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Articles in Home | Internet Business | Security Sort By: Title|Newest|Oldest 10 Web Site Backup Essentials That You Should Live By  By : Manny Jao II More and more webmasters nowadays do not value the importance of a complete website backup (files and databases). They have left this to chance and good luck which poses a great risk to their online presence. Can you relate to this? Then read this important article which might save you an arm and a leg later. Web site backup is the most ignored task of the webmasters simply because it poses no immediate threat to them until something worse happen to their hosting serv... 5 Mistakes You Might Be Making When Choosing A Password  By : Nicole Dean Are you making yourself a target for fraud? More and more often I am hearing stories of people who have had their accounts hacked. They have had money stolen, lost sleep, spent hours setting up new accounts, or had their credit ruined. Don't let this happen to you. Are you making these dangerous mistakes? Mistake #1: Using the same password for all your accounts. Please don't do this. Use different passwords for every email account, and definitely use unique passwor... 5 Protection Tips for DSL Users  By : Bill Stamoulis The World Wide Web is useful and dangerous too! What most people may not know is that by connecting their computers to the internet they are setting themselves up as targets for thieves and unscrupulous people. 5 Security Considerations When Coding  By : Bryce Whitty Always check user input to be sure that it is what you expected. Make sure it doesn’t contain characters or other data which may be treated in a special way by your program or any programs called by your program. This often involves checking for characters such as quotes, and checking for unusual input characters such as non-alphanumeric characters where a text string is expected. Often, these are a sign of an attack of some kind being attempted. All You Wanted to Know About Proxies  By : Benicio Brown Though a common term in the computer age today, it needn’t bring out doubt in users. We all know what a proxy is, something that’s used instead of the real thing. Anonymous Surfing. Anonymous VPN. Personal VPN  By : Fikrat Solutions for Anonymous Surfing, Anonymous VPN, Personal VPN and Online Privacy Background of Password cracking  By : temp Passwords to access computer systems are usually stored, in some form, in a database in order for the system to perform password verification. CASE STUDY: How Website Monitoring Saved an Online Auto Parts Retailer  By : Amabaie An online retailer is unable to identify the problems at the root of website outages and slow shopping-cart performance. An external monitoring service gathers the data, identifying five problems in order to take corrective action. Comment Spam: Allure For The Online Totem Pole  By : Kistina Robin Unless your website is dead and six feet below the virtual ground, you are ever prone to the Internet evil commonly known as comment spam. Comment spam infiltrates every active online website which supports or accepts links from users or participants. Computer security and encryption becoming more vital  By : Philip Nicosia One of the greatest miscalculations a business owner can commit is by not prioritizing how he will protect his computer system from unauthorized intrusions and data theft. Computer Viruses: How To Avoid And Get Rid Of Them  By : Kistina Robin Computer virus can really be a real treat to our very existence. Since the onset of computers, they already have become an integral part of our daily lives. Especially with the onslaught of the Internet, we now depend on computers so much from our files, to address book, to information sources, to connecting with friends, etc. Deliver Your Web Site From Evil (Part 1)  By : T. O' Donnell 1. Backup your website on the server. If you have more than one important web site, put them on different web hosts. Don't rely on your web host for backups. Find two different hosts which allow SSH access. Get an account with each. FTP the backup of one site to the other server directly, and vice versa. Download copies to your home computer as well. 2. Put a file called 'index.html' in every major or important directory in your website, if it doesn't already have... Deliver Your Web Site From Evil (Part 2)  By : T. O' Donnell Here are some tips to protect your content from being ripped off. Other sites can easily outrank you in SERPs for your own content. This can happen if they have higher PageRank than you, or get spidered by Google first. You should: 1. Set up a bad-bot-banning script on your site. There's one offered in this forum: http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum88/10425.htm This is to bar leechers. You use 'robots.txt' to disallow a subdirectory. After two weeks, you set up ... Do You Want Someone To Know Your Secrets? Protect Yourself with a Firewall  By : TomAntion Protecting your computer is just as important as protecting your home. In order to do what's necessary to prevent hackers from getting personal and private information, a firewall is a must for internet users. Feel Even Safer With a Digital Surveillance System  By : Joseph Ducat In the past, you may have applied for a car loan or some other Worried about crime? I know I sure am. It’s true that we do have the police and the FBI watching out and making sure that the riff-raff is kept off the streets. But they aren’t in charge of your own home safety. And when you come home and look around at your loving family, you know you have to do all you can to make sure they are safe. Relying on the police to protect you is not enough—they’re not outside your door at all hours of the day. You need to be pro-active about protection for your home, and perhaps get yourself a state-of-the-art digital surveillance system. Forum Spamming  By : Kistina Robin Forum spamming is the posting of messages that are either rubbish, abusive, a marketing gimmick or useless. Many forums normally set rules against forum spam, as these can be bothersome for other forum visitors and administrators. However, those who often commit this usually do not hold any regard for the rules the forum administrators have set. Google: Friend or Foe?  