Arbor Networks and the University of Michigan recently announced the results of an annual survey of ISPs and their security issues. Of the 70 ISPs surveyed, 73 percent believe that their security measures are doing a good job. The top security concerns for ISPs this year are the growing number of botnets, phishing attacks, and denial-of-service attacks.

The US government also believes that botnets are a large threat to national security and economy.
Trojans and malware form the foundations of a botnet, which when spread allow denial-of-service attacks to be made on large networks, via the use of those computers infected.
As always, it is highly recommended that Anti-virus software is regularly updated so that the chance of being infected by one of these trojans/malware viruses is minimised.

To purchase Anti-Virus software and help protect your PC, please visit Frontier Solutions and Strategies.

In a Wallis Consulting Group survey, Australians responded that they were not keen on practices such as scanning of photo identification at businesses, pubs and clubs, fearing the misuse of that information could lead to identity fraud. In addition, most were concerned about businesses asking for irrelevant information, believing it could be used for unsolicited direct marketing purposes.

With the increase in privacy concerns, the survey showed that support for a national identity card was growing, including the ability to cross-reference data between government agencies to help prevent fraud, and the update contact details. However, only 21 percent of respondents believed that full medical records should be included, and the use of this information closely guarded.

To help prevent ID theft online, never give out more sensitive information than you need to. In addition, most of your valuable information will be stored on the hard drive of your computer - and even if you delete the files, they can still be recovered. To purchase programs to prevent identity theft, please visit Frontier Solutions and Strategies.

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The US government's USAjobs.gov website, run by Monster Worldwide, was disabled temporarily as Monster attempted to close a security breach in its database. 146,000 users' information was hacked, including names, mailing addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.

Using this information, hackers can attempt to run phishing scams, in which a user is asked to "verify their details" or something similar, in order to trick the user into entering credit card information. Such online scams are quick to set up, collect information and run, and so it is difficult for law enforcement agencies to track down the hackers.

To help prevent ID theft online, never give out more sensitive information than you need to. If you are unsure if a website is a phishing site, give the company a call to find out. In addition, most of your valuable information will be stored on the hard drive of your computer - and even if you delete the files, they can still be recovered. To purchase programs to prevent identity theft, please visit Frontier Solutions and Strategies.

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After winning five major tenders in a row, Compelson Labs has become the leading provider of mobile phone forensic investigation software to the United States Army.

MOBILedit! Forensic is currently being used on hundreds of US Army computers around the world, to assist in cell phone investigations.

MOBILedit! Forensic enables phones to be connected to a PC and contents to be analysed without tampering with any of the evidence. It is also capable of generating one-click forensic reports that can be customised for specific needs.

For the full details, click here.

The Little Black Book of Scams was created to help notify users of the types of online scams they may come across, and how to protect themselves from becoming a victim to them.

The chapters included deal with pyramid schemes, amazing offers, door-to-door scams, investment and financial scams, medical scams, internet scams, and self-employment scams.

A wide range of scams are covered within the book, and a list of contacts is also provided for reporting scams and seeking help dealing with a scam.

The following link will take you to a page containing access to the eBook version of The Little Black Book of Scams and details on how to request a free printed version of it.

http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/727809

X-Ways is offering training courses in Australia to those wishing to learn the 'ins and outs' of the X-Ways Forensics software.

This course duration is 3 days, and teaches the following things and much more:
• Basic setup of the software
• Learning the user interface components
• Understanding the data interpreter
• Previewing file contents
• Creating drive contents tables systematically
• Creating hash sets and matching against existing hash sets
• Customizing file signatures
• Extraction and analysis of free space, slack space, etc.
• Finding and analyzing deleted partitions

Another course X-Ways is offering is the 2-day long 'File Systems Revealed' course. This course gives an extensive introduction to the file systems FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 (1/2 day), NTFS (1 day), and Ext2/Ext3 (1/2 day).

For more details and to purchase a booking click here

Statistics have shown that one in four U.S. households have been a victim to identity theft.

Some of the more notable findings of the 2003 identity theft findings from the FTC identity theft survey report include:

*9.9 million victims.
*$47.6 billion USD loss to businesses.
*Hours spent resolving identity theft problems amount to 297 million.

This data is just for U.S households, so it really does show that identity theft is a major concern in the world today and should not be looked upon too lightly.

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