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Firewall
Why do you need a firewall?
It is the kind of software that is dedicated appliance that will block unauthorized access to your
computer via the internet. It inspects network traffic passing though it and it will stop traffic
based on a set of rules. It basically ensures that nothing private goes out and nothing malicious
comes in.
What this software does is that it monitors inbound and outbound traffic from your computer and
vice versa. It will block unauthorized traffic. It is really obligatory if you want to obstruct
unaccredited users to your PC data. Whenever it notices suspicious interchange to your
computer, it will block the originator of this traffic.
A firewall can be used for networks, syllabus circumstances and a firewall for your operating
system.
What does a firewall?
It will protect you from brute force: Hackers send huge amounts of different password
combinations to the firewall. The firewall will protect you from these attacks.
It will protect you from backdoor passwords; the manufacturer will have a maintenance
password so that they can help you out in case of emergencies. But this is a vulnerability issue
as well. Good software is prepared for this.
The usage of service provider passwords is also dangerous. This kind of passwords is
necessary as some providers need to be able to change the settings of the router. But again,
this is an excellent way for hackers to enter your computer if not secured sufficiently.
It is also possible that you don’t configure your settings properly. Apparently 50% of all firewalls
are not configured properly. This will decrease your security level considerably. If you leave the
settings at default, you might leave a big loophole open.
It is also possible that there are some known firmware bugs. You can bet that hackers will try to
find these flaws.
It is also known that some firewalls are very willingly listening to telnet queries. This is the way
how hackers deduce the model and they will start to use these weaknesses or firmware bugs.
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2. Anti Virus
You only need to experience a virus infection on your computer and you are cured for life.
You absolutely need protection against viruses, adware, backdoors, malicious BHO’s, dialers,
fraud tools, hijackers, key loggers., malicious LSPs, root kits, spyware, worms, Trojan horses
and other kinds of malware as you may experience data loss once your computer has been
compromised. This antivirus software will scan your hard drive and floppy discs for any known
or potential viruses. It has become a huge market on itself as the growth of the internet and the
increasing usage of the internet makes the problem of viruses equally big.
It is vitally important that this software will update on a very frequent basis and this must be
done automatically. It will download new profiles of new viruses so that it will be able to check
your computer for new viruses from the internet.
It speaks for itself that you must not connect to the internet if you have not installed any kind of
antivirus on your computer. It is absolutely essential to protect yourself against this. You simply
need to have an army which is ready to start fighting against the viruses in the battle-field on the
internet.
Antivirus software will detect, prevent and will take action in order to disarm and remove
malicious software from your computer.
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3. Backup
Basically we all know what the importance of regular backups is. It is not a matter “IF” your
hard drive will fail; it is only a matter of “WHEN”. A backup is basically a supplementary exact
copy of your valuable files, databases and operating system. These backups come in handy the
moment you lose your data.
You need a backup for this situation, but also when a virus or an attacker takes over your
computer. You need to stop this and that is the moment where backups come in handy.
It is very handy if a software package will perform these kinds of backups automatically. This is
usually done at an offsite location, like an external hard drive. But some software packages do
this online; they move the files to a secure offsite server and give you the permission to retrieve
your files from a website.
And don’t forget, a backup is not only very valuable the moment you experience data loss, but
it also comes in very handy when you have multiple offices. In that case you can set the
software to synchronize for example every day in order to keep a current working version of files
available throughout the world.
Always make sure to do a test restore in order to verify your backup’s integrity.
So you want software that will perform this task automatically.
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4. Filesharing
The moment you are open for file sharing, you will also open a hole. The moment you do this,
your workgroup will have access to your shared folders. It is a practice of distributing or
providing access to digitally stored information.
This can be all kinds of files as long as it is within a network. In this network somebody is the
administrator and he/she determines what kind of level of admittance every person within the
network gets.
Some common methods of storage, transmission and dispersion include manual sharing in
which you use removable media, or centralized servers on computer networks, hyperlinked
documents on the internet and of course the distribution via peer-to-peer networking.
Whatever you do with file sharing, please make sure that you require user authentication
combined with hard-to-crack passwords.
In order to set up the wanted security level, it is important that your software gives you the
necessary tools in order to set up the right security level.
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5. Browser updating
Every day new threats appear on the internet. This means that an OS vendor needs to keep an
eye out as well. As soon as this OS vendor tells you to update a new patch, you need to listen
to this advice.
You need to be aware that the hackers will always try to bypass the security levels on your
computer and therefore they will do whatever they can in order to achieve this. You need to take
precautions to install added protection for your PC and your browser belongs to these kinds of
updates.
