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Author :: Bryan D. Applegate  |
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| Article Title :: Why Do People Hack? |
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| As a computer technician and tutor, I get asked a lot of questions about technology and computers in general. The one question that out-ranks all the others in the number of times I've been asked is this: “Why do people hack?”Myth: Hackers are bad. Actually, hackers are merely computer programmers who go in to someone else's code and reorganize it somehow. The term is well charted and defined by Wikipedia and doesn't directly refer to anything malicious. Quite the opposite; hackers are programmers to whom we owe a lot of thanks for working out troubles in software and the Internet.Truth: Hacker (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Benjamin Hargis |
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| Article Title :: More Information on Firewalls |
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| It seems nowadays if you are not online, you don’t exist. It really does not matter what type of company you run, you should have an online presence to let
your prospects and clients know about your company and services. When you decide to take the leap onto the Internet there are some precautions you should
take. I have friends who say all the time, I really have nothing to hide or worry about. This may be true, but malicious users like to deface websites.Which
can ruin you and your businesses reputation.This is a paper about firewalls protecting your company from outside threats and unauthorized access.A firewall is a great start. Firewalls can be both hardware (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Finn Jensen |
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| Article Title :: Is your Network Security and User Access in the Right Balance? |
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| The whole meaning of networking is to share programs, but granting others to access a computer device reveals an open window for those with foul motives, too. In the early days networks were quite secure because they were closed in systems, and to do any harm you had to get physical access to a server wired to the LAN. Remote access and Internet possibility to hook up has changed that. Broader availableness and less cost of broadband (DSL and cable) connections means that even home computers remain linked up to the Internet round-the-clock, which add the chances for hackers to gain access to computers.Computer operating systems were originally planned for stand-alone compute (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Kingston Amadan |
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| Article Title :: The Differences between a Soft, Hard and Transmit Phone Tap |
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| The phone tap is one of the more common types of surveillance activities. The military, government agencies, and police use phone taps to listen to conversations. Additionally, there are private investigators and amateur spies who each use some sort of phone tap to obtain information. It is even possible for regular people to participate in phone tapping, if they have the right equipment. This can be helpful in amassing evidence in divorce cases that my include allegations of infidelity or in instances of feeling threatened by someone else.In order to set up an effective phone tap, however, it is important to know what types of taps there are, as well as what each kind of phone tap (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Kingston Amadan |
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| Article Title :: Disguises for Spy Bugs |
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| When you are using spy bugs, it is important that they are properly disguised. It is a good idea to make sure that they look like ordinary items that aren’t normally associated with spying. These items can be nearly anything, and the greatest thing about disguised spy bugs is that they often fulfill their “normal” functions in addition to helping you gather information or evidence.The use of spy bugs is very helpful because most of the information you get as a result of using them is information that someone would not normally just tell you. The whole point of using covert listening devices is to be able to listen in when the subject’s guard is down, and when she or he migh (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Donald Nelson |
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| Article Title :: Phishing: The Most Dangerous Form of Spam - Learn How to Protect Yourself from Security Threats |
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| Spam is one of the curses of the Internet age. But if the clogging of mail boxes with useless emails was bad enough, unsolicited emails aimed at tricking you into giving your valuable passwords, banking and PIN numbers is the most dangerous variety of email that you will ever encounter. This kind of email is known as “phishing” because the unscrupulous authors of these messages are fishing for valuable information which they can use to capture your online identity.If you think that you won’t be fooled by such tricks, think again. Phishers commonly send emails which look like they come from respected financial institutions, such as PayPal, Visa, Ebay, America Online. The messa (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Linsey Knerl |
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| Article Title :: I Don't Remember Ordering This! 3 Basic Steps to Prevent Online Email Fraud |
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| What do you do if you have received a suspicious email from a reputable company that you often do business with? Many online users are finding their inboxes packed with strange messages from Ebay, PayPal, their banks, credit cards, and even schools and hospitals. If you are receiving requests for information or further action that you don't feel comfortable with, use the steps outlined below to help sort out the spam.1. Don't click it, use impressions - Impressions are used to tell the link location of an item without clicking through. A link in the body of a text email may look reputable at first. But if you wanted to see where the link will take you without clicking, just p (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Christopher Okoh |
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| Article Title :: The Weakest Link In Your Information Security Chain |
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| At times I laugh when I see companies, banks, educational institutions laying so much emphasis on the deployment of firewalls, anti-virus, server room protection e.t.c.Yes firewalls, anti-virus are good but without a comprehensive information security program in place all these security technology tools will only provide a false sense of security. When we start thinking about information security, we need to think about security as a system — not a single technology.Let Us take a Hypothetical ScenarioA company has over 5 million clients. It has an e-business website. It has deployed firewalls, anti-virus solutions and other vendor security solutions. It condu (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Christopher Okoh |
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| Article Title :: Info Security - Questions that Should be Asked Frequently |
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When last was our information security policy reviewed?Do we have an information security officer in each department?Are people punished for breaching our information security policy?Do we have a chief information security officer?Does our website present the list of our contractors and business suppliers?Can our security guards identify information assets? E.g. Do our security Guards know what a hard disk is or looks like?Are our E-mails digitally signed?Can we verify the authenticity of the caller e.g. A caller to a bank, please transfer from my account 200,000 to t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Christopher Okoh |
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| Article Title :: E-mail Signature As A Security Tool |
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| Most organizations over look this very important security tool.
How can an organization or an individual verify the authenticity of an in coming
mail? Attaching a signature to your mail should be a standard practice.
Your E-mail Signature is an electronic business card and as such is a very
important security tool in e-mail verification.
Here is a sample of an e-mail signatureCustomer Consideration Ltd info@customerconsider.comhttp://:www.customerconsider.comNo 20 Ibadan Road, Opposite Yemi Book Shop,Kaduna, Nigeria, West Africa.GSM:, Tel No:We Sell Affordable Baby Cl (read full article) |
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