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| Defending Laptops from Zombie Attacks |
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| How to Protect Your Mobile Assets |
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| How to stop laptop theft |
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| Securing Linux laptops |
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| Can You Make Your Laptop Identity Theft Proof |
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| Taking Your Laptop on the Road Safely and Sanely |
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| How to lock up laptop security |
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| Protecting Your Data from Laptop Lifters |
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| WiFi worry: Laptops at risk of attack |
As communities push to turn themselves into massive wireless hot spots, unsuspecting Internet users are giving hackers nearly effortless access to their laptops and private information, authorities and high-tech security experts say.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Promiscuous laptops |
Laptops now outsell desktops, and more and more locations are offering free public WiFi networks. Yet there are no formal recommendations on how one should secure a wireless laptop on a public wireless network. Case in point: A few weeks ago, I attended the RSA Conference 2007 and shortly afterward saw a press release from AirDefense.net regarding the number of laptops at a security conference, mind you that weren't connecting to the official public wireless network.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| World's First Laptop Hardware Keylogger Launched |
The "KeyCarbon Raptor" card records all typing on a laptop keyboard, plugs into the Mini PCI slot of a laptop computer, and stores captured keystrokes on the onboard 256MB MicroSD card. The card is 100% passive, requires no drivers, and is undetectable by any software running on the laptop.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Laptop Users Warned About Free WiFi at Airports |
Many of us face a threat that has to do with our own personal laptop computers. It seems there's a growing problem at airports, where hackers are hoping you'll click on their offer for free WiFi Internet access, allowing them to access your personal information.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Mobile device security in six simple steps |
Two thousand six was the year of laptop theft. In February, a laptop was stolen from an Ernst & Young employee's car containing tens of thousands of Social Security numbers belonging to its clients' employees. Also, in December, a Boeing Co. employee's laptop that contained the SSNs, dates of birth, salaries and other confidential information on more than 300,000 individuals was stolen.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Protecting Your Laptop |
With over 600,000 laptops stolen every year, the possibility of not having your laptop tomorrow is pretty good. According to Gartner, the chances of your laptop being stolen this year is 1 in 10. That is a 10% chance that your laptop will be stolen. What about losing it or misplacing it? That surely takes your chances up to about 20% or so.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Thinking Ahead to Prevent Laptop Theft |
Any law enforcement official can tell you that a few extra steps of caution can avoid a disastrous theft. Thieves enjoy convenience just as any shopper does; if your laptop is more difficult to pinch than the next guy's, it's the next guy who loses.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Running Anti Spyware Software on Your Laptop |
The best way to protect yourself from spyware is to be very, very cautious about what you download from the Internet and which Web pages you visit. Sites that cater to children, to music swapping fiends, and pornography sites are full of means and devices for delivering spyware directly into your computer. If you can avoid such sites, do so.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Lose your laptop (but not your mind) |
So you just lost your laptop full of military secrets, a partner's billion dollar idea and other intellectual property, or health care data for the Massachusetts State Home for the Mildly Bewildered. One moment you were happily sipping a latte in the airport, and the next, you were wondering why your rolley bag was so light.Oops.
