Alan Wlasuk

When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey, the basement in our older family home would flood several times a year. It...

We all stumble across the occasional Bluebird - an upgrade to first-class on a trans-country flight, a parking spot just in front of the...

With more than $32 billion in reported cyber-security losses in the U.S. alone last year (and with unreported losses likely to be equally huge),...

I don’t play poker well. I donate money to my friends every few weeks because I like to eat junk food, breathe bad cigar...

As I wander the world of website security, I run across many reasons why most websites (over 70%) are open to hacks from amateur...

I made a mistake the other day, a horrible mistake. I let my kid use my computer.My once perfect computer now has a life...

Last month was a good one for e-mail hackers. I received 13 odd-product e-mails from 12 friends and my wife (long story), and Yahoo...

A few heart freezing moments:• A phone call that begins with the words: We have your child – we want $250,000 to guarantee her...

A Higher Education Student Database is an Identity Thief’s Dream Come True...No more fertile ground for security breaches exists in the United States than...

Cyber criminals don’t carry weapons or even leave the comfort of their homes. Botnet and phishing systems are constantly aware of their vast network...

High Profile Breaches Create a Misguided Belief That SMBs are Immune from Attacks Because They Are Small Fish in a Big Ocean.

What makes you think your financial institution’s web site is truly secure? Millions of identities, credit card numbers and user login credentials are still...

The Internet Represents Enormous Complexity, And One of The Most Profitable Vehicles For Commerce And Crime The World Has Ever Seen.

The recent move by the FCC and major cell phone carriers to create a database of stolen phones is in response to the danger...

What to Do When Your Website Has Been HackedWhile the following is by no means exhaustive, here are a few suggestions to begin with...

With estimated worldwide cyber crime losses in 2011 over $388 billion, corporations, both large and small, are focusing considerable attention towards the security of...

If you’re being honest with yourself, major successful cyber attacks on companies in the past few years should convince you of the fact that...

The world has changed. The predicted consolidation of all things electronic (i.e., telephony, games, Internet, email, entertainment, social, calendars, etc.) fits in my jacket...

From my perspective, there are two Internets. The one common folks use - you know, for surfing, stalking and finding who played first base...

Who doesn’t love Zappos? They are one of the friendliest Internet stores in the US. Zappos started in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn, a truly...