Did you know that while you browse your favorite sites across the internet, your internet provider secretly sits on the other end of your screen watching your every move? Scary? While just makes for a funny scary story, the reality…
Inside a DDoS attack
Everyone who runs a website has heard of DDoS attacks and hopes never to see one at their doorstep. But, what do you really know about these attacks? Our perception can be muddied by several myths and misconceptions. Also, to…
7 Ways Hackers Avoid Detection
It’s hard to stay anonymous on the internet… Between government surveillance systems and advertising tracking tools, your every move online can be monitored. But if that’s the case, then why are hackers and cybercriminals so successful in their nefarious endeavors?…
Year End Security Check
Have you recently done a security checkup? Cyber security is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks. These attacks are usually aimed at accessing, changing, or destroying sensitive information, extorting money from users, or interrupting normal…
Are Affiliate Cookie Hijackers Stealing Your Commissions?
If you earn a living – or even just spending money – selling stuff online as an affiliate, you should be concerned about cookies. Digital cookies are the behind-the-scenes gizmo that credits you with a sale generated by a web…
How to tell at a glance if a website is fake
Hackers and cyber criminals are constantly looking for new ways to trick internet users into exposing their personal and private data. These attacks are easier to execute than trying to infect an entire computer or local network, but the results…
Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Web Professional
On January 18th tens of millions of users (and possibly more) found themselves without access to some of the internet’s most popular websites, and others found themselves witness to very public corporate protests. To help us better understand the impact…
Trusted Identity in Cyberspace
A Look at White House’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace The need to improve the current state of online identity has been hailed at the highest levels of the U.S. government. “By making online transactions more trustworthy and…
Is the Web Becoming Less Secure?
Is the Web Becoming Less Secure? A PBS Analysis In the wake of the Gawker Media hacking over the weekend, Jeffrey Brown gets a wider perspective about the vulnerability of online information and the danger of further cyberattacks from James…
Gawker Analysis
A Gawker Analysis On PBS Gawker Media, one of the web’s largest publishers, was hacked over the weekend and information for about 1.3 million users was made public. Jeffrey Brown speaks with the NewsHour’s Hari Sreenivasan about the cyber attack…