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| Taking your laptop? Keep it and your precious data safe |
If you're one of the millions of Americans who travel with laptop PCs for business or pleasure, are you sure you're properly protecting your computer companion? According to tech security giant Symantec, a laptop is stolen every 53 seconds in the USA and 97% of them are never recovered.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Microsoft's BitLocker Alters the Security Dynamic |
A feature that automatically encrypts laptop hard drives will likely be the first thing security managers look at when the enterprise edition of Microsoft's new Vista operating system ships later this month. The feature, BitLocker, will intensify the spotlight on an area that has become a major concern for big companies in recent years.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| How to protect your mobile data |
In today's workplace, it's impossible to eliminate mobile computing devices laptops, thumb drives, mobile phones, PDAs and iPods. If you follow the news, you know that dozens of organizations have had mobile devices lost or stolen, and many of them were not as lucky as Lincoln Health. Since California enacted a data breach notification law in 2002 (followed by 32 other states), there have been a host of embarrassing disclosures about missing computers, most recently at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Federal Trade Commission, the Transportation Department, accounting firms Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young (three separate occasions this year), Wells Fargo and ING banks, Fidelity Investments, the YMCA and Chevron.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| How to Minimize the Impact of Laptop Theft |
Laptops have enabled us to work whenever and wherever we choose, greatly enhancing our productivity, but they also put huge volumes of confidential data at risk. When a laptop is lost or stolen, its resale value no longer depends on value of the hardware. It is all about the data. In 2005, laptop theft alone accounted for 33 percent of reported data breach events, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Securing Your Laptop Against Theft |
Just about every technological step forward comes with a trade off. The benefits of the advancement have to be weighed against a weakness or flaw. In the case of the increasingly popular notebook PC, that flaw is the greater risk of theft.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| U.S. Commerce Dept. has lost 1,137 laptops since '01 |
The U.S. Commerce Department reported that 1,137 laptops have been lost or stolen since 2001, with 249 of them containing some degree of personal data. The department couldn't determine whose data may have been on the machines, of which 672 belonged to the U.S. Census Bureau. It isn't aware of any data having been used improperly, it said Thursday.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Apple Issues Patches for Laptop Wireless Flaws |
Apple Computer today issued a trio of software updates to fix four serious vulnerabilities located in the wireless components of a number of its Mac products.In an advisory, Apple said flaws exist in the Airport wireless device drivers included in the Macbook Pro and other Mac products. The company said the flaws could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system remotely just by having the wireless devices turned on and in range of the attacker.
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| Three Steps to a More Secure Laptop |
How to combine encryption, tracking software, and a 'kill switch' to protect laptops and their critical data.Laptop theft is one of the fastest growing problems in the security sector. Who can forget the nightmare scenario that occurred at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs this past May? A department analyst loaded a file onto his laptop and took it home for the night, where burglars promptly walked off with it along with identifying information on 26.5 million veterans. While the laptop was eventually retrieved, most are not. Fully 97 percent of all stolen notebooks are never recovered, according to the FBI.
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| Laptop hacking step by step |
The headline "Laptop, Along with Hundreds of Thousands of Identities, Stolen" seems to be repeating itself over and over again these days. Whether it's an executive trusting the hotel cleaning staff or a name brand auditor storing his laptop unsecured in his car (who, by the way, would ding his clients on an annual review for such carelessness) laptops and other physically insecure computers are getting lost and stolen by the truckload.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Laptop travel, a risky venture |
Buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy ride.Recent changes in aviation policies and procedures may make checking laptops as luggage a reality, heralding an end to the days when they could be tucked safely under the seat or stored in overhead compartments in which items "may shift."
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| 50 Ways to Lose Your Laptop |
Sure, you can protect your laptop computer from damage, but that doesn't mean you'll ever see it again. What are some options? When I wrote about ways to protect your laptop if you needed to ship it as checked luggage, one assumption I made was that no one would do this if they had a choice. But with restrictions on luggage between the United Kingdom and the United States a few days ago, it seemed like a good bet that such a thing could happen.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Lock Up Your Laptop |
Seven out of 10 organisations had laptop computers stolen during the past 12 months, according to a recent survey by AusCERT. Laptop security solutions provider, Computrace, says these thefts are avoidable with its security and tracking software.The average corporate loss from laptop theft, including lost data and employee time, was $15 988, according to the survey. The highest loss reported was over $200 000.
