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Understanding security threats

Last year we embarked on producing an occasional series of short video’s looking at common internet threats and issues. So far they have covered: Phishing, Botnets, The Underground Economy and Drive-by Downloads.

We wanted them to be educational and have some humour to better educate people using the web at home and at work about how to protect themselves from common threats and risks. So far the initial 4 video’s have gone down well, being posted on sites like YouTube and Facebook, as well as the Symantec website and even a number of online retailers.

The lastest two video’s in the series have just been finished. They are:

1. Symantec Guide to Scary Internet Stuff – No 5 Misleading Applications
2. Symantec Guide to Scary Internet Stuff – No 6 Denial of Service Attacks

Please have a look at them, and also the other videos in the series, and if you have any thoughts for new topics we should cover, let me know.

Dominic Cook

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