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Beware scammers gathering data via fake social net IDs

NCCT / November 11, 2013

Spear phishing is one of the most effective ways to break into a corporate network, and recent studies show that […]

NCCT / November 6, 2013

It’s well-known that people often pick easy to remember but easy to crack passwords to protect their accounts. Thanks to

NCCT / October 30, 2013

Microsoft may eventually automatically turn on Windows Defender for PCs that are left— deliberately or not—in an unprotected state, executives

NCCT / October 24, 2013

Google keeps tabs on you. We all know that. Despite its unofficial motto, “Don’t be evil,” the company tracks what

NCCT / October 22, 2013

The average size of DDoS attacks is still climbing with the number breaching 20Gbps around four times the level seen

NCCT / October 21, 2013

Google Chrome users should take extra precautions when using the browser to type personal data, such as credit card numbers,

NCCT / October 17, 2013

The revelations about the National Security Agency\’s surveillance programs may have hurt US cloud providers’ business, but they’ve created a

NCCT / October 11, 2013

Microsoft has awarded $100,000 to James Forshaw, a security researcher at Context Information Security, for coming up with a new

NCCT / October 1, 2013

Java was the most targeted development platform for exploit attacks during the first half of the year, and attacks have

NCCT / September 19, 2013

Microsoft on Wednesday said that hackers are exploiting a critical, but unpatched, vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) and Internet