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Anthony Cossey

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Rise of the Boot Disk

I am now asking friends and family to keep a spare CD or USB Flash Drive on which to keep a LIVE version of a linux distribution, why do i do this? Well there are a few good reasons even for the most careful of users. If you are not sure what a LIVE CD is then please do check out the excellent article at Wikipedia here http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

09 March 2011 /security Information Security

Osama Rim Laden?

The UAE and Saudi Arabia have banned certain communications services available via Blackberry devices in their countries, simply because the data leaving the device is encrypted and this makes the data difficult to perform snooping on. This to me defies logic, if were using any Internet connected device for illegal purposes, i would certainly be u...

05 August 2010 /security Information Security

iPhone and iTunes Security

I don't own an iPhone, the Blackberry Bold suits best the way i work on the move, however i have been looking into various aspects of the iPhone as a development platform. I am a little concerned about the security aspects of some of the practices that the iPhone employs, not from an OS perspective, but from the view on how it interops with itunes...

17 March 2010 /security

Securely Delete Files on your Computer

There are times when you really want to make sure a file on your computer is deleted and can't be recovered by a PC expert, I am sure I don't have to preach about how it is really important these days to 'securely delete' your files. Remember any leak of the data in your files with any financial records or personal information can of course lead yo...

08 December 2009

A Little Extra Protection for an XP Computer at Home

This post is prompted by the recent surge of hackers taking remote control of home computers (http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stats.BotCounts). All the software mentioned here is free, but read the licence agreement to ensure the restrictions suit you and your computer at home......Leave the IT guys in your company to protect your bu...

20 November 2008 /security

Worried about losing your USB Flash Drive?

Worried about losing your USB Flash Drive? It seems everyone these days are carrying around USB flash drives, see my blog article here on buying a drive http://tonycossey.blogspot.com/2008/08/usb-flash-drives.html Thus everyone now store lots of sensitive information on the drives in their pocket, which is dangerous if you lose the drive......Un...

18 November 2008 /security Information Security

Chrome

Chrome was a slow starter for me after I downloaded and installed it today, a clash with Symantec Endpoint Security (SEP), part of our corporate desktop setup, caused the browser to crash each time it was invoked. However some adjustments of SEP lead to the browser firing up. Initial impression Speedy Great rendering of Google ‘apps' Further te

03 September 2008