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| Got Laptop Security? |
Restrictions around carry on baggage items at airports may have been relaxed a little, but some security companies said Monday they are betting on increased demand for products that can protect electronic devices such as laptops and PDAs during air travel.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| How To Prep Laptops For Airport Security |
Some companies are beginning to rethink laptop security policies in light of the United Kingdom's ban on electronic devices in airplane cabins.Others are pressuring authorities to ease the restrictions, which prevent business travelers leaving the United Kingdom from keeping close tabs on the machines and the sensitive data they contain.
In the meantime, security providers are offering a few tips for travelers flying in and out of the United Kingdom.
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| Keeping Your Tablet PC in Tip Top Shape with Windows Live OneCare |
Keeping your Tablet PC in tip top shape can be a time consuming and boring job. Experienced Windows users know the importance of running regular virus scans, updating anti spyware definitions, defragmenting the hard disk the list goes on. If you are one of the lucky few who work in a corporate environment, then you may very well have an IT Staff on hand to take care of all these tasks for you. However if you are a student, home user or newbie who wants to have the essential maintenance tasks automated without having to "do it yourself", there is a solution.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Technology for rescuing stolen laptops emerges |
Perhaps you followed the dramatic headlines in May as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs came to grips with the fact that it had lost a laptop (since recovered) with personal information on 26.5 million veterans, exposing them to identity theft.Since then, you might have overlooked the missing New York state government laptop with 540,000 names. Or the Federal Trade Commission laptops with 110 names. Or the Ernst & Young Global Ltd. unit with 243,000 names....
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| Wireless worms threaten laptop users |
Users were warned to update the operating systems following the announcement of vulnerabilities in Intel Centrino's wireless technology. The flaws could theoretically allow hackers to spread malicious code, including worms, wirelessly between laptops. According to a statement by Intel, the security vulnerabilities exist in the Microsoft Windows drivers for certain versions of their Wireless Network Connection hardware.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Mobile threats hit out of the blue |
Security threats to mobile devices are increasing and will reach critical proportions within 18 months, according to antivirus firm McAfee. The company says malware that targets devices such as smartphones, laptops and PDAs has increased 30 per cent since the beginning of 2006.As the sophistication of mobile devices catches up with that of PCs they will contain more sensitive data and increase the security threat posed to corporate networks significantly.
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| How to protect your laptop and your data |
If a thief makes off with your laptop, you could lose not only a pricey piece of hardware but financial data, medical records, even your identity. More disturbing still, with wireless connections, your data can be compromised even if your laptop never leaves your hands. Here are a few solutions to consider:Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Don't Get Locked Out of Your Tablet PC |
It's either happened to you or someone you know. Perhaps you created a new user account for your Tablet PC, then a week later you simply can't log into the account! "What the heck was that password?" you think to yourself. At the time it seemed really smart to make a seperate XP user account. That way nobody might accidentally delete that thirty page report or log into your work email account. But now it appears you can't log into this account to get to the report. You swear you used your regular simple password "golf" or "joe2006". Try and try agian, but none of the passwords seem to work.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Companies take costly steps to secure laptops |
Big U.S. companies are taking tough measures to shore up laptop security amid a rash of thefts.The actions of Ernst & Young, Fidelity Investments and other high profile victims underscore the balancing act for executives, who must weigh the costs of additional security and customer privacy with the financial benefits of a mobile workforce.
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| Almost protecting laptop data |
We are understandably tired of hearing about the potential compromise of personal information contained on lost government laptop computers. Indeed, in the past couple of months alone, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Trade Commission have grappled with laptops that have gone missing that contained large amounts of private data.Linked by LT Hacker (...Click here to Read more)
| Laptop hacking, A Step by step guide |
The headline "Laptop, Along with Hundreds of Thousands of Identities Stolen" seems to be repeating itself over and over again these days. Whether it's an executive trusting the hotel cleaning staff or a name brand auditor storing his laptop unsecured in his car (who, by the way, would ding his clients on an annual review for such carelessness) laptops and other physically insecure computers are getting lost and stolen by the truckload.You want to do the right thing and keep your laptops secure? Read on.
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