Michael Gracie 

The Register reports that sensitive VoIP data may be vulnerable to attacks because of lax efforts in securing networks. The study comes from scanit, a security auditing vendor who I’ve personally never heard of, and none too surprising also does security implementation work. The crux of the argument is that freely downloadable software can be [...]

Couldn’t think of a sarcastic title for this post, and I don’t think it makes a heck of a lot of difference anyway – it’s just news, and not much to worry about. The Google Search Appliance, that box companies throw on the rack to help them weed through data on their own networks, opens [...]

Slashdot pointed us to 10 Minute Mail, a neat little program designed by Devon Hillard. The web-based initiative was developed by Devon to sharpen his Seam skills and help people with their “bug-me-not” problems while registering with web sites. 10 Minute Mail is pretty simple. You click on a link, an email address is generated [...]

Some Canadian developers are about to release a tool that will allowed web users subject to government censorship to surf the net free of blockage. Psiphon is a product of the Open Society Institute, an arm of the Soros Foundation. It is great that folks are aiming to provide a free, uncensored internet to less [...]

The European Commission met to discuss spam and spyware, and outlined a framework for stronger enforcement. The group cited the Dutch, who’ve been able to reduce domestic spam by 85%, which leads me to believe that nothing will get accomplished here. Why? Domestic spam in the land of old windmills is like a gnat on [...]

According to CNET, the battle between PC and Mac security is shameless mudslinging – the Apple marketing machine has certainly exploited OS X’s inherent UNIX-based security at Microsoft’s expense. Apple’s customers are its best buzz-boosters in this arena – even I am am guilty of rubbing two blue-screen-of-death free years into others faces. I’m hard [...]

The latest report out of Postini showed a nearly 60% increase in spam over the last three months. So, Bill Gates is still very wrong, and spammers got a little jump start on the holiday season. All the stock spam could be the reason the market hasn’t plummeted yet either. Maybe spammers should hit the [...]

Identity theft is now the fastest growing crime in America – maybe that is because you don’t need a gun to do it (although I hear violent crime is rising as well). Of course, despite providing a few decent tips, this article goes on to review the danger of the internet, while I think you [...]

It is quick and dirty, but Channel Register has an interview with Phil Zimmerman, creator of PGP. He says the internet is like downtown Baghdad. I’d hardly disagree – innocent people are being mauled daily on the net. There’s more on PGP here, here, here, and here.

Parents are up in arms – WiFi is supposedly bad for kids – now wireless connections are rumored to be getting removed from schools everywhere. While you are at it, parents, throw away those cordless phones. Ditto for the microwave ovens. Don’t let your kids visit any household that has either, and keep them away [...]