Archive for the June 2008 Category
Minimising Identity Theft
The United States Secret Service estimated that consumers nationwide lose around $745 million to identity theft each year. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, the average victim spends around 607 hours and averages $1,000 just to clear their credit records. Identity thieves will employ a variety of methods to gain access to your information. They [...]
Keyloggers detect Keystrokes
A keylogger is a program that runs on your computer but within the background secretly and records all your keystrokes. Once your keystrokes are logged, they are hidden away and retrieved at a later stage by the attacker. The attacker then carefully reviews the information in hopes of finding passwords or other information that you may have [...]
Phishing For Your Identity
Who hasn’t received an email directing them to visit a familiar website where they are being asked to update their personal information? The website needs you to verify or update your passwords, credit card numbers, social security number, or even your bank account number. You recognize the business name as one that you’ve conducted business [...]
Search Engine Optimization and why you got to use it
Search Engine Optimization And Why You Gotta Use It E-commerce is a cut throat business. You have to arm yourself with the proper know-how and the tools to make your site a cut above the rest. Each day, more and more sites are clambering to optimize their rankings in websites and if you lose your [...]
eCommerce for small businesses IT Support viewpoint
IT is a broad church and getting broader by the day. The word information technology pretty much covers every aspect of ICT. The average IT support technician in an organisation is the face of IT, in addition to fixing that malfunctioning PC at account department, they are also the first port of call for colleagues [...]