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Ok, most “geeks” probably aren’t using EasyVPN but that doesn’t mean it’s not a geeky program. What does it do? It sets up a virtual network between any computers you install the program on. It’s like having them all in the same place and plugged into the same router even if they’re miles apart from [...]

You can ignore that e-mail that looks like it comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about creating a profile for an H1N1 vaccination program. It’s a malware scam, according to security provider AppRiver.

RoboForm, one of our readers’ five favorite password managers, does a handy job of plugging passwords and form data into web sites. File synchronizing tool Dropbox makes RoboForm even more convenient and automatically up to date.

While it might not be news to some of our readers, more casual computer users might want to take note.

We’re now less than a two days away from the scheduled activation of the latest variant of the Conficker worm and experts are still unsure if this is all a hoax or a set-up for security disaster.

OpenVPN is a full-featured open source SSL VPN solution that accommodates a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, Wi-Fi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls. Starting with the fundamental premise that complexity is the enemy of security, OpenVPN offers a cost-effective, lightweight alternative to other [...]

Although hindered by the pesky need for administrative privilege or a prior installation on the computer in question-TrueCrypt has to load a device driver for it’s on-the-fly encryption and decryption-TrueCrypt remains a favorite for thumb drives.

From the moment people started using passwords, it didn’t take long to realize how many people picked the very same passwords over and over. Even the way people misspell words is consistent. In fact, people are so predictable that most hackers make use of lists of common passwords just like these. To give you some [...]

Darik’s Boot and Nuke does what it sounds like, so it’s not a tool you want to mess around with unless you really want everything securely wiped off your system. If you’re donating or otherwise handing off your hard drive, however, it’s a serious tool for erasing data so it’s really, really hard to ever [...]

A type of browser-based attack, in which the user is fooled into clicking on a link other than the one he thinks he is clicking on, is being highly scrutinized by the web’s top architects. It’s a good thing, too, because as of now, there is no ideal solution to this nefarious exploit.