anyone visiting it is encrypted to prevent eavesdropping. However, a …
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BYOD Security Inadequate in Today’s Workplace 0
The concept of BYOD (bring your own device) is becoming increasingly popular in the workplace. With rising financial and budgetary constraints, companies are often requesting employees to supply their own devices to work. This, however, introduces serious security risks to company networks and data. Research conducted by Harris Interactive Poll reported that more than 80% …
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BrowseControl enhanced HTTPS Filtering in version 4.2.0.2 0
HTTPS Filtering has always been an important aspect of BrowseControl. We are happy to announce that in version 4.2.0.2, the HTTPS Filtering capability has been greatly enhanced to support all of the leading Internet Browsers available in the market today. BrowseControl can now fully control the HTTPS traffic on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, …
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Security Data Breach Leaves Cardholders at Risk 0
Late last week, Global Payments Inc announced a data breach in its card data processing system, potentially exposing millions of Visa and MasterCard credit card numbers and personal data. Global Payments processes payments for firms such as Visa, Mastercard and American Express. Global Payments claims that while card numbers may have been downloaded from its systems, no other personal …
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TopTenReviews Presents CurrentWare Bronze Award for Internet Management Software 0
The CurrentWare Suite, was recently awarded the Bronze Award by TopTenReviews for Internet Management software. Ranked #3 among a selection of 10 other solutions, the review highlights, CurrentWare’s effectiveness of efficiently protecting an enterprise network. “CurrentWare is a sure solution to safeguard your company’s computer systems, data and information. It will help keep harmful viruses …
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Hacktivists On The Rise Compared To Cyber Criminals 0
According to an annual report released by Verizon, there has been a dramatic rise of “hactivism” – cyber hacking to advance political and social objectives. The study showed that in 2011, 58% of data stolen was attributed to hactivism. This is in sharp contrast to the data-breach pattern of past years, where the majority of …
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March Madness Killing Employee Productivity 0
March Madness is the time of the year when America is electrified to college basketball, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Every spring America engages in what Obama termed the March Madness as a “national pastime” with tens of millions of its fellow citizens. It’s about fans checking in with Sunday Selection, filling out brackets carefully …
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Handy Google Search Tips For Effective Browsing 0
For the majority of us, Google has become an indispensable search tool. We depend on this search engine, for work, school, news, entertainment and numerous other queries. However, learning how to use Google search effectively can certainly boost our productivity. Below are some tips that are easy to implement for successful search results. Phrase searchTo …
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CurrentWare v4.2 Released – BrowseControl gets a New Feature! 0
CurrentWare v4.2 is officially released. In the latest version, we have added a new feature in BrowseControl to give administrators more control over their employee’s Internet policy. The new feature is called Internet Quota Limit and it allows the administrator to assign a designated amount of time that employees can have access to the Internet …
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