If you don’t update your browser this will undoubtedly lead to security issues and bad website
lay-outs. All you need to do is a regular update and this will fix this problem.
The best you can have is a security package that is silently updating so that you are ensured
that you will always have the latest version on your computer. This is a certain way to practice
safe internet browsing and will keep the hijackers far away.
Just imagine this. In 2009 Finjan did some research on the internet. They found that a bot
network of more than 1,9 million infected computers. This was in April 2009. But know that this
software was built only in February 2009. You see how fast this can grow and spread?
So what are your benefits from this frequent updating of your browser?
The moment you update you also know that your security level will raise again as your fixed any
known security vulnerabilities.
Due to the fact that bugs are fixed, you also will experience more stability with the browser.
You will also have access to new features that will make your software more powerful as well.
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6. Internet Protocols protection
This kind of protection is referred to as IP security. This will allow users and therefore
organizations to protect traffic for all applications. The important thing here is that you don’t
need to modify anything to the applications.
Through this way you are sure that the moment you transmit any kind of data, e-mail or other
kinds of data, are made secure.
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EXE file protection
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7. An EXE file is an executable file. It causes the computer ‘to perform tasks that are indicated
within the file and will perform these tasks according to the encoded instructions’. These codes
are basically machine code instructions for a physical CPU. This is another kind of file than a
normal document file. This kind of file cannot be read by humans.
In general it is advised to never open an EXE attachment in a mail. You have to know where
this file is coming from before you open it. This is thé way hackers send infected files so that
they can stuff your computer with malicious code, also known as Trojan horses.
You need to protect your computer against these types of files. The software will recognize
these files the moment they are sending with an email and will warn the user not to open the file
if you don’t know where this file is coming from.
Before you have this kind of software, I have to mention that it is vital to teach your kids a lot
about internet security. First of all, the moment they use your computer they may be placing you
at risk. So the first thing you need to do is to create separate accounts on your computer in
order to avoid this.
Secondly, they may be at risk too! They are very likely to enter websites that may be phishing or
spread malware.
So why do you need parental security functionality on your computer. Well, this software is
capable of preventing your kids from accessing inappropriate websites (like porn sites).
Although somehow this kind of software has difficulties with blocking websites involving
violence, drugs or hate speech.
The beauty of this software is that this is a great way to defense yourself and your kids against
these pages as it will block these sites before you can see it.
But think about it. Your kids are likely to start visiting sites with free games, free music,
animated toolbars and other possible downloads that may contain spyware, Trojan horses or
cookies that may harm your computer. Better safe than sorry. With this software you can block
these kinds of sites before something bad happens.
At the same time it may be important to check the behavior of your kids online afterwards. You
do this by reviewing the history list in the browser they are using. Here is where you can see
where your kids have been online.
All this is important as we recently discovered by a recent research performed by security firm
AVG in the UK. Did you know that kids between 6 – 9 years old already spend 4,2 hours per
week online? They spend that time on social networks.
Almost half of these users are already engaging through group talks online. And 20% have
admitted to being exposed to bullying online. This is something every parent should know I
guess.
So basically, having parental security means that you add a layer of protection on your
computer. You can block access to certain sites and content. With this software you can even
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8. limit the web-surfing time. This means that even when you are not around to safe-guard your
kids, this software will take care of your responsibility as a parent.
What kind of protection is the protection you should look for? The most notorious online threats
are coming from instant messaging and social networking sites. In most instances most internet
security software is capable and equipped with sufficient protection against instant messaging,
email and social media websites like Facebook, Twitter and Hyves. But be careful, there is
special software that will only monitor instant email and text notifications. But this software will
not protect your kids from browsing on the internet.
At the same time it is good to know whether or not your software is capable of protecting your
kids against HTTPS (encrypted) connections or proxy blocking (intermediary web servers).
These hackers use these methods in order to circumvent filtering software.
It also might be important to check on how many computers are protected with a software
package. You need to check the license for this feature.
It is also important to know how easy it is in order to set the monitoring software up. I guess the
best solution is to find software that is web based, so that you can modify the settings while not
sitting behind the computer. This give you as a parent extra control while not being at home.
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Encription protection
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9. Whenever you have sensitive data on your hard drive, you need encrypting. It is known that
managing your files may become a big hassle. But you have one big certainty, namely the
moment your computer is compromised; you know that your vital documents will be
unintelligible. So what is encrypting precisely? It is a process in which normal information,
(documents and emails for example or whole packages that can be send over the internet) are
being transformed.
