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2024-10-25 eBay Account Hijacked
The true story of a friend trying to answer questions for an item he was selling on eBay and became a victim of Cross Site Scripting. In this article we take a deeper look at this vulnerability and what you can do to prevent getting your cookies stolen. If you sell anything on eBay, you'll want to read this article.
2024-11-20 Does a home user need a router for added security?
I have read all of your reviews on
the virus software companies. My question is; does a home user need a
router for added security? I have been told by many who use computers
that it's a good idea. The only one who said that I should "take it
back to the store", was a tech support worker at my ISP. Well what is
your opinion?
Thank You, Mr. Ford
To Have or Not to Have... that is the question.
To
answer the question, should you install a router, we need to address
what functions the router adds, and which of these functions are
security related. Then, look if these services and functions are being
supplies elsewhere.
2024-11-13 Internet Child Safety
I feel on my heart to educate readers about an extremely important subject if you have children. Protecting your children against the obscene and graphic pornography that is so easily accessible on the Internet. On average, pornography is only four clicks away from any given website. The majority of children are surfing the Internet with little or no protection preventing them from harmful material.
read moreAbout Us
We are group of computer professionals that are passionate about enabling consumers to make educated decisions on how to protect their computers against vulnerabilities. Alcatraz Security was started after doing product reviews, and providing opinion, by the request of friends and family to help them protect their computers.
Alcatraz Security designs practical ways of testing real world situations that can effect computers and test the results. The results are posted and compared to other products of the same type. We know the review is only as good as the reviewer, so we’ve added the functionality of users and other testers to add comments and corrections to the results posted by the Alcatraz Security review team.
We try our best to make our reviews ethical and real-world and do not change our results based monetary compensation. We believe reading reviews is an important step to making a decision, and it our hope our reviews add perspective and a degree of testing that is hard to find without actually purchasing the product.
Lead Security Reviewer – Anthony Asher
Anthony is a Windows 2003 MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer), CNE (Certified Novell Engineer), and CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) and works for a world-wide computer outsourcing company in the Twin Cities. You can contact Anthony at [email protected].
Security Reviewer - Lester Nickles
Lester is a crazy clown like fool (he's own description) that performs computer consulting in the Twin Cities. You can contact Lester at [email protected].