Talk Specific Information and Links
Must Do’s and Must Have’s:
- Patch Frequently
- operating systems and programs
- preform monthly (at a minimum)
- Use STRONG passwords
- see http://technicalknow-how.com/news/IFF2014-pws
- see http://pctools.com/guides/password/ for suggestions
- Use Encryption for important Data *
- where appropriate, with knowledge and care
- https://gnupg.org/ (linux/windows/mac)
- You can also see: http://www.gpg4win.org/ (windows) & https://gpgtools.org/ (macs)
- Use a Backup utility
- USD drive(s)
- NAS (network area storage) like: http://www.synology.com
- Online service like: http://mozy.com (not an endorsement)
- Think first, then think again, then “Google it”, before you act!
- Common sense is your friend
- NEVER publicly post your personal information on any site
- Anywhere, that includes Facebook, et al!!
- Use Antivirus Software
- Vipre, Norton, McAffee, etc
- Use a Firewall
- Comes with Microsoft, enable it!
- http://www.zonealarm.com/ Free (bi-directional) firewall (and anti-virus)
- Use PSI (Personal Software Inspector)
- http://www.comodo.com/products/free-products.php *
- http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ a Free PSI for personal use
- Use Anti-malware tools
- https://www.malwarebytes.org/ a Free tool that catches things anti-virus misses
- Use Anti-spam tools
- Built in to web mail clients like Google or Yahoo
- Use Anti-spyware/Spybot scanner
- Spybot S&D – http://safer-networking.org
*Comodo is an SSL Certificate Authority, it also provides some nice, free tools that include: An Internet Security scanner, PSI, 90 day 10 GB backup service (great for temp storage when migrating to a new system), Email certificates for encrypting your messages, Comodo IceDragon (Firefox clone) for all these visit: http://www.comodo.com/products/free-products.php
Other Important Information & Links
Important information to further your knowledge:
Check the facts of that latest “Urgent” email you received before forwarding it to everyone you know!
http://snopes.com (run by single user, while not 100% all the time, pretty darn reliable)
FBI – A Parent’s Guide to Internet Safety
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/parent-guide
FBI – Internet Safety for Kids
http://www.fbi.gov/fun-games/kids/kids-safety
NCJRS – National Criminal Justice Reference Service
https://www.ncjrs.gov/internetsafety/ (information for parents & kids)
IRS – Report Phishing
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Report-Phishing
FTC – OnGuardOnline.gov
http://onguardonline.gov/phishing
Texting Translations
http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php
Recent Comments
- Stefan on Flush This!
- Timestamping your Bash History | Matt's Entropy on Remember when you issued that command…?
- Matt Smith on Remember when you issued that command…?
- Ruan on Putting ‘lsof’ to use
- Dylan F. Marquis on External Mapping of LDAP attributes in CAS