Since the dawn of the computer we have had our fair share of problems with hackers and wannabe hackers. Hackers have even tried to penetrate the U.S. Government websites in the past.
The highest profile hacking incident in past years must have been when the official Spanish website for its EU presidency was hacked into. The hackers then inserted a picture of Mr. Bean onto the site. So is there anything we can do to prevent such hackers getting into our computers?
It is rumored that Internet Explorer is quite vulnerable to hackers for some reason. If you are using Internet Explorer it could be shrewd to change over to other browsers, such as Google Chrome or even Mozilla Firefox.
Passwords are vitally important to website security. If you do use passwords do not make it easy for hackers to crack it by using something that relates back to you, like a name or particular date in your life. Always make up random passwords with a mixture of numbers, symbols, lower, and upper case letters. Change your password about once a week for extra security.
When running SQL scripts always escape the variable data, thus returning log in information back to your system.
With open sources such as Movable type or Word press the hackers can always come up with a good guess as to where the log in screen is. Some of the codes for these open sources have potholes that can be exploited by hackers.
Websites should be encrypted with SSL, to stop any data that is sent back and forth from being picked up by hackers.
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.
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Tue, Jun 22, 2010
PC Security