Research by a company called Rapid7 showed that millions of routers have a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) vulnerability. Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a set of networking protocols that permits networked devices, such as personal computers, printers, Internet gateways, Wi-Fi access points and mobile devices to seamlessly discover … Continue reading
If you are concerned about being hacked by people in specific countries you may simply block the entire range of IP addresses used in those countries. This tutorial will walk you through creating and importing a list of country IP address ranges to be blocked by the Windows Firewall. This … Continue reading
Sandboxing, in computers terms, refers to isolating certain programs or functions in a secure area (to put it very simply). This allows you to run untrusted programs or browse malicious websites without concern of infecting your system. If you want a more descriptive explanation, visit this link. There are a few programs … Continue reading
It seems like every website requires a password and it is impossible to remember every one of them if using unique and secure passwords. This often causes people to use the same password on every site, which is a very bad idea. If a criminal gets access to one, they … Continue reading
This post is not intended to be comprehensive IT security guide. The intent of the post is to educate business (and even home) users to common risks that they may not even be aware of. Business owners/managers have enough to worry about and they cannot be expected to be an … Continue reading
This article was originally published by PORAC Magazine August 2011. “I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair play.” – Thomas Jefferson Over the last twenty years, technology has become an integral part of society. Consequently, law enforcement relies on various technologies to perform daily … Continue reading
LastPass is a password manager service and much more. It allows you to automatically log in to web pages, store secure notes, automatically fill in forms, store secure notes, generate secure passwords, and more. After you create a free account you simply install an extension in your web browser, log … Continue reading
Christmas was just here and many children received gadgets that have access to the internet. This is a good time to address internet filters to help block inappropriate material. One very effective way is to use OpenDNS. Here’s a quick description of what DNS is and what OpenDNS does. What … Continue reading
Many computers have Java installed and often times it is not needed. Java has been in the news a lot lately because of serious security holes that can allow remote attackers to infect and take control of a computer. It seems as soon as a vulnerability is patched, another is … Continue reading