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Top Forensics Tools for Business
Computer or digital forensics is an extremely fast growing and important industry. Digital crimes are becoming more and more commonplace, and organizations need quick and reliable tools to gather and provide digital evidence. Computer forensic teams, whether they are from an organization’s internal team, or from a law enforcement unit, require certain items in their [...]
How to Detect a Rogue Access Point
A rogue access point is any Wi-Fi access point connected to a network without authorization. In order to protect sensitive data, it is critical to prevent the use of unauthorized access points. Since a rogue AP is not under the management of network administrators, nor does it necessarily conform to network security policies, then rogue [...]
Best Free Computer Vulnerability Scanners
A vulnerability scanner is a computer program that searches for weaknesses in a computer application, network or the computer itself. Typically there are four types of vulnerability scanners:
Port scanner
Network scanner
Web application security scanner
Computer malware scanner
While it isn’t important to delve into detail about what each of these scanners does, it is extremely important that you [...]
Most Dangerous Vulnerabilities to Your Computer System
A vulnerability is a weakness in your computer security which allows an attacker to reduce the computer’s information assurance. Or in other words it is a potential avenue of attack for the bad guys.
An attacker or malware only requires three elements to exploit the vulnerability:
A flaw in the system.
An attacker’s access to the flaw.
The attacker’s [...]
How to Protect Your Home Computer Network
The first step in protecting your home network is to install a hardware firewall or router. It will allow you to surf the net but prevent the sneaky eavesdroppers from accessing your network online. Be sure to change the password on your router! Do not leave the default password because sites are available that have [...]
How to get Free Online Security Training
Here is a quick video on how to access our Virtual Campus. When you login you will be able to view the first 3 lessons from our actual online computer security course. Each of the lessons are over 20 minutes in length and will give you a solid understanding of the current issues you will [...]
