What is Your Disaster Recovery Strategy?
Have you ever been working on an important document for hours on end, and when you are close to completion, lose everything because you forgot to save it periodically, or worse, the computer you were using crashed? This scenario has happened to all of us at one point or another. The same scenario ...
Understanding Security Terminology
One of the biggest concerns when an exploit is released in the “wild” is precisely understand the implications and the extensibility of this new form of attack.Normally, those classifications are clearly defined in bulletins, notes, forums, etc. But the question arises then; defined ...
Security Response - Dealing with Intrusions
The website has slowed down to a crawl, your provider wants to charge you for extra bandwidth, and your public relations department is getting complaints of phishing scams and password scanners. How do you determine whether your system has been compromised and what do you do about it? Forensic work...
Hosting at Home: The Pros and Cons
Quite a few of us have an idea or a personal project worth sharing with the world through hosting on the Web. Most of us also have an older computer which is either collecting dust in the closet/attic/garage, or is in a lonely corner, waiting for someone to use it, while the family flocks to the shi...
DNS Smurf Attacks - The Lowdown
About seven years ago, "Smurf attacks" were all the rage. A "Smurf attack" describes a type of attack in which the attacker exploits a system or service that responds to a small amount of data with a much larger amount of data – the bigger the response, the more destructive the attack. I...
Computer Security Today
This piece discusses some relatively simple local security measures you can take on your server to prevent a hacker from getting in and exploiting your system. This article covers some of the very basic considerations, but is in no way meant to be an inclusive set of instructions for creating a full...
Compromise Detection and Data Integrity
The third in our series of good security practices, this piece discusses compromise detection and data integrity to help you identify when you've been hacked. WHAT IS A ROOTKIT?A rootkit is a piece of software used by hackers that modifies certain key system files in order to hide the hacker's true...
Busting the Myths About Network Security
Network SecurityKnowledge is power… so what happens when hackers know more about your network’s security than you do. Many online businesses have a false sense of security because they subscribe to numerous myths about their network’s security. This false sense of secu...
Best Practices for Securing Your Web Server
A secure web server provides a protected foundation for hosting your web applications, and web server configuration plays a critical role in your web application's security. Poorly configured virtual directories, a common mistake, can lead to unauthorized access. A forgotten file share can provide a...
Patch Management
Update your server with the latest security patches and service packs The Proactive Approach Proactive security risk management has many advantages over a reactive approach. Instead of waiting for bad things to happen and then responding to them afterwards, you minimize the possibility of the bad ...
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