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Ways To Secure Your Website And Guard Against Hackers

9 June 2021 By Horatio Meneses

One of the worst false beliefs you can adopt as a host of a website is that your site is not important enough to be a target for hackers. The popularity of this uninformed belief is an excellent benefit for hackers because it negates a lax sense of security.

Small business owners are particularly notorious for neglecting digital safety. The truth is that hackers just do not care about the size or function of your website. They are looking to gain access to your servers or find a convenient relay for spam emails. [Read more…]

Filed Under: IT Security Basics, Malware Tagged With: update every digital tool, use secondary security measures, Web security, website security

You Need More Than Virus Protection To Keep Your Information Safe

12 March 2016 By Goran

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Whether you are protecting yourself while you play around and shop online, or you are a business with online clients that need their information protected, you need to have more than just an antivirus. While that is an important security feature, it won’t protect from everything, and hackers just might be able to get around it.

Any device you have that runs through the internet, from your smartphone to your cash register at work, can be hacked and you can lose precious and important information to thieves. From identity theft to robbing your bank account blind, hackers know how to get in, so you need to do everything you can to keep them out. [Read more…]

Filed Under: IT Security Basics, Malware, Spyware, Tips Tagged With: anti-malware software, encryption software, use encryption, virus protection

How Advertising, IT Threats, and Web Security Intersect

18 December 2015 By Goran

The virtual world is full of promise, but it’s also full of threats for the uninitiated. And, as hackers get smarter, IT companies have to get smarter as well. Plus, a middle ground for all of these processes ends up solidly in the realm of online advertising.

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So, if you’re unfamiliar with any branch of this equation, consider how advertising, IT threats, and web security intersect and interact by thinking about Google AdWords, where companies advertise from, what some different hacking techniques are, how ad blockers work, and why you should always keep your web host updated. [Read more…]

Filed Under: IT Security Basics, Malware, Network Security, Spyware, Tips Tagged With: ad blockers, hacking, IT threats, web host security updates

Top Security Issues Among Mobile Devices

26 January 2015 By Goran

Employees today in most parts of the world could not live without their mobile devices. In fact, they bring these gadgets to work on a daily basis.

Unfortunately, while many people have considered their smartphones, tablets and notebooks are their constant companion, not all are aware of the security risks that go with them. Mobile gadgets can also be the target of cyber attacks. Smart hackers can actually gain access to mobile devices in a matter of seconds and install malware that will allow them to extract data from your gadget.

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Analysts have been predicted that 25 percent of corporate data will be transmitted from mobile devices to the cloud by the year 2018. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General, IT Security Basics, Malware Tagged With: cyber attacks via mobile devices, IT security issues among mobile devices, IT security threats, mobile device attacks

Stop Those Viruses from Attacking Your Printers

28 March 2013 By Goran

Viruses, spywares and malwares are the major enemy of computers. They attack PCs through various ways and sometimes, despite the installation of anti-virus software, they can still go undetected and eventually affect the hardware.

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In the past, viruses can be contracted through the sharing of data via floppy diskettes. Today, however, they can attack a computer via email, downloading of software over the internet or through P2P sharing.

A research by Google has suggested that one in every website is infected with malware. Statistics released by AVG in 2009 also showed that viruses are fast moving and can infect as many as 100,000 to 300,000 new websites each day. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Malware, Spyware, Tips Tagged With: anti-virus programs, printers, professional programs, Spyware, virus attacks

Getting Rid of Malware

28 February 2013 By Teresa Martinez

It could happen to anyone.  Those highly disturbing malware trying to inch their way into an unsuspecting user’s computer system are simply the bane of computer use.  Once they are able to enter a system, it could be very difficult to get rid of them.

A computer user will feel the symptoms.  He or she may not exactly realize at once what exactly is different but the feeling is uncanny because the difference is there.  It can be a slow start-up or computer resumption, a link that does not work, an unexpected change in browser, a program that will not start, advertisements seem to appear from nowhere, and anything else that doesn’t seem right.  A computer user will know especially if he or she has been using the same computer for some time.

Malware usually enters a computer system through malicious codes embedded by the hacker.  The problem here is that these codes cannot easily be seen and are purposely hidden.  They may come with innocent-looking communication which has been opened by the user in the ordinary course of operating the computer.

There are malware that can easily be removed once identified but there are others that are more persistent which can be a major source of headache to computer users.  In attempting to rid of malware, it is important to disconnect the computer from the Internet.  A computer can be booted in the Safe Mode such as that provided by Microsoft so that only the minimum required programs and services are being used.  It would be best to back up important files and delete temporary files before running a virus scan.  A reliable antivirus program should do the trick.

About the Author:

Teresa is a researcher-writer who covers a wide range of topics in search of useful information.

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Filed Under: Malware Tagged With: get rid of malware, removing malware

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