This is done with an algorithm, called a cipher) which will make the document unreadable to
anyone. With one exception; for the people who own the key for this encryption. So basically,
your vital document is transformed into a cipher text, encrypted information.
Methods used for this method are AES-256, Blowfish, Serpent and Twofish.
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Spyware protection
With anti-spyware software on your computer, you can expect to be protected from spyware
programs. These programs will by definition try to hijack your personal info and will try to steal
important data, like credit card info or even your identity.
These programs really love passwords, your login details and usernames. Well, you know the
end result: You are very likely to lose a lot of money this way and a shipload of problems will be
on your horizon.
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10. Spyware will typically install itself on your computer without you knowing it. It is known to be
pre-installed with pirate software. But the main thing is this is software you are not even aware
that this software is installed on your computer and that makes it so dangerous.
You need to protect yourself with anti-spyware software.
But there are also spy sites on the internet. These sites are numerous and are booby-trapped
and have malicious coding on their websites. Shopping portals are known to be dangerous
places to hang out without proper protection. This code will affect your computer the moment
you hit a site like that. It will try to steal your personal info or will redirect you to other sites that
will do the same job.
It is very likely that these sites will install spyware on your computer, without you knowing it. For
this you need blocking spy-sites software. The software will block you from visiting sites like
these by accident. And this software will block redirects to sites that do this as well. With this
kind of software you don’t need to worry about this anymore.
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ID theft protection
Most people don’t even realize this. It is vital to have the latest software installed on your
computer before you type even one key on your computer on a website! Especially when they
want your login and password.
More and more people are becoming a victim of the every growing concern connected with
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11. e-commerce, electronic online payment and online banking and not to forget the credit card
information or identity theft. Be aware that this problem concerns you too. I promise you, this is
a problem which can really make a mess of your life.
People really underestimate this problem big time. It is a major concern the moment you
connect or enter the internet.
You need a software that will protect you from all this.
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Anti Phishing protection
Are you aware that there are hackers or cybercriminals, who have only one purpose on being
on the internet; try to steal your personal info. Especially your credit card details, bank account
details, name, address, usernames, login codes, etc. They do this by sending you forged
emails. These are e-mails that by masquerading as a trustworthy entity. The e-mail could look
like an e-mail you receive from your bank, or a popular social web site, or a know auction site,
an online payment processor, like PayPal.
They are actually spoofing through the e-mail or via instant messaging. In most cases they ask
you to enter details (via their fake website), that really look and feel like the original
entrepreneurs you normally have a relationship with. They deliberately use a social engineering
technique with on single purpose: they want to deceive you. And they can do it, because they
are using the loopholes within the poor usability of our existing internet security technologies.
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12. At this moment more and more phishing incidents are reported on a daily basis. And the counter
measure at this moment is to start legislation on that area, more training for the users of the
internet, grow public awareness through campaigns and last but certainly not least through
technical security measures like anti phishing software. Anti phishing software will protect you
from these so-called phishing e-mails and e-mail hoax or fraud.
This software will do whatever it can to identify elements of a typical phishing e-mail and don’t
forget the fake websites themselves. More and more internet browsers are starting to implement
this into their browser automatically. The same applies to email clients.
Toolbars have been developed that will display or show the real domain name for every website
you are visiting. This is one of the ways in order to protect the users from visiting fraudulent
websites that are masquerading as another legitimate website.
It is expected that browsers will be equipped with anti-phishing functionality in the near future.
It is also a good idea to keep your passwords within a password manager.
It is a very wise attitude to say that you will always install this kind of internet security software
on your computer, before you even start to think about going on the internet.
What can you in order to protect yourself from this?
First of all, don’t click links in email messages.
Use your own bookmarks to go to trusted sites or type the address in your browser yourself.
You can also look for a site’s security certificate. You should do this before you enter any
details, like personal or financial information into a website.
Pop-ups to be filled in should be regarded as very suspicious. Don’t enter your personal details
in there.
Make sure to download the latest security updates from trusted websites.
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13. Credit Card Statement monitoring security
Never ever rely on a software package. You need to constantly check your own bank
statements and you should be looking for suspicious transactions. I should also mention that it
is very obvious that you never should show your bank account or credit card information to
others.
If you do transactions over the internet where you need a credit card for, it is important that you
have an internet security software package that is capable of credit card monitoring and sending
out alerts in case suspicious transactions are being made.
What this software is doing is scanning the internet in order to find your credit card information
online. If it does, it will alert you. This way you can prevent fraud as you will be able to alert your
bank.
