Just got done reading a new report that is available on Bankinfosecurity.com that explains the whole "Man In The Middle" browser attack in specific detail. What is found is that there are not many traditional methods that do an effective job at blocking this malicious activity. Some institutions have implemented tokens, and taken great means to secure authentication and they all can be bypassed by the latest hacker techniques.

We at Datasavers believe that there is a tool that helps to thwart these latest attacks and can give you the peace of mind knowing while transacting your business on the internet knowing that your information is secured. Of course you need to make sure that your anti-virus and malware programs are up to date. Thats the first line of defense. Utilizing a tool like the SafeCentral browser is an excellent 2nd line of defense in protecting your transactions. You ...

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One of the best ways you can pickup your speed on the internet is to find DNS servers that will get you to where you want to go faster. If you would like to know how your DNS servers are helping you or hindering you, then download and run Steve Gibson's excellent DNS Benchmark tool. I use OpenDns nameservers and his utility told me that it would benefit me to just switch the order of the servers and its should make a significant difference.

Steve Gibson's FREE DNS Benchmark Tool

Ok, we have been over this before, yet I will state it again. Adobe PDF reader is unsafe. Perhaps after you read the report that I am posting a link to you will agree. It is reporting that Adobe PDF Reader  accounted for 80% of the exploits the company encountered in 2009! That's a staggering statistic if you ask me. It's a very simple thing to fix to. How do you do that? Get rid of it! I know that sounds absurd, but with other PDF readers available to essentially do the same thing with less hassle, why wouldn't you? My suggestion in the past is use a program such as Foxit Reader. It's free and is not prone to the problems associated with an unsafe program. You can also get a version that will allow you to edit PDF's very simply. Do yourself a ...

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Just got done reading a post on The Register about another of those pesky vulnerabilities on Internet Explorer that glorius browser people still seem to be in love with. I do work for a financial institution and we can say that there are still close to 60% of our visitors are accessing the site with some version of Internet Explorer. I find it not only frustrating to see this, but down right idiotic on the side of end-users. People would be much safer if they chose to at least access their online banking, or did their online shopping with a safer browser such as Firefox, Google Chrome, or even Opera.

What I see as a glaring issue here is that there seems to be no acountability on end users to properly secure their computers. When and if there ever is any accountability placed these issues may become less of a ...

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Just found out about a very good new tool that Google has developed caled Namebench. What it is designed to do is scour the DNS servers available to you and find the fastest one available. It uses data from your browser history. It does require you to go out ad physically input the DNS IP information that it provides you however. This is relatively easy. You can goto Google's website to download the FREE application:

Once you have downloaded and installed the application, you pick your browser and let it run. It does take some time as it's a pretty thorough search of servers. It will come up with the servers and how much faster your browsing will be once you change to the recommended servers. Your primary and secondary servers can be input then by START/My Netwrk Places/View Network Connections/ - Right Click on your current ...

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