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The A to Z of security
Got the Love Bug? Scared of spyware? Read all about what's keeping techies awake at night...

By Natasha Lomas

Published: Tuesday 14 November 2006

Questions

Back in 2004 silicon.com gathered a panel of security experts to address an email inbox stuffed with your security queries. A three-part feature followed - addressing such questions as 'How do spammers get my email address?', 'What's the most ridiculous kind of scaremongering you've heard in the antivirus world?' and 'How easy is it to spoof an IP address?'.

Security from A to Z

Click on the links below to find out more...

A is for Antivirus
B is for Botnets
C is for CMA
D is for DDoS
E is for Extradition
F is for Federated identity
G is for Google
H is for Hackers
I is for IM
J is for Jaschan (Sven)
K is for Kids
L is for Love Bug
M is for Microsoft
N is for Neologisms
O is for Orange
P is for Passwords
Q is for Questions
R is for Rootkits
S is for Spyware
T is for Two-factor authentication
U is for USB sticks/devices
V is for Virus variants
W is for Wi-fi
X is for OS X
Y is for You
Z is for Zero-day

Read parts one, two and three here - and if you still have any unanswered security questions feel free to submit them to editorial@silicon.com.

Also check out this Q&A with reformed hacker Kevin Mitnick answering a smorgasbord of security questions - from the role of Microsoft to the evolution of social engineering and the next big security threat.