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Password vs Passkey Security experts have shown us over the past couple of years how little effort some people put into coming up with the passwords that will secure their online accounts, routers, eMail, etc. It seems that so many people demonstrate an amazing indifference
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We’ve all been through the scenario; we purchase a shiny new PC and experience that tinge of excitement and anticipation as we rush home to set it up. We get home, plug it in and boot it up, only to be confronted by a plethora
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What is The Internet of Things The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term you’ve no doubt come across quite often but it’s one that also causes quite a deal of confusion. Wikipedia describes IoT thus: The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of
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Some of us let our phones, laptops and tablets update automatically and some of us don’t. I used to be in the latter because I didn’t want miscellaneous crap being installed on my machines. For my home laptop, this sometimes meant missing out on important updates
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Science fiction writers have been obsessed with the Biometric Future for over seventy years, but it wasn’t until 1999 that a paper titled “Biometrics Personal Identification in Networked Society” started to make that dream a reality. In the paper, authors Jain, Bolle, and Pankanti determine
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Following close on the heels of the Lenovo “Superfish” debacle comes news of yet another major manufacturer embroiled in similar security controversy, this time it’s the US-based Dell. As part of an enhanced support tool, Dell installed a self-signed root certificate (eDellRoot) and corresponding private
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More Articles in this series: Part 1: Resource Monitor Part 2: Even Viewer In this post on Administrative Tools, I will be covering perhaps the best security feature you will ever have against unauthorized access to your machine from the Internet, your Firewall. If you
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The first time I came across this issue was when a guy called me because, after re-installing WinXP on his computer, he kept receiving the following error message when trying to get online: the security certificate has expired or is not yet valid. Tried updating
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Every one of our DCT Team members is an expert in his or her own right and we thought it might provide a rare insight for readers to find out how each deals with their own security arrangements… so, we asked them: Marc Thomas: Computer
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