The biggest problem facing computer users today is the threat of hackers, and would be hackers trying to access our websites. Nobody is immune to these pests. In fact the higher the profile, the more somebody will try to hack your site. Hackers have even tried to hack the U.S. Government websites before now.
The Spanish Governments Official website for the EU presidency was said to be victim of a high profile hacking incident. Hackers managed to access the site and place a picture of Mr. Bean on the site for everybody to see. So can we prevent hackers from getting onto our sites?
Apparently Internet Explorer is very vulnerable to hackers. If you need to access the internet, why not try using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome instead of Internet Explorer.
Regularly change your passwords for your websites. Weekly password changes should be sufficient to prevent unwanted attacks. You could also use a combination of capital letters, numbers, lower case letters and symbols for your passwords. This can make it harder for the hackers to crack your password.
Before you attempt to run any SQL scripts always escape variable data.
Try to avoid open sources such as Media Wiki or Word press. Hackers can always guess where the log in screens is on these open source applications. There are unfortunately potholes in some of the codes that can allow hackers access to your website.
With data being sent back and forth on your computer it can be easy for hackers to trace it. Try to protect your websites by encrypting them with SSL.
Regularly update any open sources that you may have. Keep your firewall on for protection. Get a good up to date Anti Virus program, and always scan regularly.
Be careful when letting somebody else use your computer, even friends. Hackers are friends of somebody.
See more educational articles created by this same author dealing with products such as commercial pizza ovens and electric ovens.
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Fri, Jun 18, 2010
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