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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Internet Vulnerability

When working online it is extremely easy to be vulnerable to hackers, identity thieves, and plagiarizing vultures that prey on your vulnerability. We are here to help you be able to identify this, and know how to protect yourself from being vulnerable.

When dealing with people like Harold the Hacker, your first step is to stop and think. If you receive an email from someone, you don’t recognize and it looks like it may be spam, chances are it is spam, a virus, or even a hacker trying to get on your computer. Be cautious and aware of where you go and what you open on your computer. Trust your instincts and remember that if it doesn’t look legit, it probably is not.

Hackers spend their days figuring out a way to get onto your computer, software devices, email accounts, etc. so that ultimately they can steal your information. When you receive notice that a program has a new version out and it requests that you update into that newer version, in most cases this means that a hacker has found their way through the vulnerability of the software and can now hack any information that goes through it.

Products and companies then create a newer version that protects their software with a vulnerability scan so that they are then safe with their product, and so are you. It is very important to update your computer programs, and security seals constantly so that you know you are not vulnerable to the hackers reach.

Identity thieves are more common than you think, and online they are everywhere. The Internet is the place where people are the most susceptible and vulnerable to the luring in of identity fraud and more hackers. Before you go onto a website, especially one where you will be making a purchase, make sure that this page has a SSL Certificate, a Trust Seal, and that they do vulnerability scans on their site.

The Secure Trust seal is usually at the upper right hand corner of the page, and you want to confirm that it is on every page linked to their web site, not just the page where you are making your online purchase. It they don’t have every page secure, that means that just by going onto the page all your information is vulnerable for hackers, and identity fraud. Secure websites need both and SSL Certificate and trust seal on the purchase page, as well as on every other page as a vulnerability scan so that the second you click on their website, you know that you are protected.

If you are an online author and want to keep your information from being plagiarized and copied to be used by someone else, make sure you copy write it and have a secure seal that protects your name and your work. You want your work to be yours, and to receive the credit for what you have done, so take the time to protect yourself and make your work secure.

Hackers, Identify Fraud, and Plagiarizers are constantly online searching for vulnerable people. Remember to copy write your work, check sites for secure trust seals and vulnerability scans, be cautious and aware with all documents you open on your computer, and update the information on your desktop to keep your vulnerability at a minimum. It is easy to be vulnerable and it is easy to not be vulnerable, all it takes is knowing what to look for and how to protect yourself from this internet vulnerability. Take a stand for yourself and only go with what you can trust.

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