Do you know what happened to your data when you disposed of your last PC? Make sure you securely wipe the drive before getting rid of old laptops, desktops or servers.
This article highlights an important and easy to use tool that will do the job. Open Source of course.
NewsForge | Darik’s Boot and Nuke: A great tool for obliterating your data
The ONI mission is to investigate and challenge state filtration and surveillance practices.
OpenNet Initiative :: Documenting Internet Content Filtering Worldwide
This guide to Open Source Software use in government is thorough and readable. Much of the content equally applies to using Open Software within Non-Government Organisations.
A new report by Symantec (vested interests?) outlines an increase in all manner of online crime and the use of “botnets”.
Note the mentioned recent firefox vulnerabilities.
A Tip: It doesnt matter what software you are using in todays world. If you are connected to the internet you must be doing regular updates. Updates to the Operating System, Web Browser and Anti-virus are the essentials. It does not matter if you use Windows and IE or Ubuntu and Firefox.
A very interesting little handbook. Blogging has been knocked as a fad and pointless by some – while the growth and popularity continues. Major news sites, large organisations and individuals are all now getting into the blogosphere. Blogging takes the possibilities of the internet (allowing anyone, anywhere to publish to a global audience) and makes it easy. I have read some very interesting stuff about Hurricane Katrina and the governments response on a number of high profile blogs – eg. Boingboing.net.
It is a fascinating concept and a powerful tool for dissidents and those whose words are censored or monitored. This guide will help to protect some of those people.
Reporters sans frontières – Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents
A Small Security FAQ – focused on encryption and its use by human rights workers.
Everyone should use encryption because digital communications are inherently unsafe. However, human rights workers are at a far greater risk than most individuals and their files and communications are more sensitive. It is imperative for human rights workers to use encryption in their digital communications to protect themselves and the people they are trying to help.
iTrainonline.org is a “resource for sharing internet knowledge”. They link to and develop training materials for trainers, with a focus on global development.
This links to 3 small courses that are based around Secure Online Communications. Some good introductory material.
For nonprofit staff who use computers all day, system glitches can bring important work to a grinding halt.
While we suggest moving to an open source desktop solution. We do realise that this can be a long process and not always immediately possible. So here is a good little guide from the guys at Techsoup on removing and responding to Malware in your windows environment.
Following the devestation in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina – it did not take long for the fraudulent phishers to get in on the action.
Thinking about using Linux on the Desktop to improve security? Read on for a guide for end users.
