Internet safety

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• Conficker Again in the News

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 521
  Our good friends at Shadowserver have recently added some excellent graphs and stats that highlight the continued infections and propagation by the Conficker worm. Conficker, although it actually does very little, continues to be a major annoyance worldwide, so let’s use these excellent charts and graphs as a ...
  16 hours ago

• Free Avira AntiVir Personal Protection – Get the Real Deal!

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 137
  Avira AntiVir Personal is not just another free AV solution. This application may just be the best free application for monitoring interactions with your operating system, to ensure that if a malicious program is detected it will be stopped dead in its tracks! It’s certainly the most popular in its class, and with ...
  16 hours ago

• New Study on Sexting: 1 in 7 US Teens Receive Sexts

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 128
  A new study on sexting was released showing that 15% of adolescents ages 12 to 17 have received sexually suggestive photos or videos on their personal cell phones. However, only 4% acknowledged sending out a naked image. The poll was conducted by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. Check out ...
  1 day ago

• New site independentgirls.org (seeking writers)

  
  Hoyden About Town — Authority: 138
  I (along with probably quite a few other feminist bloggers) received an email from the Associate Editor of this new site. I like the goals. Who are we? www.independentgirls.org is all about giving girls ages 9-15 a safe place online where you can learn, think, ask questions, and meet other girls dealing with the ...
  1 day ago

• Keeping Your Family Safe Online During the Holidays

  
  ReputationDefender Blog — Authority: 135
  If you’re anything like me, you’ve been slowly filling with a warm holiday glow since Thanksgiving. After all, what better time of year is there than the holidays. Most people only get to see their extended family once or twice a year, at the most. Granted, they might have you pulling your hair out by New Years, ...
  2 days ago

• Federal Courts Rule Schools Can’t Punish Cyberbullies!

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 128
  There was a huge court decision made last month by a federal judge. The gist is that he ruled that a school that had punished a student for cyberbullying had gone too far and overstepped its bounds. While this may have been legally the right decision, to keep the student’s free speech rights un-violated, think about ...
  2 days ago

• Good News from China

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 521
  As outlined in our recent report Mapping the Mal Web, the People’s Republic of China’s top-level domain (.cn) is currently one of the riskiest domain names to surf due to numerous malware downloads and other risky sites. However, this state of affairs may now change for the better: On December 11 the China ...
  2 days ago

• Sue Scheff: Parenting 2010 (part 1)

  
  Sue Scheff (P.U.R.E.) - "Parent Empowerment!" — Authority: 118
  Part 1 of a 5 part series for a "virtual make-over" in 2010! As quickly as the holidays have come upon us, New Years is literally weeks away. What will your resolution be as a parent? Parenting teens today is extremely challenging. With all the technology, cell phones, i-Phones, i-Pods, and much more, how can ...
  2 days ago

• “OH” “OH” “OH”, Santa Delivering FakeAV Presents

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 521
  Following on from the latest Captcha techniques used by the W32/Koobface worm, it seems that the malware authors have turned to Santa for help to deliver it’s nasty surprise which awaits Facebook users. The infection drops other trojans such as FakeAlert and leaves the user renderless. It all begins with a post ...
  2 days ago

• Why does my child do this? And where could it lead?

  
  Jo Beaufoix — Authority: 125
  Tonight, as we sit watching X Factor at my Mum and Dad’s, Miss M decides to put us to the test once more. Miss M:  ”Granny, was Santa born in somebody’s tummy?” Granny:  ”Erm, probably M…, gulp” Oh My Bob! Seriously, sometimes this child amazes me.  She thinks about stuff much more than I ever ...
  4 days ago

• SnoopFree Privacy Shield – Free Keylogger Protection

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 137
  Keylogger malware, delivered by Trojans, and often incorporating rootkit technology, seems to be on the increase lately; much of it focusing on stealing victims’ banking credentials, including passwords. MMORPG (online multiplayer games), appear to be particular targets; especially WOW (World of Warcraft).This type ...
  4 days ago

• Two Quick Follow-ups: More NY Predators Vanquished; Facebook’s New Privacy Settings Lambasted by Users

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 128
  Just wanted to post two quick follow-ups to two previous blog posts. Facebook announced it was upping it’s privacy settings last week. But it didn’t tell users that the default would be the most NOT private setting possible. Uncool. Users are up in arms! Original post here: Facebook Takes Steps to Keep Your ...
  5 days ago

• Should Facebook’s New Privacy Features Concern You?

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 521
  Facebook has changed the rules again. Should you be concerned? On December 9 Facebook rolled out a new feature that was previously announced via an open letter from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. This feature asked users to review their privacy settings to give them more control over who can view the content ...
  5 days ago

• Spyware Doctor with Anti-Virus 2010 – Worth the Money?

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 137
  So how do you take the best and make it better? That’s a neat trick, but something PC Tools has managed to do with the release of Spyware Doctor with Anti-Virus.Spyware Doctor, as a stand alone anti-malware application, has long had a rich reputation for effectiveness, and ease of use. With the addition of [...]
  5 days ago

• Facebook Privacy Settings

  
  EdCompBlog — Authority: 125
  Saw a great post today on the new Facebook Privacy settings policy: Facebook privacy settings: What you need to know . It makes interesting reading (and watching as there is an embedded video). Te blogs author, Graham Cluley, gives excellent advice on the settings you should use on facebook. In fact, he gives good ...
  5 days ago

• Online safety means empowering AND protecting

  
  Generation YES Blog — Authority: 120
  Connect Safely |Online Safety 3.0: Empowering and Protecting Youth The online-safety messages most Americans are getting are still pretty much one-size-fits-all and focused largely on adult-to-child crime, rather than on what the growing bodies of both Net-safety and social-media research have found. … ...
  5 days ago

• 1 Girl Pleads Guilty in YouTube Attack Video

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 128
  The silver lining in this cloud is that when bullies are stupid enough to beat someone (a peer) up in public and have it posted online, they get caught. PC Pandora computer monitoring software will let parent see if their child are engaging in cyberbullying on any level – instigating, perpetrating, passing ...
  6 days ago

• Secunia Personal Software Inspector – Insurance Against Vulnerabilities

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 137
  Secunia PSI – Checks for Software Vulnerabilities A recent article on IE 6 and the inherent dangers involved in running such an outdated Browser, supports the view that not all of us make use of Microsoft’s Windows Update so that we are current with operating system critical updates, and security fixes.As ...
  6 days ago

• UK Makes Online Safety a Must

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 128
  The UK is taking a step in the right direction with a new government-run campaign that will echo road safety and “stop, drop, and roll” style campaigns. Remember “Say no, then go, and tell someone” if a stranger tried to talk to you or offer a ride? Same thing here. The new Click Clever, Click Safe campaigns ...
  6 days ago

• TEEN DIARIES: Technology… Love It or Hate It!by Saba, 15 (Snellville, GA)

  
  Teen Diaries Blog — Authority: 141
  Technology has such an impact on the world today that we wouldn’t be able to function without it! Although it has advanced so much in the last few years, I think technology is a bitter sweet . Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE technology, but it has its pros and cons. I love that all my friends are either a text or ...
  6 days ago

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