How to keep your PC secure

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Broadbandaction Inc to Deliver Echoworx
Secure Email™ Secure Messaging
Solution Designed to Meet the Nee

Broadbandaction Inc to Deliver Echoworx
Secure Email™ Secure Messaging
Solution Designed to Meet the Nee 04/05/2005 09:12 AM
Computer Security News Apr 5 2005 1:18PM GMT

Max Secure Spyware Detector - Secure
your Corporate Network from Spies

Max Secure Spyware Detector - Secure
your Corporate Network from Spies 04/18/2005 03:55 AM
Max Secure Software, developer and global leader in information security products varying from a broad range of security software solutions, and services designed to help individuals, small and mid-sized businesses, and large enterprises security announces release of new product, Spyware Detector Enterprise Edition. [PRWEB Apr 18, 2005]

Can IM ever be secure?

Can IM ever be secure? 04/13/2005 01:43 AM
ZDNet Apr 13 2005 5:33AM GMT

Wi-Fi gets more secure

Wi-Fi gets more secure 12/10/2003 05:24 PM
Products designed to make wireless networks safer and more stable take center stage at conference.

Secure XP v1.0

Secure XP v1.0 11/07/2003 03:11 AM
Secure XP provides (password protected) access to various settings that allow you to make your XP computer more secure in a multi-user environment by applying either standard XP security options or registry tweaks. It allows you set restrictions for Active Desktop, Control Panel, Display, Desktop and Explorer, Login and Authentication, and more. The interface combines more than 100 XP settings in categorized tabs for easy access. [Shareware $19.97 7 Days 1.71 MB]

How secure is your Wi-Fi?

How secure is your Wi-Fi? 06/01/2004 08:16 PM
USA Today Jun 1 2004 11:31PM GMT

Are You Secure?

Are You Secure? 04/29/2004 01:27 PM
This small company carries a big stick.

Secure FTP Bean 2.0.11

Secure FTP Bean 2.0.11 11/05/2003 03:03 AM
A Java bean for performing secure FTP transfers.

Unofficially secure

Unofficially secure 07/30/2004 11:53 AM
USA Today Jul 30 2004 3:34PM GMT

Microsoft to secure IE for XP only.

Microsoft to secure IE for XP only. 09/23/2004 09:10 AM
If you're one of about 200 million people using older versions of Windows and you want the latest security enhancements to Internet Explorer, get your credit card ready. Microsoft this week reiterated that it would keep the new version of Microsoft's IE Web browser available only as part of the recently released Windows XP operating system, Service Pack 2. The upgrade to XP from any previous Windows versions is $99 when ordered from Microsoft. Starting from scratch, the OS costs $199.

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Secure WebMail

Secure WebMail 02/10/2004 05:29 PM
Release notes...

How secure is your handheld?

How secure is your handheld? 04/16/2004 05:14 PM
Misplacement and theft aren't the only security threats you have to worry about.

Be secure: Think like bad guys

Be secure: Think like bad guys 04/11/2005 04:04 AM
ORLANDO - Security managers at last week's InfoSec World conference say they're combating the risks posed by outsider attacks and insider exploits by thinking - and sometimes acting - like hackers.

Is Firefox Really Secure?

Is Firefox Really Secure? 02/01/2005 09:40 PM

MCI looks to secure its future

MCI looks to secure its future 04/20/2004 12:33 PM
CNET Apr 20 2004 4:46PM GMT

Secure Your Email

Secure Your Email 07/12/2004 02:24 AM
Welcome to the new age of the internet! It's the age of fake identities, hidden motives, and stolen/intercepted email. In this day and age, it's actually difficult to be certain about the origins of a recently received email. How can you trust that the email you just received is genuine? It's time for a long-awaited Power User Monday Tip of the Week.

Keeping it secure

Keeping it secure 12/08/2003 11:17 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Dec 8 2003 10:14PM ET

" Yup. I definitely feel more secure
now. "

" Yup. I definitely feel more secure
now. " 08/11/2004 08:52 PM

Of course Linux is more secure...

Of course Linux is more secure... 08/09/2004 07:52 AM

Secure Your Shredding

Secure Your Shredding 06/22/2005 02:16 AM
With enough time and resources, nearly any paper document can be reconstructed if it is not shredded properly.

