Probably the most insidious malware, keyloggers collect everything you type on your keyboard and make it available to cyber-criminals. This article examines how keyloggers work, two types of keyloggers, and what you can do to protect your privacy.
Small and home office (SOHO) users often want to access a server or desktop computer while on the road. This article describes safe free and fee-based remote access solutions, which are also useful for remote access to your home desktop from the office or other remote location.
Black hat hackers seem to have innumerable ways to compromise your network once connected–connected in any way. Further, users will connect anything you allow to snatch an IP address. So, security control all organizations should begin considering is network access control.
Network segmentation has become an important part of a layered defense. In this article, we look at how segmentation works, how to use the reasonable-and-appropriate metric to ensure business processes don’t suffer, and network segmentation security risk.
Many organizations with a strong information security program often inadvertently leave one or two gaps in their defenses. In this article, we examine five common misses in addressing network and database security issues.
Implementing security controls is only the first step in guarding your network. Unless you monitor systems and the network, you’re efforts to secure critical infrastructure and data are rendered weak at best.
How does network security work? This is a complicated question, but in this article I break the concept of network security into its major components. By the time you finish reading, you will have a high-level understanding of the what’s and how’s of network security.
Not all spyware protection comes with a cost. However, if you prefer to rely on fee-based products to prevent and clean up spyware, this article examines a few products which help with the questions, “How do I get rid of spyware?” and “How do I stop spyware?”
Spyware works hard to get on your computer and stay there. In this article, we examine ways to stop spyware from getting on your computer and how to detect and remove without spending a penny. We answer the question, “How do I get rid of spyware and adware for free?”
Detecting spyware is easy if there is a lot of it on your computer. If only one or two instances exist, it isn’t so easy to realize someone is collecting your information. In this article, we examine ways to detect spyware on a computer, no matter how much you’ve downloaded and installed.
Have you ever wondered how spyware works? How does spyware get onto your computer? What happens if you get spyware? This article answers these questions and more.
One of the many classes of things you don’t want to find its way to your computer is spyware. Spyware, and its near cousin adware, are unwanted guests which frustrate, and sometimes violate the privacy of, users. In this article, spyware is defined.
Before securing your network, you need to know what it is you’re trying to do. In this article, we look at the definition of network security. We also look at why this is even necessary as we walk through the history of network security.
How do I remove malware? Can I use free malware removal tools? It depends on how well you protect your home or business using security best practices such as router configuration and a firewall. Once basic protection is in place, a free anti-virus solution may be the best choice.
Free spyware and malware removers are fine. But if you’re looking for something more substantial, including an enhanced firewall, Web site analysis, and support, you might need paid malware removal tools.
In the first installment in this series we examined the nature of malware–what it is and the various types. In this article, I dig deeper into how malware works. I specifically examine the behavior of virues, worms, keyloggers and rootkits.
The Internet is an essential part of our modern lives. However, it is also a haven for malicious software written by, and often controlled by, cybercriminals. Understanding the enemy is the first step in mounting an effective defense.
Once your network is configured, you and your employees will start using it in a way which results in sensitive information residing on servers and workstations. The best way to protect this information is to control who can see or change it. This is where access control comes in.
Find out how to design a secure company network, including remote access and internal security.
Encryption is a big topic, much bigger than can be fit into a section of a small, business manual. This article provides enough information about the how, what, and why of encryption that an owner or manager of a SMB knows when it’s reasonable and appropriate to encrypt information.