For most Internet users, defending against phishing attacks is a top priority. Typically, phishing attacks involve phony emails and fraudulent web sites that try to lure users into disclosing user names, passwords and other personal information, such as credit card numbers and social security numbers.
The damage caused by phishing attacks ranges from loss of access [...]

If you don’t have the time or wish to download, install and configure PGP-based software application for email encryption, there’s an easier solution available for you. HushMail offers a free, web-based email service that has a built-in support for PGP email encryption.
All encryption and decryption is done on-the-fly and completely transparent to you. You can [...]

Suppose you need to access your email from an insecure environment, such as an open wireless hotspot or an airport. When using a public (insecure) network, the potential security risk is that your valuable data can be sniffed by bad guys.
While majority of free e-mail providers, such as Google GMail and Yahoo! do provide options [...]

Looking for a free and reliable security package for you PC? Try out CoreSecurity Core Force. Core Force is a comprehensive security solution for Windows. It provides security features to protect against malicious programs and external attacks [...]

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a set of hardware and software technologies that help prevent damage from malicious software that attack your computer by executing arbitrary code from memory locations due to software vulnerabilities. DEP works by making sure that software uses system memory safely, blocking a technique used by hackers to exploit software vulnerabilities [...]

While the adoption of web applications for conducting online business has enabled companies to connect seamlessly with their customers, it has also exposed a number of security concerns stemming from improper coding. Vulnerabilities in web applications allow hackers to gain direct and public access to sensitive information (e.g. personal data, login credentials).
Web applications allow visitors [...]

If you ask a typical gamer what she thinks about her PC firewall, you’d get one answer: firewalls suck. Having constantly to open ports and change configuration makes firewalls really annoying for gamers. It gets especially nasty when you have a sizable collection of games that usually require different port ranges to be opened.
However, since [...]

Nowadays many web sites require you to type a user name and password before you can enter the site. One of Mozilla Firefox’s powerful features is the ability to save your passwords so you don’t need to type them in every time.
But how well Firefox protects your passwords? Apparently, by default, Firefox lets anyone view [...]

Auditing source code is rapidly becoming a standard practice employed by security teams to assure that software applications meet their security requirements. The goal of this procedure is to achieve a secure and reliable software and fix potential security holes before the software is deployed.
Orizon is a framework that provides a set of API to [...]

mod_auth_openpgp is an Apache module that adds support for OpenPGP signed HTTP requests. It allows web site owners to add an extra access authorization level to servers, virtual hosts and directors based on valid and known signatures.