The cyber threat is no longer limited to your office network and work persona. Adversaries realize that targets are typically more vulnerable when operating from their home network since there is less rigor associated with the protection, monitoring, and maintenance of most home networks. Home users need to maintain a basic level of network defense [...]
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Top 5 Ways to Keep Your Computer Files Safe
October 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Security
As more and more things we value get stored on our computers, such as digital photos and Quicken financial data, the consequences of losing files have dramatically increased. Here are some simple ways you can make sure you never lose your important files. 1. Make sure your files are backed up using online data backup [...]
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What Is AES Encryption?
August 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a symmetric key cipher technique used to secure and encrypt operating systems, hard drives, networking systems, files, e-mails, and other similar data. In cryptography, AES consist of three block ciphers taken from a larger collection published originally as Rijndael. Each cipher has a 128-bit block size with three different key [...]
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What Is a Polymorphic Virus?
May 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Security
A polymorphic virus is a computer virus which is capable of mutating itself when it replicates, making it more difficult to identify with ordinary antivirus software. To effectively find such viruses, antivirus software needs to have more complex algorithms available to help it identify distinctive patterns which can betray the presence of a virus even [...]
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What is a Man in the Browser Attack?
May 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, Security
Man in the browser attacks are designed to capture confidential information that can be utilized to the advantage of the entity that launched the attack. As part of the function, the man in the browser process begins with the establishment of the Trojan on the hard drive. The Trojan embeds in a file and is [...]
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What is Scareware?
May 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Internet
Scareware refers to bogus sales tactics designed to scare a user into thinking his or her computer contains critical errors or viruses that must be fixed immediately. For a price, scareware ads offer an instant solution in the form of downloadable software. In some cases this software is harmless, in other cases the software meant [...]
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