Security
What is Computer Security?
Computer security basically is the protection of computer systems and information from harm, theft, and unauthorized use. It is the process of preventing and detecting unauthorized use of your computer system.
There are various types of computer security which is widely used to protect the valuable information of an organization or user.
There are various types of computer security which is widely used to protect the valuable information of an organization or user.
What kinds of threats are there?
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Viruses
A computer virus is a malicious program which is loaded into the user’s computer without user’s knowledge. It replicates itself and infects the files and programs on the user’s PC. The ultimate goal of a virus is to ensure that the victim’s computer will never be able to operate properly or even at all. |
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Worms
A computer worm is a software program that can copy itself from one computer to another, without human interaction. The potential risk here is that it will use up your computer hard disk space because a worm can replicate in great volume and with great speed. |
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Phishing
Disguising as a trustworthy person or business, phishers attempt to steal sensitive financial or personal information through fraudulent email or instant messages. Phishing in unfortunately very easy to execute. You are deluded into thinking it’s the legitimate mail and you may enter your personal information. |
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Botnet
A botnet is a group of computers connected to the internet, that have been compromised by a hacker using a computer virus. An individual computer is called ‘zombie computer’. The result of this threat is the victim’s computer, which is the bot will be used for malicious activities and for a larger scale attack like DDoS (Disturbed Denial of Service). |
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Rootkit
A rootkit is a computer program designed to provide continued privileged access to a computer while actively hiding its presence. Once a rootkit has been installed, the controller of the rootkit will be able to remotely execute files and change system configurations on the host machine. |
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Keylogger
Also known as a keystroke logger, keyloggers can track the real-time activity of a user on his computer. It keeps a record of all the keystrokes made by user keyboard. Keylogger is also a very powerful threat to steal people’s login credential such as username and password. |
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These are the most common types of security risks although new ways to get information are always being created.
There are two ways to get to your information. One way is over the air. Say you are at Starbucks grabbing a morning snack and you connect to their WiFi. What you may not know is that there is a device that can mimic a known WiFi and grab all of your data.
Another way is from the physical device itself. If your device is lost or stolen, hackers will try everything to get your information.
Keeping your information safe is a top priority of ours and we have products that can help with that. If you want to control airwaves, meaning the data that comes and goes from your device, we have products that will do that. If you want to control the physical device, we have products to do that also. You can even do both!
There are two ways to get to your information. One way is over the air. Say you are at Starbucks grabbing a morning snack and you connect to their WiFi. What you may not know is that there is a device that can mimic a known WiFi and grab all of your data.
Another way is from the physical device itself. If your device is lost or stolen, hackers will try everything to get your information.
Keeping your information safe is a top priority of ours and we have products that can help with that. If you want to control airwaves, meaning the data that comes and goes from your device, we have products that will do that. If you want to control the physical device, we have products to do that also. You can even do both!