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Network security is vitally important for most business systems. Whilst email viruses and denial-of-service attacks (DoS attack) may cause us headaches on our home systems, for businesses, these sorts of attacks can cripple a network for days – costing businesses hundreds of millions each year in lost revenue.

Keeping a network secure to prevent this type of malicious attack is usually of paramount importance for network administrators, and while most invest heavily in some forms of security measures there is often vulnerabilities inadvertently left exposed.

Firewalls are the best place to begin when you are trying to develop a secure network. A firewall can be implemented in either hardware or software, or most commonly a combination of both. Firewalls are used to prevent unauthorized users from accessing private networks connected to the Internet, especially local intranets. All traffic entering or leaving the intranet pass through the firewall, which examines each message and blocks those that do not meet the specified criteria.

Anti-virus software works in two ways. Firstly it acts similarly to a firewall by blocking anything that is identified in its database as possibly malicious (viruses, Trojans, spyware etc). Secondly Anti-virus software is used to detect, and remove existing malware on a network or workstation.  Read more... (471 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Network security is an important issue, because of the dependence and utilization of computer networks in order to store, access, and provide business information, internally within an organization and externally to customers and suppliers. The information held on your organization’s network plays a vital part in your organization’s day-to-day operations.

Everyone knows this, and if anyone has any doubt then take away their computer for a day or two! But, knowing this is often not enough to convince middle or senior management that network security is an important business issue.It is particularly suited to IS executives, administrators and managers who wish to review their own network security procedures or for those who simply want to learn more about thenetwork security issues that face their organization.

The book covers a broad range of issues, starting with an assessment of network security, including the financial implications of security breaches, and moving on to discuss the different types of security threats facing computer networks. Particular attention is also given to the legal framework for network security. Attention is then turned to increasing security awareness and readiness, including system configuration, acceptable use, business continuity, and explaining technical solutions available such as firewalls and content control.  Read more... (275 words, 1 image, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)

You can hack a computer, you can hack a program, you can hack a psp and you can hack a system. But how do you soft hack Nintendo wii?

Hacking a wii has been the current buzz in the gaming world and right now, it is still an ongoing phenomenon. If you are able to soft hack a wii, you will be considered one of the genius guys who have the knowledge, skills and guts to soft hack a wii.

I know that these guys are lucky people because I personally know a friend who has a Nintendo wii hack and he did it all by himself. At first I was hesitant to learn how to hack a wii but after I have the thousands if games he could play on his Nintendo wii gaming console, I became jealous and finally summoned my strength to ask him to teach me how hacking a Nintendo wii is done.

He was more than happy to show me how but said that I should try and research about it first over the internet just to be sure that he won’t be able to break my Nintendo wii if he installs nintenod wii hack in it. He game two things to research on: homebrew channel and Nintendo wii hack.  Read more... (330 words, 1 image, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

Security software is an essential tool to keep intruders at bay from your network. This software helps to protect the assets body:of your company. In case of remote network, this software allows only the legitimate users to access the network of the company remotely. Computer systems in your company need to be protected with antispyware and antivirus applications. To protect your computer and files, you should lock them with your passwords and special files can be encrypted. Also let the employee’s access to only relevant information required for their work.

But now you must know that security software cannot protect your data against any natural disaster. In case of natural disaster like earthquake or house fire, you need to have some backup solution offered by any back up facility. You may have installed a hardware firewall to protect your network but it is different from the software firewall. To protect your system, you need to install both kinds of firewalls. A hardware firewall protects your computer from outsiders while to save your information leaking on internet you need a software firewall.  Read more... (521 words, 1 image, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

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This informal, step-by-step guide will empower every network and system administrator to defend their network assets, whether or not they have security experience. It covers both Unix and Windows platforms, presenting in-depth descriptions of the inner workings of the most destructive hacker tools, and proven, step-by-step countermeasures. Skoudis begins by presenting the hacker’s view of networks and their vulnerabilities, with especially detailed coverage of how h… More >>

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