Posts Tagged ‘Security’

SSL To Protect Your Web Server

Friday, September 18th, 2009

For fairly simple type of websites, average security system of web server on your web hosting account maybe enough to protect your websites. Simple informational http communication don’t need further protection against hacker attack. On the other hand, if you build an e-store, e-commerce, or web service which need secure transaction, you need something to protect your website against stealing information about you and your customers private details which may occur when web server communicate with client.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), are cryptographic protocols that provide security for communications over networks such as the Internet. It uses digital certificate issued by valid certification authority such as VeriSign, GeoTrust an WebTrust. For complete list of Certification Authority included in Mozilla as a leader in browser software, you can see here. SSL also need to ready to work in different environment such as Linux web hosting or Windows web hosting.

Another protocol for transmitting data securely over the World Wide Web is Secure HTTP (S-HTTP). Whereas SSL creates a secure connection between a client and a server, over which any amount of data can be sent securely, S-HTTP is designed to transmit individual messages securely. SSL and S-HTTP, therefore, can be seen as complementary rather than competing technologies. Both protocols have been approved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a standard.

Many other method to secure your website from the attacks. To discuss more about security of web hosting, including SSH and another trechnical problem, you can get more information by visiting forum of webhosting UK.

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Re-Enable Portable Regedit Saver After Virus Infection

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Most of the viruses, malware, spyware or trojan that infects Windows systems, sometimes disable regedit, task manager, system restore and command prompt. As a result we can not delete those files easily.

For some people who have enough computing skills and knowledge, they still can access regedit, task manager, system restore and command prompt. But for who with limited knowledge, it will be different.

If we do not know how to do it, here’s a free application called Re-Enable Portable 1.0.0.0, which can still access registry editing, after the computer was infected by spywares.

More than that, this program will also do re-enable Cmd / Taskmgr / System restore Config / config folder options and the Run command.

As quoted from Softpedia, Friday (4/9/2009) this 36.7 MB software can run on OS Windows XP, Vista, or 7. If you are interested to try this freeware please download the following link.

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Malicious Malwares Are Increasing To 200%

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

The computer users should be concerned about the reports from the leading security company, Symantec. The frequency of attack from malicious malware program in 2008 was increased dramatically 200 percent in 2007. It was feared that this trend will continue.

In the report titled ‘Symantec Internet Security Report for 2008′, Symantec claimed had detects approximately 1.6 million new threats in 2008. The cyber criminals also said the active flow botnet to attack the victim computer.

Quoted from Vnunet, Wednesday (15/4/2009), Trojan is most common form of evil that threat the computers.

Furthermore, Symantec warned of the smartphone vendor, especially in the company so that the more vigilant. Threat feared evil program will run into more intense and attack smart phones and can take many victims.

For many companies that do not have specific policies related to security smartphone. Their attention to security only acknowledge to desktop or laptop only.

“Companies must increase their security policies to ensure their smartphone also get security,” said Guy Bunker, researchers at Symantec.

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United States Electricity System Is Attacked by Hacker From China and Russia

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Cyber spies from Russia and China have penetrated U.S. computer networks that control the electricity. Bad thing is, a source of internal states of the cracker has to enter a software that can disrupt the supply of power there.

As the media reported on Wall Street Journal, a senior intelligence source said that although the motive is not yet known cracker and there is no interference occurs, action can be dangerous to the U.S. if a war occurs.

“China has been trying to map out our infrastructure such as electricity in the system. Similarly with Russia,” said the source as published in United Press International,  Thursday (9/4/2009).

Many of such interferences are to make the United States more cautious. Moreover, it has been known that U.S. electricity system is vulnerable to attack. Cyber threats from abroad continue to be concerned, especially from China.

Not long time ago, the fund U.S. $ 100 million to strengthening the defense system are allocated for the country.

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Six Steps To Kill Virus On Yahoo Messenger

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Coutsonif.A, the virus that attacks the Yahoo Messenger and Skype’s users should be. This virus spreads by sending itself to all contacts in the address of the application from the infected computer.

Message at a glance like a message in general. Remember to not click the sent by your friend. The message was not sent by your colleagues, but by viruses that have been successfully infected your friend’s computer.

Well, if already infected, then it will automatically create a random file name with the extension .tmp and. exe that will be stored in the directory C:Documents and SettingsusernameLocal SettingsTemp with the different name different.

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In 24 Hours, Worms Destroy 1 Million PC

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

The surprising fact, only in the period of 24 hours, a worm, the use of Windows bug “eat” more than one million Windows PCs

Cited detikINET of Tech World, Monday (19/1/2009), the Finnish security firm F-Secure estimates that the number of PCs with worm, called “Downadup” is from an earlier 2.4 million to 3.5 million.

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Virus Attack England Military System

Monday, January 19th, 2009

British military Porak poranda. The soldiers from the country of the Queen Elizabeth was not the military is another country is attacked, but a computer virus invasion.

UK military computer systems directly diobrak disturbance. Dilansir BBC, said the virus-Hack ’super’ target was a military communications system, crippling the Internet and e-mail.

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