How To Protect Your Identity Online (29 Dec 2006) Surfing the Internet is a daily occurrence for an increasing number of people these days, as technology expands and online services continue to grow. Many people go online to carry out banking transactions, shop, check e-mail, and catch up on news. That's why it's more important than ever to protect your identity while surfing the web.
How Hackers Gain Control Of Your Computer (01 Dec 2006) Your PC has many "ports" which are vulnerable to attack from a
hacker. These ports are used to communicate internally with
your monitor or printer or externally to the internet. For
example, Port 25 is used for receiving incoming email and Port
80 is used to connect to the internet.
Computer Repair And Cracking Passwords! (28 Nov 2006) Passwords are necessary for security but you need to make sure you can remember them! Many of my recent computer repair service calls have involved lost passwords.
XSS (17 Nov 2006) XSS stands for Cross Site Scripting. XSS is a hacking technique for web application. It allows the user to perform a harming attack. It is a term that has given to the web pages that allow the user to supply some data capable of altering the page for the viewer. The code is vulnerable to XSS where ever it uses input parameter in the output HTML stream returned to the client.
How To Protect Yourself From Computer Hacking (29 Oct 2006) When the internet became the main source for information in the
world, there have been those that have sought to gain illegal
profit from such things. This is the way of the world and people
all over the world are now the target of the many computer
hackers that are around. Unlike the bulk of people who are
living in the virtual world, these hackers seek to gain access
to the personal and private information that one has stored on
their computer.
A Good Firewall Offers Protection Against Security Holes Caused by Open Ports (29 Oct 2006) All computers have many open ports that serve as communication windows between applications and services. Hackers and malicious software such as spyware is designed to use these open ports as a secret way in and out of your computer. Although regular software updates will close many unnecessary ports and tighten security, the best protection is obtained by using a firewall.
