Americans fear lightning more than hackers
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That&#39;s according to a straw poll of 493 people performed by the US non-profit group the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), which carried out a survey in mid-September at the Digital Edge Expo in Washington, DC.
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While corporations are monitoring ports and using advanced security tools to fend off infection and attack, home users -- who have less technical sophistication -- are left more susceptible, sometimes
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InfoWorld - The Web is scarier than most people realize, according to research published recently by Google.
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The United States has warned its citizens in the Nordic and Baltic states to be extra vigilant after receiving &quot;threat information&quot; on the eve of the US presidential election.
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In March 1990, when few people had even heard of the Internet, U.S. Secret Service agents raided the Texas offices of a small board-game maker, seizing computer equipment and reading customers&#039; e-mail stored on one machine. A group of online pioneers already worried about how the nation&#039;s laws were being applied to new technologies became even more fearful and decided to intervene.
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Wireless security threats are overhyped and easily stopped. You have bigger things to worry about, says a Computerworld editor.
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HELSINKI, Finland - US embassies in Finland and Latvia issued a rare warning to Americans in the Nordic and Baltic region to be wary of shopping centers and public transport amid a threat of a possible terror attack Monday.
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We've feared it for a long time, and now the situation has come to pass: The malware's moving faster than the tools to thwart it. But since you can't simply hide under a non-wired rock and hope it goes away, it's worth knowing how AV manufacturers are battling back -- and how you can too.
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A nationwide inspection shows Internet users are not as safe online as they believe. The inspections found most consumers have no firewall protection, outdated antivirus software and dozens of spyware programs secretly running on their computers.
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HELSINKI, Finland US embassies in northern Europe say they have received &quot;threat information&quot; and are urging Americans living in the Nordic and Baltic regions to be cautious.
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Also: Army expects 'suicide hacker' attacks. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Researchers find that net users are not as secure as they think. Among surveyed adults who believed they were safe from online threats, most had spyware running on their home computers and few had firewall protection.
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NEW YORK  - The biggest misconception people have about getting struck by lightning, one of the world's leading experts on lightning strike injuries says, is that it won't happen to them.
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Although more than two-thirds of home computer users think they're safe from online threats, an AOL survey found that 20% of home computers were infected by a virus or worm and 80% had various forms of spyware and adware programs.
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Americans are facing a brave new world of post-September 11 technology marvels that could soon find their way into billions of dollars of projected homeland security spending.
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Paranoia, frustration, fear and even rage: not the typical emotions Americans experience when exercising their otherwise satisfying civic duty in the voting booth.
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Home net hardware could come under attack from malicious hackers, say security researchers