Safe Computing

What You Need to Know to Avoid Identity Theft Introduction to Safe ComputingWhat You Need to Know to Avoid Identity Theft Home computers are a popular target for intruders. This is due to the fact that home computers usually use less complex protection and take less work and risk to penetrate than the systems within a secure enterprise network. This is not to say that in the past, hackers haven’t also provided equal headaches for the security administrators in big enterprises, exploiting every possible opportunity to sneak in. The attackers look for credit card numbers, bank account information, and anything else they can find from your home computer. But it’s not just the money-related...

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How to choose secure passwords??

What You Need to Know to Avoid Identity Theft What You Need to Know to Avoid Identity Theft Passwords are your protection against fraud and loss of confidential information, but few people choose passwords that are truly secure. Make your password as long as possible The longer a password is, the harder it is to guess or to find by trying all possible combinations (i.e., a brute force attack). Passwords of 14 characters or more are vastly...

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What is a Potentially Unwanted Program/Application (PUP)?

What You Need to Know to Avoid Identity Theft What You Need to Know to Avoid Identity Theft What You Need to Know to Avoid Identity Theft Potentially unwanted applications are programs that are not malicious but may be unsuitable for use in a business environment. Some applications are non-malicious and possibly useful in the right context, but are not suitable for company networks. Examples are adware, dialers, non-malicious spyware,...

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