Security Web site Dark Reading has released “The Ten Most Dangerous Things Users Do Online.” The list is arranged in descending order of peril, based on votes received from the experts and analysts who make up Dark Reading’s editorial advisory board:

1. Clicking on email attachments from unknown sender
2. Installing unauthorized applications
3. Turning off or disabling automated security tool
4. Opening HTML or plain-test messages from unknown sender
5. Surfing legally risky Web site
6. Casually giving out passwords, tokens, or credit card numbers to suspicious site
7. Random surfing of unknown, untrusted Web sites
8. Attaching to an unknown, untrustworthy WiFi network
9. Filling out Web scripts, forms, or registrations
10. Participating in chat rooms or social networking sites

For more information visit: www.darkreading.com

Tom Hull
Vice President / Chief Information Officer

Greater Binghamton