SafeCentral verifies the authenticity of sites it visits, and offers a stripped-down, secure browser to use when banking or shopping online.
Shop Shield, from Kemesa, creates a “digital fortress” to keep personal data safe from online attackers.
Identity fraud has been on the rise, as criminal cunning may be mixing with desperation during the downturn. Schemes seem to multiply daily, as scammers often half a world away dream up new ways to steal data to enrich themselves. According to Javelin Strategy and Research, 9.9 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2008, up from 8.1 million in 2007.
A couple suspected of helping spread some of the internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in Manchester, police said.
Security in Windows 7: Getting Started Windows 7 claims to "improve security, reliability, and performance while helping to optimize PC management." Vista made a lot of lofty security promises as well. So, has Microsoft finally lived up to its claims? Security analyst Neil J. Rubenking takes them on, one by one.
