Hackers Universe

  To protect your website from hackers, you must take a proactive stand on a daily basis. Just when you think you have everything covered, you can bet the hackers are already on their way into your data. Remember, hackers can do damage from inside the company as well, so take steps to protect yourself. Maintain your servers in a locked location. Only allow designated personnel near them. Restrict access to computer drives. Remove computer drives totally from terminals where they are not necessary for job performance. Keep all virus protection up to date. Employees should complete a virus scan daily from their workstation. The person responsible for the LAN should also run virus protection daily on the server. Be very specific about the types of passwords that you allow. Make sure all passwords are an alphanumeric combination. Also make sure to change individual passwords on a regular basis. Keep the admin password to yourself. Limit access to files. If someone is responsible for wo...

As essential as the Internet is to many computer users, it does come with some dangers--primarily the ability of a hacker to hack into your computer, plant Trojans and viruses and steal private information. Luckily, there are a number of ways to tell if your computer has been hacked. Unfortunately many of these checks only work if the user has taken some preventative steps to begin with. Look for irregular activity on your computer. Irregular activity includes your computer suddenly running very slowly even though you are not doing much on it. You may have noticed documents missing or misplaced, or an email that has been sent out by you that you don't remember typing. Perhaps your computer restarts for no apparent reason. These are all signs your computer's security may have been compromised. Run a full, system-wide file check. Search for recently modified system-wide files. You can do this by using a free utility program like NIS File Check. These system-wide file check progra...