If you’ve paid attention to the news lately then you’re already aware that businesses large and small have fallen victim, in increasing numbers, to online attacks from hackers and other security related issues. We live in an age where the world is going more and more towards the online business and many entrepreneurs have seen this trend and have filled this demand. According to Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.com, over 27 million people have had their identity stolen in the last five years alone. That’s just in America. It doesn’t matter if you run your online business from home or a self storage unit, online security has become a paramount concern for average consumers. It’s essential that, if you have an online business that you familiarize yourself with some of the biggest threats to online security to date.

Phishing:

Phishing, actually pronounced fishing, is a type of online identity theft. It’s a system devised that uses emails and fraudulent web sites to access, or downright steal, personal data or information. This could be passwords, credit card numbers, account information, and other various forms of personal data. These con artists target millions of people every day. They send out millions of scam emails with links to bogus sites that can look very repeatable or trustworthy. You’ll then be prompted to giver personal data that is then used for various illegal activities.

Malicious Code:

This is the new breed of Internet security threats that’s also known as vandals. The problem is that it, presently, can’t be efficiently controlled or contained by current conventional antivirus software by itself. They’re unlike viruses that have, in the past, required the user to execute a program in order to cause damage to your network or computer. Malicious coding is an auto-executable application that doesn’t require a user to interact with it. If you run a business, it’s best not to rely on anti-virus software alone. It’s best to take a comprehensive approach and implement the use of patches to operating systems, anti-spyware, anti-adware, firewalls, and other safety software to ensure that your clients’ information isn’t at risk.

Unsecure Internet Networks:

If you’re using an unsecure network then you’re taking a huge gamble. When you do this not only your, be all of your clients’ personal data is at risk from hackers and other individuals who would use this information for malicious purposes. It’s best to, when setting up a wireless network, to ensure that the default password is changed. Most devices are pre-configured with a default administrator password to simplify the set-up process. These default passwords can be easily found online. It’s best to change this password as soon as you’re done setting up your wireless network. Don’t make the password simple or easy to figure out. Changing the password to something complicated will make it far more difficult for hackers to take control of the device or gain access to any sensitive information.

Before anyone can ever hope to have an effective online business, you have to start thinking about a good cyber security plan. The Internet about in security threats and, from a business standpoint, this will affect your bottom-line. Though your business won’t likely be at risk from high-level hackers, you should still consider this as priority and look at different ways you can safeguard your businesses online security.

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Since the Internet has been around, many relationships have been formed. Many have been personal relationships, in fact a lot of couples admit to have met each other online, fallen in love, and gotten married. Other relationships are business oriented. People start companies and partnerships thanks to the Internet. Now, teachers and students are developing deeper relationships than they probably should through sites such as MySpace and FaceBook. These relationships begin as innocent, each claiming they are just looking for help, or looking to help. But what it can lead t is far less innocent than that.

Let’s face it. Google is probably the most impressive and successful Internet company in the business. It took Yahoo and many other search engines by a storm and way more than exceeded anyone’s expectations by getting into more industries than just the search engine industry. Other companies, namely those that have broken away from Google and Yahoo are setting Google as an example and are trying to compete with them by coming out with their own search engines. I wish them much luck.

Cell phones these days are not just means of communication but of passing on information to others that should not necessarily be passed on. High school students are finding out the hard way that what they had sent their friend, boyfriend, or girlfriend confidentially may very well end up on the Internet for the eyes of the whole world to see. It has become a trend for teenagers to send naked pictures to each other. What ends up happening is that these pictures end up in the wrong hands and this can be harmful for these young people.

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Soon, there will be many more social networking sites than there are now, and FaceBook will not be the main site of its kind. Google has come up with a new program called Friend Connect, which will be able to be added to any site. Friend Connect will allow a site to become a social networking site of its own by adding a feature that allows the site’s users to chat with each other just like on FaceBook and other social networking sites.

In addition to that, there will be a page where site owners can go to download different applications that can be put on their site and used by their users just like FaceBook applications. This new program will be able for any site that wants it in a few months’ time, after the trial sites have provided Google with positive feedback.

Millions of people all around the world go on FaceBook on a daily basis, including sex offenders. This is why forty nine states have come together to ban sex offenders from the site as well as remove and comment or image that may suggest incest or pedophilia. Although FaceBookm sites and other similar sites have many positive aspects, they are also windows for sex offenders to reach young and vulnerable people. These safeguards are intended to keep young FaceBook users safe.

I know so many people that practically stop shopping for anything about four months before Christmas and postpone all their purchases until the holiday sales come out. This is a good philosophy in theory since you can really save a lot of money by timing your purchases right but I don’t really agree with it.

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