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Avoiding Email Blacklists and Spam Folder

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:34:30 +0000

With the unparalleled rise of the internet and use of email in the last decade it is no surprise that email has become one of the most useful and effective tools for companies of all kinds to sell and market their products. Similar to its older brother "snail mail", businesses use email to contact interested customers and potential customers who have not expressed direct interest in the product or service they offer. Because of the monumental increase in junk or "spam" mail being sent to unsuspecting email addresses around the world, nearly all email servers have some layer of protection for their email clients so their inboxes are not being abused and filled up by unsolicited email.

When And How To Outsource IT

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:31:02 +0000

CargoWise edi, a leading provider of integrated international supply chain logistics management systems, says the decision for freight forwarding companies to outsource their IT solutions to a third party logistics provider is becoming increasingly easy to make in today's dynamic global business environment. The decision to move to an outsourced IT strategy, however, still requires an in-depth evaluation of each company's in-house IT capabilities as it relates to the supply chain requirements of its customers.

A Simple Look At Control Subversion

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:29:23 +0000

A free piece of software in itself and commonly known as SVN, version control subversion is a computersystem that allows people to keep historical data for files that have anything to do with computer languages, computer codes, and computer applications. From a layman's perspective Subversion is a tool that lets software developers track any changes made for the development of new software. In common industries alone, say, fast food joints, tracking changes made to every gadget, every grill, every ingredient, must be tracked so people have a record of how a product evolved and where they have gone wrong, just in case the latest version of the product is not profitable or if it is short of being useless.

Hacking Video: Changing Firefox User Agent

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:26:54 +0000

This video covers changing the firefox user agent to the google bot. This can be used to bypass the security on many forums and sites, that require a password to gain entry but allow Google to spider the website. The video is provided by Security Tube Hacking Video's Visit the site for many more video's. They are a friend of GSO so support them.

Top Email Blacklists

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:24:28 +0000

Many times companies find themselves on email blacklists. Or perhaps you are looking at integrating an email blacklist within your email solution? Either way this list of the top email blacklists will help you. Beware.. utilizing email blacklists can prevent a large amount of spam, but some lists can be overly aggressive and you could lose important messages. It is important to constantly review bounced emails for anyone caught erroneously by the list.

PAY NOW OR PAY LATER – OUR OPTION IN PROTECTING DATA

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:23:02 +0000

By Dr. Jim Kennedy, MRP, MBCI, CBRM, CHS-IV

It seems to me that almost every day I pick up some type of IT, Information Security, or Business Continuity magazine or journal and find that there is an article or headline story on the latest data breach. These are not mom and pop shops or small businesses they are happening at major corporations and governmental organizations. The breaches involve millions of customer files, or thousands of medical records, or critical intellectual property that has either been taken for fraudulent use or simply lost and no one in authority can account for its whereabouts.

Better Secure Your Mac

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:21:44 +0000

Until recently, Mac users have been mainly free from bad viruses and worms. This could be attributed to the fact that, as a UNIX application, Mac OS X is fairly secure, and it could also do with the fact that they have had a smaller market share. On February 14, 2006, this equation changed a bit.

Computer Security: Has the Hype Died?

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:20:19 +0000

With the RSA conference held last week in San Francisco the web has been on fire with the latest in reports on computer threats and malware. Symantec also recently released the annual Internet Security report stating that there has been a 468% increase of threats from 2006 to 2007. At a time when the focus is on computer security I began to wonder whether the general public actually has any interest. I decide to use Google trends to analyze what the masses were searching for in terms of security. Both from the prevention side as well as the attack side. I was surprised by my results.

How To: Security Permissions Chmod

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:18:41 +0000

By K1u http://k0h.org

What are CHMOD's? To break it down basically they are rules or permissions. It stands for CHange MODe.

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Mobile Security Threats and Prevention

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:16:31 +0000

Mobile Phone Security
The cell phone and smart phone industry have rapidly developed in the United States and across the world. The days of the phone being used as simply a voice device has come and gone. Today each cell phone has become a small PC in the pocket of each person.