By : Bryce Whitty Don’t get me wrong, almost all of us love Google to death. It has single-handedly changed the direction of this entire industry to something that is accessible for everyone. However, while Google is the darling poster child of Wall Street and the general public, there lurks a danger of abuse. We will cover this in a bit, but first let’s look at a few years ago when the World Wide Web was still a novel concept. Hackers - They can get you where you live  By : PC Gasby We may never know why some hackers attack PCs and big business networks; maybe for fun, for profit (that’s the case mostly) for revenge, jealousy or just because they can but one thing is for sure; we will have to endure them for a long time. How To Avoid Hackers From Destroying Your Site?  By : William Nabaza of http://www.nabaza.com/ How To Avoid Hackers From Destroying Your Site? How To Protect Yourself From Identity Theft With Your Purse  By : Sintilia Miecevole Identity theft is the fastest growing criminal activity in the 20th Century, replacing illegal drug sales. How BIG is this Problem? Banks, credit card companies and businesses that house servers storing passwords or other sensitive information all report “break-ins”through Trojan viruses or other online hacking methods – resulting in the loss of millions of pieces of information. Instances of lost information are employees selling it and other lax security measures re... Internet Monitoring, Safety And Security  By : Matthew Noel Internet monitoring is a necessary part of having internet service. Whether you allow your children to surf the web or if you have the need to monitor employees, effective programs can be used to help you to do this simply. There are many aspects that can be monitored and the results can be delivered to you privately. No one needs to know that you are using internet monitoring technologies either. There are many options when it comes to internet monitoring. No matter what ... Learn How Is Your Internet Privacy Is At Risk  By : Matt Garrett Minimizing the risks related to the Internet security is of primary concern for any online business site. Internet security is very important and must be guarded severely at all costs. Minimizing the risks related to online security will ensure that you will be able to attract many customers to your online sites. Many security measures can be installed in an online site for lessening the risk of Internet security. If the customers are not sure about the security of their ... On Denial of Service Attacks  By : Bryce Whitty I was thinking about this attack pattern after reading about the DDoSattack on theMillion Dollar Homepage. The site's owner was asked for $50,000 in exchange for the attack being halted. Password Protection Tips for Online Shoppers  By : Bob Benson Online shopping was once seen as quirky and impractical, but it has proven that not only is it a viable consumer option, it is also a mega pipeline for billion dollar businesses. Phishing - What Is It And How Can You Avoid It?  By : Hamish Hayward Phishing is one of the highest growth internet frauds today. Learn what it is and how you can avoid it. Preventing Online Identity Theft  By : Melanie Breeze Identity theft is one of the most common criminal acts in society today. Criminals will use your personal information such as banking accounts and passwords, to pretend that they are you. They may take out credit cards in your name, mortgages, or even worse. The internet has opened up a whole world of possibilities for these criminals, and the threat is very real. There are things that you can do to help prevent such a crime. It costs very little to protect your information, ... Protect yourself from brute-forcers  By : smartbiz Today, I recieved an email from my server notifying me that someone was actually trying to brute-force into the server so I thought I’d make a tutorial how to protect yourself or your server. Protect Yourself From Identity Theft As An Online Degree Candidate  By : Joyce Jackson As degree candidates in standard programs there is campus training every semester on personal safety and how to get around campus at night. As an online degree candidate you do not have those concerns but you do have identity theft. Identity theft is a huge and growing proliferating problem. What is fairly new however, is the danger is poses to online degree candidates. Yes, your records and degree are in danger of being stolen. Here's how to protect yourself. What is i... Psychological Internet Security: Drawing a Spider to the Web  By : Josh George Imagine hackers are setting up traps all over the Internet for you to get caught in and lose your identity. Now imagine these traps were so camouflaged that you don't even realize you