Online security in reality

Seriously scary! Watch this clairvoyant reveal his gift here.

Ready for some fiction? Witch Hunts On The Internet tackles the problem on online safety.

Recycling passwords: tip

Don't use the same password for your Facebook and online banking. If a hacker gets your details from an easy-to-hack personal site, they'll be laughing all the way to the bank. Yours.

Teens post sensitive info online

A recent survey revealed that 50% of New Zealand teenagers think nothing of posting personal information (such as pictures, stories, or comments that they wouldn't want someone who didn't like them to find) on Bebo or Facebook.

Sensitive data posted included:

• - First and last name, or their first name and a recognisable picture of themselves (30%)
• - E-mail address (30%)
  

• - Mobile phone number (14%)

• - Home address (3%)

Does your teenager know the consequences of being too open online?

Read the thriller "Witch Hunts on the Internet", then let your teen read it too!

Netbook users beware!

Netbook security is practically non-exixtent: http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/technology/5364202/netbooks-offer-hackers-private-data-gateway/

Rethink your Internet security...

Our "anything-goes" attitude toward sharing data and accepting applications on social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace can be exploited by cyber-criminals.

More here: http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/technology/5365658/germany-warns-catastrophic-state-web-security/

Stranger than fiction

Do you think the Internet is a safe tool in the hands of the police? Read on: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10554794&pnum=0 ....

... take over victims' machines ...

"The "zero-day" vulnerability of Internet Explorer 7 allows criminals to take over victims' machines simply by steering them to infected Web sites; users don't have to download anything for their computers to get infected, which makes the flaw in Internet Explorer's programming code so dangerous. Internet Explorer is the world's most widely used Web browser." ~ http://origin-www.sun-sentinel.com/technology/sns-ap-tec-internet-explorer-security,0,2968135.story

What are some other issues regarding internet security?
Read "Witch Hunts on the Internet" (Echelon Press) - http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook77234.htm to find out.