[This is a reposting of an article from Alarm.com]
Vienna, VA (PRWEB) February 02, 2012
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a home robbery occurs every 12 seconds. While there are multiple security system options available in the market today, Alarm.com offers five reasons why a wireless home security system is the superior option when it comes to providing homeowners with the peace of mind that their homes can remain safe, secure, and connected at all times.
If you followed the now delayed SOPA Piracy Bill in the US, (our review) then you should also know about Bill C-11 here in Canada.
Amendments are being proposed to Bill C-11 that would introduct SOPA like wordings and control. the Huffington Post has an interesting article this morning about it:
“With Bill C-11 back on the legislative agenda at the end of the month, Canada will be a prime target for SOPA style rules. In fact, a close review of the unpublished submissions to the Bill C-32 legislative committee reveals that several groups have laid the groundwork to add SOPA-like rules into Bill C-11, including blocking websites and expanding the “enabler provision” to target a wider range of websites.”
How do you feel about SOPA coming to Canada?
Online shoe seller Zappos.com says a hacker may have accessed the personal information of up to 24 million customers.
Zappos is an Amazon company and the hack does not include credit card and payment information. However names, phone numbers, email addresses, billing and shipping addresses, the last four digits from credit cards and more may have been accessed in the attack.
Zappos Chief Executive Tony Hsieh alerted employees and customers of the cyber-attack in an email on Sunday that is posted on the company’s website.
Zappos is contacting customers by email and urging them to change their passwords.
Zappos said the hacker gained access to its internal network and systems through one of the company’s servers in Kentucky. Zappos is based in Las Vegas.
A new study by Telus and the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has found that an IT security breach to a Canadian company will cost, on average, $38,000 is costs. (more…)
Do not open and run the web form attached to this email.
I received the following email with an attachement named “form.html“. It pretends that it is from American Express however a review of the attached web form shows that it points back to http://www.76tbike.com/ipdata/online.americanexpress.com.php. Forget about the stuff on the end which tries to make this look like it came from American Express, the domain name showing is www.76tbike.com – definitely NOT American Express. (more…)
Click on a Canadian website? You’re agreeing to the website’s “terms of use” policy, a BC Judge has ruled.
Here’s the original Globe and Mail article
I received this email scam this morning which at first glance looks like a domain registration renewal advisory. It’s not.
Let’s take a moment and and understand some basic security checks you can do when you’re not sure about an incoming email. These are quick easy things – they won’t take much time and you’ll quickly know if the email is legitimate.
Here’s the email I received. You can click on any of the images to see them larger.
Within five seconds of surfing to the rigged site,VUPEN co-founder Chaouki Bekrar had successfully launched Apple’s calculator app and had written a file on the disk without crashing the browser. (more…)
You probably do too – just how safe is it?
It was safer prior to October 2010, when a little piece of software called Firesheep became available. Firesheep allows someone to effectively look over your shoulder and see what you are doing on the Internet, and then use that connection themselves. It has currently been downloaded over 1 million times. (more…)
