YOUR Host Computer
Access to information and entertainment, credit and financial services, products from every corner of the world — even to your work — is greater than ever. Thanks to the Internet, you can play a friendly game with an opponent across the ocean; review and rate videos, songs, or clothes; get expert advice in an instant; or collaborate with far-flung co-workers in a "virtual" office.
But the Internet — and the anonymity it affords — also can give online scammers, hackers, and identity thieves access to your computer, personal information, finances, and more.
How do you make your computer safe? There is no 100% safe however, you can minimize the risk by keeping your computer patched from known and newly discovered vulnerabilities. Detection Response recommends the use of readily available vulnerability scanning software from trusted source. These vulnerability scanning tool will help you determine if your computer is up to date and is protected.One such software is the trusted and free one and only patch scanner for private users. The Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI).
The Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) helps keeping the PC updated and secure. The PSI works on all Windows PCs.
To assist the user in monitoring his/her system and applying the right security patches, Secunia offers the Personal Software Inspector (PSI) free for home users. The Secunia PSI will scan the PC, locate and list installed programs, even those in uncommon locations, and provide the exact and correct version. The result will be matched against Secunia’s unique fle signature database. The PSI will show the state of the installed programs: Which ones are patched with the latest security patches and which ones are vulnerable in their current state. The PSI will assist the user in applying the correct security patches and help the user transform a vulnerable PC into a secure PC!
You can use the link to access the basic ONLINE scanner or you can download the more advance PSI here.
YOUR Networks
Communication networks being the pipeline are used to transfer valuable and confidential information for a different purposes. It is therefore important to secure the network to protect these informations.
This site is dedicated to increasing network security awareness among the public and private business community. It should be of interest to Network professionals, Information security professionals, business management, students and enthusiasts. Articles pertaining to different vulnerabilites and other kind of attacks are provided here and the needed countermeasure to protect your networks from such attacks. Samples of step by step guide of network security testing/ penetration testing / ethical hacking is also available in this website to help you understand how networks are being compromise illegaly by Criminal Hackers (Crackers).
This website will also provide you the links for the needed tools in performing your network testing. To learn how to defend your network requires an understanding how to attack it.
In performing some of the examples in this website, please make sure you have a legal consent to the owner of the network to whom the testing will be conducted. All informations here are provided for educational purposes only. Use these informations at your own risk. For more information, please read our disclaimer.
Detection Response believes that Threat Prevention is not enough anymore in this modern world of information. The ability to detect a known and unknown threats and being able to respond quickly to these attacks are even more important.
The resources listed on this site are updated roughly in a monthly basis.
This page provides tutorial and security informations for general public including home users, students and professionals.
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