Admin Secure

Admin Secure 05/28/2004 06:31 PM
AS 1.7 Released

IRC Secure Shell

IRC Secure Shell 01/28/2004 05:38 PM
Formal Design Document

Secure your XML documents

Secure your XML documents 12/30/2002 02:40 AM
CNET Dec 30 2002 1:02AM ET

Linux is Secure

Linux is Secure 12/22/2004 01:52 AM
Security research suggests Linux has fewer flaws By Robert Lemos The Linux operating system has many times fewer bugs than typical commercial software, according to an upcoming report. The conclusion is the result of a four-year research project conducted by code-analysis company Coverity, which plans to release its report on Tuesday. The project found 985 bugs in the 5.7 million lines of code that make up the latest version of the Linux core operating system,…

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Secure your system with TCB

Secure your system with TCB 01/10/2003 02:45 AM
CNET Jan 10 2003 1:54AM ET

Cybertrust's secure web

Cybertrust's secure web 09/22/2004 12:50 AM
News.com.au - Wed Sep 22, 01:10 am GMT

Secure FTP Wrapper 2.5.7

Secure FTP Wrapper 2.5.7 07/27/2004 06:04 AM
A server-based package that enables an existing FTP server to become secure.

Ten Steps to a Secure PC

Ten Steps to a Secure PC 06/18/2004 05:01 AM

Microsoft to secure IE for XP only

Microsoft to secure IE for XP only 09/23/2004 06:27 AM
Affirms plan to make browser upgrades available only through XP updates, while half the Windows world operates with older OSes.

Is the world less secure?

Is the world less secure? 09/12/2004 06:51 AM
In the three years since the attacks on America, has the world become less safe? Send us your views.

DEKSI Secure v2.1

DEKSI Secure v2.1 06/05/2004 10:30 AM
DEKSI Secure is an encryption program which utilizes five of the strongest encryption algorithms available to protect data and files. The program can encrypt your files using four symmetric algorithms: DES, Triple DES, Blowfish and the newest AES standard Rijndael. [Shareware $299.00 3.0 MB]

Mac OS X ? Unix? Secure?

Mac OS X ? Unix? Secure? 07/22/2004 08:19 AM

secure content?

secure content? 03/11/2003 02:00 PM
anyone got any thoughts on securing content displayed in a browser? a client of mine for a side project is...

Secure UI: Phishmarking

Secure UI: Phishmarking 02/16/2004 04:08 PM

This post describes variations of an idea that reduce the vulnerability discussed in Visual Spoofing and Visual Illusions posts.

Below is an example of a phishing attempt using the visual spoofing techinque (clickthrough to see it fully).  It shows a browser window containing an image of a explorer window and an fake HTML form inside a DIV section.  While wary experienced users will catch on to what is going on, naive users are not likely to.

The idea of phishmarking is to introduce features to the UI that clearly distinguish the real UI from the fake UI.  Appearance of the feature should vary depending on on who (user), when (time), and possibly what (site).  Site dependent feature is a big topic so I'll discuss it in future posts.

When I came up with the idea of phishmarking, I was thinking about tigers, so I originally thought of using tigerprint-like patterns to be embossed into the background of UI components like toolbars and titlebars.  Other patterns will work just as well as long as the pattern is not a simple geometric shape and has some random elements to it.  I call these patterns phishmarks.

Note that phishmarks doesn't have to be present all the time on the UI as long as the phishmark appears briefly within the time frame that typically takes to be fooled by a fake UI.  In fact, I recommend brief display of animated (to draw attention) phishmark over static phishmark which could clutter up the UI.

A simple, easily implemented, form of phishmarking is changing UI colors.  But this technique is not as effective as using animated phishmarks as you can see for yourself in the following screenshot.  It's same as the screenshot above except I have changed the UI theme from default blue XP theme to silver XP theme.

In this example, the color change was not drastic enough to cancel the illusion created by the fake UI and the power of branding (logo, graphics, layout).  Making more drastic color changes is possible, but not without affecting aesthetics negatively.  More research is needed in this area to find the right balance between protection against phishing and aesthetics.

I have other ideas related to visual spoofing and visual security and will post them in the near future under the Secure UI series.  Stay tuned.

Secure Transfers

Secure Transfers 03/19/2005 02:38 AM
You spend plenty of time making sure your passwords are secure, but its easy to take for granted that traditional file transfer methods aren't secure.

Drop in this week's Freeloader Friday for a list of free SFTP/SSH file transfer clients, including a sneak peek at the new Fetch 5 beta.

TSA: Tests Going Well for Secure Flight
(AP)

TSA: Tests Going Well for Secure Flight
(AP) 01/06/2005 07:38 PM
AP - The government has begun testing a computerized screening system that compares airline passengers' names with those on terrorist watch lists, a Transportation Security Administration official said Thursday.

Secure that Mac mini in a PC drive bay

Secure that Mac mini in a PC drive bay 03/23/2005 01:29 PM
Engadget Mar 23 2005 4:27PM GMT

A consideration of what it means to be
secure

A consideration of what it means to be
secure 07/23/2004 09:43 AM

Secure Back Door

Secure Back Door 12/25/2004 04:54 PM
SBD 0.3 is out!
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