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The Importance Of website Security – Safeguard Your Business And Website

The Importance Of website Security – Safeguard Your Business And Website

The online business entrepreneurs tend to be consistently spending a lot of time to raise the safety standard of their own business. I can assure you a very important factor; by improving your internet site reliability amount, it is simple to increase your over-all revenue. Right here is the most effective way to draw in plenty of consumers. You would be very astonished to find out that people enjoy to utilize firms that have total web...

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Cyber Security For Kids Is Important

Cyber Security For Kids Is Important

If you think your kids now just need to be protected from strangers offering them candy or from cars while crossing the streets, then you have another thing coming. Your children need a whole new level of protection especially in this age of computers and the internet. More and more kids are having easier access to the internet. According to some studies, more than 80% of teenagers in the US have access to the internet at home. The parents...

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Credit Card Processor Hacked, Again

Credit Card Processor Hacked, Again

Once again we learn about a credit card processor being hacked and millions of credit card numbers being stolen.  The latest incident involved Global Payments Inc (NYSE: GPN) who detected and reported that less than 1.5 million credit card numbers have been stolen.  The fact that they detected this and reported it is good news.  The fact that they were prepared is better.  According to GPN’s press release of April 1, 2012 the...

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We Are Not Ready

We Are Not Ready

In an article by Devlin Barrett in the Wall Street Journal, 28 Mar 2012, the FBI’s top cyber expert Mr. Shawn Henry provided a negative opinion of the United State’s ability to keep computer hackers from stealing.  He is quoted as stating that the current public and private approach of defending against cyber attacks is “unsustainable”. Meanwhile the Whitehouse website posted on 23 March 2012 a blog entry from Howard A. Schmidt,...

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It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

I was recently asked to investigate a computer that was sending out spam email.  This is a common problem and is usually a trojan infection.  In this case there was no infection!  In fact, everything looked normal so this became a challenge.  How did the attacker gain control of this computer without a backdoor?  A firewall, antivirus, up-to-date patches and full security protected the computer.  I started to investigate the email...

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