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I use the examples below not in any way to denigrate the companies concerned, in
fact I have the highest regard for them all. They are the best at what they do. I use these examples merely to show that if companies who are
at the very cutting edge of computer networking, and therefore network
security can be got at; what chance do the rest of us have?
Clearly in all of these cases, the companies concerned had been targeted,
and it is unlikely that would happen to a smaller company. Other than perhaps a
competitor trying to bring down a website, or gain sensitive information.
The main threat to the smaller companies however, is from random attacks.
Whilst it is accurate to say, that the only truly safe computer is one in which the only thing plugged into it is a power cord, there are steps that you can take to improve security and to ensure your ongoing business and profitability.
Simply put, these are;
Keep up to date with security patches and updates from your Operating System provider, remove from the computer all services that are not required, install and keep up to date anti virus software, if you have no hardware then install a software firewall and keep this up to date and above all, disconnect from the Internet whenever there is no reason to be connected.
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 Paypal merchants were outraged again this month due to one of the largest service interruptions in PayPal history. The interruption, which left thousands of paypal merchants without service, resulted in millions of dollars in lost sales for merchants across the country. We let our community down, and I want to apologize to the users who were affected by these issues, chief executive Meg Whitman said in a conference call with investors.
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eBay,
a big on-line auction site, was hacked about two weeks ago. The hacker,
a 22 year old student, still has access to the site, the ability to
change auction prices, change the information on the web site, fake ads
and even take down the entire networks.
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A humiliating hack which resulted in four months of continuous credit-card data vulnerability for Amazon subsidiary Bibliofind, originally broken by the Wall Street Journal Tuesday, appears to involve fraud on more than one level. Intruders downloaded the company's customer records, including their credit card details, names and addresses, over a four-month period during which Bibliofind claims, incredibly, that it remained ignorant of any wrongdoing.
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