sprung the trap and lost your identity. This is far from fiction and happens to innocent users everyday. In this article, you will learn how hackers create these traps as well as how to spot and dodge them without losing your identity. Psychological Internet Security: There is More to Downloads than Meets the Eye  By : Josh George Do you know how hackers use public Internet downloads to compromise your computer? If you think antivirus software is all you need for protection, think again. This article provides the strategies you can use to help make sure everything you download from the internet is safe. Public-Key SSH Login  By : Bryce Whitty SSH is a popular system allowing a remote shell (command interpreter) to be used over a secure connection. By secure, here, I mean that the connection is encrypted, authenticated and integrity checked. The encryption prevents attackers reading the contents of the data being transmitted, the authentication allows both the client and the server to be sure that they are connected to the other, and not to some intermediate system in a man-in-the-middle attack, and the integrity checking ensures that Secure E-Mail With Google GMail  By : Bryce Whitty This is something I’ve set up myself, recently, to send mail through Gmail without having the unencrypted e-mail stored on their servers.To achieve this, you’ll need a Google GMail account, PGP or GnuPG, Mozilla Thunderbird, and the Enigmail extension. Sending Passwords By Email  By : Bryce Whitty It amazes me how many sites allow you to register, and then send you an e-mail to your registered address containing your password in plain-text. There is never a warning stating that the site will email the password you use, for all to see. Spam Sources: How To Avoid Them  By : Andrew Symonds Too tired of deleting “junk mails” in your email box? Junk emails and spam are becoming a great and aggravating problem in the World Wide Web or the Internet. Some people may become so awfully annoyed with the dozens and tons of unsolicited commercial emails or spam that they are forced to change email addresses from time to time. Surf safe and anonymous with VPN  By : Blacklogic1 There are several reasons to consider browsing anonymously and through an encrypted Virtual Private Network (VPN), not just to access porn or log onto Second Life as the opposite gender. It‘s your financial information and career that could be at risk. The beginners guide to safely join and use eBay  By : Robert W. Benjamin Learn all about the history of eBay and how to join and safely use it. The Mediocre Practice Of Guestbook Spamming  By : Kistina Robin Guestbook spamming is another resort of most people to be able to spread their sites and try to invite other visitors to direct themselves to the site they are endorsing. Top 10 Ways To Protect Yourself From Online Identity Theft  By : Jim Faller Identity theft is becoming a bigger problem as more and more people are making the internet a bigger part of their lives. People who are new to the online medium often fall prey to ‘phishing’ or other internet identity theft schemes. In many cases the ‘phishing party’ uses your credit card to order goods for them selves, in other cases they will apply for credit cards, set up bank accounts, and take advantage of your good credit rating. Correcting these issues involves a lot ... Use This Formula To Have Pleasurable And Safe Internet Access  By : Dan Foley If you a running or plan to run a business, there are two big things you should consider about your internet access. 1. The safety of your internet access and, 2. The speed of your internet access Safety You need to apply the same care to your internet access as you do the rest of your business. In fact, if poorly done your days can become very frustrating and your business and reputation can become badly tarnished. Why do I sound so alarmist about this? B... Where You Can Learn About The Latest In Online Security  By : Tom Takihi The almost flawless convergence of personal computers and the internet brings convenience to a whole new level in the 21st century. Not having to leave the comfort of your own home to purchase the latest novel by your favorite author or getting your hands on that rare collectible via Amazon.com Why Hide Your IP Address?  By : Matt Garrett Hiding your IP address is the best way for surfing the net anonymously. IP address is the Internet protocol address. This is the unique address of a computer on the Internet. The IP address consists of four numbers divided by periods. These numbers indicate the domain, the subnetwork, the network and the host computer. Each IP address mostly has an equivalent domain name address, spelled with four letters. It is very important to hide your IP address online. Hiding your IP ad... Why Use Anonymous Proxy Servers?  By : Matt Garrett With expansion of internet, many websites promote themselves by sending you spam junk mails, advertisings and even spy wares. These things not only publicize your personal information, but also enable hackers and crackers to infiltrate your system. Anonymous proxy servers act as a wall between your data and internet, thereby providing security to your system and data. Before we move on to the deeper concept of anonymous proxy servers, let us understand the concept of a pr...	Authors Sign Up for a free account. Submit your articles. Publishers Category RSS feeds. Resources Accredited Home Schools Article Directory More Resources

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