Computer Technician's Guide to Biometric Security Devices
A biometric security device uses biological identifiers that are unique to individuals to allow access to a computer or other electronic device. Some unique biological identifiers are voice authentication, the iris of your eye, even face recognition. More ...
Avoid the Indigestion of Cookies
You may have heard of cookies, a cute name for a tiny piece of code that is stored on your computer when you visit some websites. In most cases, cookies are harmless, but more aggresive companies use them to track who you are and where you go. This has obvious privacy concerns. More ...
Seven Steps to a Secure Wireless Network
The signal of a WiFi network can be picked up by any device within range. This means that anyone with a laptop in range of your network may be able to connect to it unless you take precautions. More ...
Six Steps to Get and Keep Your Computer Running at Full Speed
Viruses are everywhere. They run ramped across the internet and your computer just might be a virtual playground for these computer bugs. But it simply does not have to be that way. There are certain measures you can take that will stop almost all viruses, trojans, spyware, adware, and worms dead in their tracks. More ...
Social Engineering Attack Counter Measures
Kevin Mitnick, upon questioning as to how he was able to successfully break into so many protected networks, he revealed that in many cases he simply called the company and asked for the password. More ...
No Software on the Market Removes All Spyware
Spyware is software that, once it's on your system, starts spying on you in various ways. Once installed on your computer spyware will record what you do and send all the information it gathers back to a marketing company. More ...
What is Riskware or Grayware?
Riskware are computer programs that possess features that have the potential to be dangerous. Riskware is usually classified based on its function or behavior. The following are the common types of riskware: Spyware, Adware, Hacker tools, Joke. More ...
Encryption, Designed to Protect Data, is Internet Criminal's Best Tool
Encryption was designed to protect the data. Pirates now use this tool to not only encrypt your data and but also charge you to unencrypt it. They don't even have to take possession of anything. More ...
BIOS Security
There are several features available in modern BIOS that can be configured to help prevent malicious attacks on a PC. These include Boot Sector Virus Protection, BIOS Password, and BIOS Boot Sequence. More ...
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
The TPM is an embedded security chip, usually installed on the motherboard, that stores encryption keys in a protected EEPROM. When the TPM stores encryption keys, it encrypts them so that they can be decrypted only by the TPM. More ...
Firefox Security Options
Every day thousands of sociopaths spend their entire day online trying to hack into other peoples computers. The Firefox browser offers a number of quick and easy ways to increase
your online security. More ...
Botnets - What Are They?
A botnet is malicious software that takes over a computer and turns it into a zombie and makes it join a network of other zombie computers under the control of hackers for the purpose of performing a denial of service (DOS) attack on a website. More ...
The Ransomware Epidemic and What You Can Do
Ransomware is malware that encrypts files on your computer, demanding payment from you to get them back. Once encrypted, it's unlikely the files can be unencrypted. The victim is forced to decide, based on a ticking clock, whether to pay the ransom or lose the data forever. More ...
