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A note to all our friends on the Internet, In the past couple of months we have fielded calls, emails and support inquiries – with increasing frequency – for an antivirus program that is purported to belong to INNOVAGEST SL and/or Pandora Software, LLC. Please be aware that our company, Pandora Corp., makers of PC [...]

So, as we wind down at the end of Cyber Security Awareness Month, I come across another company’s press release, which states that this last final week of CSAM is Stop Internet Predators Week. Conveniently, this was named by the Stop Internet Predators organization. Heh… still, why the heck not play along? There are many [...]

I don’t know what it is lately… I guess the cops are slow. Certainly there can’t be a shortage of creeps on the Internet… maybe they just got wiser or better at evading cops. Either way, it boils down to the fact that I have only one story to share this week. A 49-year-old man [...]

Here’s an interesting one. An Ofsted report (from the UK) has found that children actually want more protection when they go online. Nearly half (45%) think adults should supervise young people when using the web, while around a quarter (24%) believe children should be taught basic online safety. Almost two thirds (61%) asked for pornographic [...]

That should read as “is equal to”… Jason Miller at SecurityProNews.com wrote an interesting piece on cyber security as perceived by “mom.” Makes for some good Friday reading. Basically, moms are putting Internet safety up on the list of important issues, up there with the equivalent of drinking and driving. This is a good thing. [...]

I came across a couple very interesting stories. They use Facebook as the subject here, but each story can be applied to the broad social network world. The first story takes a look at the art of “creeping.” This is basically randomly viewing people’s profiles on social networks without being on their friends list. You [...]

Wow. My 20th post. My 20th round-up of scum and villainy tat troll the Internet looking to have sex with underage kids. That means that for at least 20 weeks there have been enough stories to tell of arrests. Do you really think predators aren’t a problem? I should go back and count, but I [...]

Maybe this is the way to go about it… a Brigham Young University student, Justin Bergener, created SchoolTipline.com, which lets students anonymously report incidents of cyberbullying, as well as information about thefts, drugs and harassment. Bergener said he hopes students who might otherwise be too scared or shy to speak up will be willing to [...]

As I mentioned in the previous blogpost, there is a lot of criticism of the new laws passed aimed at protecting kids online. One of the criticisms I agree with is the special attention (and now, money) that the NCMEC is going to get. Makes it harder for little companies like us to possibly partner [...]

Bush is grasping at straws and doing whatever he can to try and make himself look good and not the colossal calamity he has been for 8 years. Thanks to mounting pressure after the Oprah show from Americans across the country, Bush signed into law two Acts this Monday: [From: S E N A T [...]

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 15, 2008 — The big tech news across the board for October is the celebration of Cyber Security Awareness Month. More so a reminder than a celebration, PC owners everywhere are encouraged once again to check up on their antivirus and Internet protections, and firewall and password strengths. They are [...]

This is so typical. Social networks may have started out as a place for teens and young adults (actually, I thought they started as places for older adults to reconnect with people from their past). But now that teachers are showing up online (remember, some teachers – many – are still under 30 and thus [...]

It comes down to this: if parents can’t start talking to their kids, showing them how to behave online and showing them how to act like decent human beings to other people, then this, my friends, is only the first of many cyberbullying lawsuits we will see. I don’t understand at what point people forget [...]

Internet safety is no doubt the hot topic for parents and government these days, as far as child safety is concerned. I just finished reading a book entitled “How To Keep Your Child Safe on the Internet” by Wendy Davies, and I gotta tell you, this is one book that every parent needs to read! Subtitled [...]

A new study from the Journal of School Health has been published that looks at the correlations of real world bullying and cyberbullying. Below is an article that summarizes the results. The actual study can be found here: Extending the School Grounds?—Bullying Experiences in Cyberspace. My 2-cents: you will read in the last paragraph below [...]

Here’s another weekly round-up of dirtbags that got caught soliciting sex for minors on the internet. In one story, which furthers the reason parents need to utilize monitoring software like PC Pandora to keep an eye on their kids’ Internet activity, a 13-year-old girl willingly ran away with a man she met on MySpace and [...]

Seriously, folks, we need to do something here. I’ll let the article below speak for itself, but the statistical data is astonishing and shows a much worse off problem than I think any parents think there is. It’s time parents invest in monitoring software like our PC Pandora and watch what their kids are doing [...]

I found another pretty cool article on cyberbullying. Though it states a bit of the obvious (bullying is easier online due to anonymity), it’s still a good read. However, there is one glaring omission: in both the “seeking solutions” and “calling all parents” areas, there is no mention of PC Pandora, or monitoring software for [...]

Not going to get into the political discussion here, but I am very very happy to stand behind this bill, no matter who authored it. There are a few people and websites out there that insist this is a bad thing and will bring about a flurry of lawsuits… so… what? RSOs are going to [...]

More international news (kind of slow here in the US): Props to the UK government for creating this council. Now let’s hope they sharpen their fangs and deal with the issues they have highlighted. Also, as a reminder, PC Pandora will work overseas. It works on any PC running windows. Parents in the UK can [...]