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Ah, Valentine’s Day, the time of year when suddenly everyone is starry-eyed and declaring their love for one another. Our eagerness to please our loved ones tends to make us a little more vulnerable. And this makes us perfect prey to scammers who pounce on these vulnerabilities to spread their viruses and scams. According toRead more

I’ve always been a pro-Linux type of guy.  I started using Unix back in 1992 (SunOS(1)) while studying for my software engineering degree. This university use led me to install Linux at home as a dual-boot option along with MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 (with the amazing 800×600 resolution, or the flickering 1024i).  Over the years,Read more

‘The Beaver’(1) is, at 90 years old, Canada’s second oldest magazine. Founded in 1920 and named after Canada’s symbol and fur-trading history, the Hudson’s Bay Company publication is devoted to popularizing Canadian history, aiming to make Canadians more aware and appreciative of their heritage. Two weeks ago, the venerable magazine had to change its name(2,3,4)Read more

10- Keeping Tabs on your Data While most are the direct result of criminal intent, there are many situations where people unintentionally exposed proprietary and personal data simply by taking files and laptops home. So it’s not just the unauthorized electronic packets moving in and out of your network that can cost you business, keepRead more

A Honeypot is, by definition(1),(2), a decoy or a trap whose purpose is to detect and identify unauthorized use in order to prevent breaches. In Email Security, a Honeypot is a SMTP server setup to process a single domain (or multiple domains)  to gather emails all day long.  Let’s examine two methods used by emailRead more