Author Archives: David Loke

Turning over computer security to an outside firm makes many managers nervous because they must give up direct control of critical systems. This has long been the central theme which a lot of paranoids use to block outsourcing proponents from … Continue reading →

When the Sony PlayStation Network was hacked several times in 2011, it exposed the very personal information of 77 million online gaming customers, including passwords, addresses and credit card details. More importantly, it revealed the vulnerabilities of websites and systems … Continue reading →

a. Tidy up your email list into different segments eg, Paying customers, New customers, Small Medium Business. This is because different messages will be applicable to different audience.   b. Use sender score to make sure that sending reputation of your … Continue reading →

PCI DSS — Merchant Requirements and Action Steps   Acceptance of credit cards for payment has grown exponentially at small businesses across the US. Small merchants of all sizes should be aware of the risk for theft and fraud, and … Continue reading →

The difference between bandwidth and data transfer It is very common to find the two words – bandwidth and data transfer, used synonymously on the internet, specially on web host’s pricing plans. However, technically speaking, there is quite a difference … Continue reading →

What does a small merchant need to do to certify PCI DSS Compliance?   There are two components required to validate or “prove” that a business has achieved PCI DSS compliance certification: Self-Assessment Questionnaire: All businesses are required to self-assess their … Continue reading →

Recently we’ve been focusing on email security risks regarding viruses. We’ve examined Viral email attachments and forwards, and today we look at the most well hidden kind of virus of them all: a virus hidden in the email body.   … Continue reading →

Free business e-mail services have been around for many years now. Hotmail.com started this trend providing basic POP3 e-mails and yahoo follow suite. A few years ago, Google Gmail provided email services that even comes with calendar, contacts and mobile … Continue reading →

Anirban Banerjee, VP of R&D   Speaker Profile   Anirban is a co-founder and technical lead at StopTheHacker. Anirban holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Riverside. For the last 5 years he has been … Continue reading →

Computers have been around for a while now, so most organizations have had their share of virus scares. How many times during the 90’s and early 2000’s was your network or computer taken down by an annoying virus, or worse, … Continue reading →