Security Matters

(Matters as a noun ... not adverb.  or verb.  or something like that. <grin>)
Topics for today:

• Is it a Phish or not a Phish, that is the question
• Where is your AV made?
• Who’s at Fault for Malware?
• MITM & SSL Certificate Spoofing
• Weird news:  IE & Google; Facebook and Happy Cloud
• The Great Firewall of China & the Great Chinese Cannon
• Truecrypt revisited

For Beginners

Presentation was divided roughly into thirds:  The Microsoft guy returned to correct the record (no, Microsoft will *not* be charging for Windows 10 yearly); Bob presented how to 'rip' CDs and DVDs (copy content to your computer) and misc discussions.
Best video of the day:  Dogs that fail at being dogs  <link>

Search Engines and Browsers

Elaine Drain presented for Windows systems; Tom Sutor presented for Apple.

Other Links for Learning 

How to Stop Browser Ads

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/lets-put-stop-pop-browser-ads/

The Ultimate Guide to the Invisible Internet http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/invisible-web/

Searching the World Wide Web https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/558/1/

Search the Invisible Web: http://websearch.about.com/od/invisibleweb/ss/Twenty-Online-Sources-You-Can-Use-to-Search-the-Invisible-Web.htm

U.S. Government Web Sites

http://websearch.about.com/od/referencesearch/tp/governmentsites.htm

Time Photography
http://time.com/photography/

Deep Web Search Info
http://deep-web.org/how-to-research/deep-web-search-engines/

The Deeper Web – powered by Google http://deeperweb.com/help/tutorial-howto.php

How to find the invisible internet http://bgr.com/2014/01/20/how-to-access-tor-silk-road-deep-web/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3a+theboygeniusreport+%28bgr+%7c+boy+genius+report%29