Rule number one... click not on untrusted links.
Taken from an FBI site on Cyber-Protection is the following metaphor, likening hacking prevention to defensive driving practices:
- "Don't drive in bad neighborhoods."
- "If you don't lock your car, it's vulnerable; if you don't secure your computer, it's vulnerable."
- "Reduce your vulnerability, and you reduce the threat."
It makes sense that the best solution to avoid being hacked is easily modeled by other practices. These might go in order of abstaining from using non-trusted sources, close any open ports you have, use secure, lengthy passwords with multiple cases, numbers and valid symbols, use a well configured software firewall in addition to a router when possible, keep Internet use on public networks simple and safe, avoid 'free' sites with a ton of advertising when plausible, click on trusted site links, block cookies and scripts with browser plugins such as AdBlocker and NoScript, run Spyware and Adware programs frequently, update drivers and files from trusted vendors, check email headers for evidence of spoofing (mimicked address or subject fields to imitate emails in order to get information or harm you,)
Hi Justin,
ReplyDeleteWhen reading your blog, I felt that it had a number of very good tips on how to secure oneself from any hacking attempts. I had a little chuckle at those quotes from the FBI about the internet being a bad neighborhood. my one small issue is the size of the image you posted. While it is extremely informative, and provides a lot of statistics about hacking, it does detract from the body of your post.
hi Justin, this entry is amazing because you choose to explain hacking process by images. Yes, it is eye-catching, and easy to understand. The statistics serve 2 purposes: as a warning and a tip for users to prevent security breach from hackers.
ReplyDeleteThank you for presenting the FBI's caution. It is really informative and helpful
Hello Justin,
ReplyDeleteI find your blog post on hacking interesting and the images you provided are detailed and fascinating to read. All the little details and statistics from the images give valuable information to the reader on how hacking is dangerous and that we should take the necessary steps to prevent being hacked. You also provided steps on how to avoid being hacked, which is very helpful. Overall you did a great job and I hope to read more of your blogs in the future.
Hi Justin,
ReplyDeleteReally informative post about hacking. The picture that you included was very interesting and offered some great insights about hacking. As for your post, it offered some great tips on how to protect yourself and I also really enjoyed the comparisons of real world situations to protecting yourself. I personally use AdBlock not only to protect myself, but also to prevent pesky advertisments from popping up constantly. Great post again and keep up the good work!