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Online Safety
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Articles
Exploring the dark side of social networks
OutlookPower Magazine - June 2009
When it comes to social networking, it's not what you know, or even who you know, it's who knows you. And that's pretty much where the trouble starts.
Incident report: denial of service attack against ConnectedPhotographer.com
OutlookPower Magazine - May 2009
You may have noticed that Connected Photographer has been offline for the past few days. It's back, and what happened makes for quite a story.
Watch your back: avoid becoming a victim of holiday scams
OutlookPower Magazine - December 2008
We originally ran this article in OutlookPower Magazine back in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina hit and everyone was in a more giving mood. However, given our current economic times, the scammers are back in full-force and it's perhaps even more relevant today. It's interesting, and sad, that a publication like OutlookPower has to spend so much time talking about scams and how to protect yourself. But email is a mass communication tool and with anything that has mass effect, you have people doing good and people doing not so good. Email certainly has provided enormous benefits to vast numbers of people, but it also creates risks. In this time of holiday celebration, many of us share goodwill, while others seek to tap into that goodwill for nefarious gain. So, before you start thinking about giving, make sure you watch your back.
Security alert: don't install Flash or Acrobat from Web sites
OutlookPower Magazine - November 2008
Now that America has decided its new President, the dark underbelly of society has come up with a new social engineering scam designed to separate you from your money, infect your computers, and turn your technology against you. I know. Happy thoughts.
Analysis: Spying Chinese temptress steals senior Brit's BlackBerry
OutlookPower Magazine - July 2008
Oh boy! Here we go again. Another senior government official has had his BlackBerry stolen by another foreign intelligence agency. But this time, it's not an American official. According to the U.K.'s The Sunday Times a senior aide to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had his BlackBerry stolen by Chinese intelligence agents while on a trip to China.
Changes to Daylight Savings Time could cause computer snafus
OutlookPower Magazine - February 2007
In 2005, the US Congress passed a bill changing the start and end dates of Daylight Savings Time (DST). Starting this year, DST begins three weeks earlier and ends one week later than previously. This change affects virtually every electronic device and computer program that deals with the time of day. If you use Windows, Windows Mobile, Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, or pretty much any other electronic anything, you are affected to
Preparing for the impending IE7 release
OutlookPower Magazine - October 2006
Like a hurricane on the horizon (which, fortunately, we've managed to avoid this season), Internet Explorer 7 is getting closer and closer. In fact, if reports are to be believed, IE7 is about the make landfall in the next few days -- and it's coming to your PC whether you want it or not. In this important article, we show you how to prevent it from automatically installing.
How to avoid becoming a victim of holiday scams
OutlookPower Magazine - December 2005
It's interesting, and sad, that a publication like OutlookPower has to spend so much time talking about scams and how to protect yourself. But email is a mass communication tool and with anything that has mass effect, you have people doing good and people doing not so good. Email certainly has provided enormous benefits to vast numbers of people, but it also creates risks. In this time of holiday celebration, many of us share goodwill, while others seek to tap into that goodwill for nefarious gain. So, before you start thinking about giving, make sure you watch your back.
Anatomy of a dead-drop: email spycraft gone bad
OutlookPower Magazine - August 2005
So, what happens when one of your favorite submarine novelists misses the boat when it comes to describing technology? When it's a summer and you're moving and it's sunny outside, you grab onto his error with all your might, because otherwise you'd need to think up another story idea. In this eventually informative article, we tell you what the writer got wrong and what it might mean for your own secret dealings.
Does your organization have an e-policy?
OutlookPower Magazine - July 2004
While some personal email usage may be okay, companies should make it clear that company email is specifically for business communications. By explicitly prohibiting racist or sexist language, chain letters or pornography and other offensive material, companies can reduce their liability. To learn more about e-policies, read this important article by Dave Hunt.
SmoothWall Corporate Server 3.0: an enterprise firewall for under $1,000
OutlookPower Magazine - February 2004
In this enterprise-aimed review, we look at SmoothWall Corporate Server 3.0, an enterprise firewall for under $1,000. It has some very powerful features, but to find out if this is a solution for your company, you'll have to read the full review.
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