Nowadays many merchants are using a ‘second layer’ of security. What they do is that they
require the shipping address from the buyer. This way they can check whether or not the buyer
is aware of the shipping address. A thief will most likely not know what this address will be and
therefore you have a little bit of extra security.
Another way to protect you from credit card theft over the internet is by using organizations like
Authorize.net. Firms like these process everything by tokenization. They will exchange your
credit card number with a transaction ID. This is useless for a hacker, as they are not capable to
use this number to make further purchases or to transfer money to their account.
At the same time this company is able to perform a search on the card on the internet. With that
search all other transaction Ids that were associated with it, will come to the surface.
You also have to know that lots of merchants that apply for collecting, processing and storing
credit card date are vulnerable to many threats:
• SQL Injection
• Cross-Site Scripting
• Path Traversal
• Session Hijacking
• Malware (Drive-by downloads)
So what is the safest way to use credit cards on the internet?
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14. There is a way! Did you know that there are special credit cards that can only be used over the
internet? These are special pre-paid electron credit cards. This is the safest way to do business
over the internet with credit cards. And some of these credit cards can even be recharged.
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Automatic updating
Make sure that your internet security software package is equipped with real-time security
updates. This way your software will install the updates on a daily basis automatically. If your
software is not doing this automatically, make sure to do it yourself. You do this by visiting the
official websites and by checking whether or not there are new releases available.
It is very important to safeguard your software, computer and operating system and you do this
by keeping your computer up-to-date. This will protect you against any new threats and viruses.
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15. Instant Messaging (IM) security
Instant Messaging, also called ‘IM’, is a way of communication over the internet. With this
system it is possible to instantaneously transmit text-based messages to each other. So what
you have with IM is that you have real-time direct written language-based internet chatting.
With IM, the text is transmitted over the internet or a network. You can transmit the message to
one person, but it is also possible to transmit one message to multiple users. This is called
multicast communication. But this is not all there is to say about IM.
There are providers of IM that also make it possible to communicate through live voice or even
video calling (video chatting). It is also possible to send live hyperlinks to media this way.
With this kind of security you are protected against hackers, spammers, spywares and virus
attacks while you are fast messaging.
With a few adjustments, this part of your security measures you will be able to moderate the IM
tool so that your child can freely chat only with certain trustworthy groups on the internet; for
instance the group of people your kids regards as her/his friends; people you trust.
Some tips on using IM:
It is advised to never ever download files through IM. If you don’t know the person who is
sending files this way, never ever open the files.
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16. If somebody is approaching you through IM and you don’t know that person, don’t friend with
this person. Place this person in your spim list. That’s basically the same as putting that person
in your spam list.
Only click a link if you know from whom this link is coming from and if you are sure that this link
100% authentic. If you click the wrong kind of link, it is very likely that this link will install
malicious software, like a Trojan horse on your computer.
Disregard links within messages. The same applies as the above stated sentence. They may
contain links to malicious software!
Make sure to always update your IM program. This will make sure that your computer is better
protected.
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Network security
This kind of security is important to protect yourself against the suspects of trafficking. At the
same time this software will protect you against malicious software.
The best security with network security can be gained through multiple levels of security or also
called multi-layered firewalls. This will give you a high level of security.
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17. Operating system firewall security
It is also important to secure your operating system. This is a set of tools that will block any
malicious software that will try to damage your computer or its files on it. But this time it is
protecting the files that basically form the heart of your computer; the operating system.
At the same time these tools will block spyware that nests itself within the real core of the
operating system, referred to as the kernel-level threats. This kind of spyware, once installed,
are really difficult to remove. So it is a very clever idea to stop these threats before they enter
your computer.
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18. Full stealth mode security
This functionality is very useful as it makes it possible to become temporary invisible. This
prevents alerting hackers that you are busy surfing the internet. This stealth mode actually helps
preventing hackers from finding information about network computers and the software and
services that they run. Hackers use automated scanning processes which will send lots of query
packets to a lot of different IP addresses.
This package will start scanning a whole range of port numbers. Within these processes there
are response packets, which will make it possible to identify the various services installed on the
computer under attack. If this message is received by the hacker, the hacker will know which
computer at which IP address is available at which port.
And this is the way this hacker can attack your computer and will most likely try to use this
information in order to exploit your vulnerabilities. This process is also referred to as probing.
It is important that your internet security software package has a functionality that makes you
virtually undetectable while surfing the internet. This makes it very hard for hackers to hack
you(r computer).
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