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How to stay safe on Facebook

admin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:05:42 +0000

I see it myself every day, malicious links popping up on my Facebook news feed because people are duped in to clicking dodgy links.

There are ways to avoid ending up with malicious content all over your PC due to Facebook, and the Gov Info Security blog has posted some top tips everyone should follow.

You can check them out here.

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Hacking attacks: how to protect yourself

ben — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:50:34 +0000

In another warning story, this time from the USA, internet marketing firm Epsilon was the target of a specific attack, allowing customers’ confidential data to be exposed.

The theft of the confidential information (in this case, email addresses) can enable hackers to use phishing to trick the customer into revealing further confidential information. In this case, this data could reveal where the customers, then the hacker could sucessfully direct the customer to a a website which looks like a legitimate banking site, but in truth, is not.

Practical steps you can take include checking new emails addresses against previous emails from the bank, warning family members (especially younger ones) about the dangers, and checking links in emails before you click on them.

View the full article here.

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New IronKey Certification with RDA SecurID Software

ben — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:47:49 +0000

IronKey has announced that its Trusted Access for Banking and IronKey Enterprise have achieved updated certified interoperability with RSA SecureID 4.1, software from RSA (the security division of EMC). This certification allows the IronKey to utilise the RSA SecurID platform with financial malware protection and mobile data encryption solutions.

What is the RSA Secured Partner Programme? A technology alliance of over 1,000 security partners, combining their knowledge and resources in order to develop and maintain the highest level of information security solutions.

Further detail on the Marketwire report is available here.

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IronKey Enterprise How-To

ben — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:38:05 +0000

Secure Active UK provides a picture tutorial on the IronKey Enterprise, an option for companies or businesses with two or more IronKeys, which enable the administrator to fully control the devices including the ability to remotely disable and wipe the devices if necessary. Device logs are also available so that companies can be in control of what their employees are doing.

Complete with screenshots, the Secure Active review provides a step by step look at how the Enterprise works.

View the article here.

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IronKey Personal Review

ben — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:13:46 +0000

For those with patience for an in-depth review, Net-Security has undertaken a detailed review of the Ironkey Personal.

The review is of a Personal 1GB, the smallest available storage for this device, the IronKey Personal is also available with storage space up to 32GB. It covers key areas including the Verisign Identity Protection capabilities, AES CBC-mode encryption for the hardware, use of the lost passwords authorisation feature (provided the device is activated online).

The secure backup drive is also discussed in detail, in which the data from the device is transferred to an encrypted archive located on a local computer or network share, copying all the the secure files and private data which is marked ‘hidden’ on Windows computers.

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