| Today, more than ever, criminals are targeting | | | | or business for easy access. A burglar will check for |
| computer systems in an attempt to wreak havoc. | | | | unsecured windows and doors. Hackers search for |
| Complacency and ignorance, regarding security issues, | | | | unsecured networks by using ping sweeps, port |
| are computer hacker's best friends. Computer Repairs | | | | scanning, and active operating system detection tools. |
| Brisbane understands these risks and can help you | | | | If a hacker can access an unsecured port, they can |
| implement a risk mitigation strategy. Some of the | | | | exploit known vulnerabilities in your operating system or |
| methods used to collect information about a system, | | | | other application software. |
| network, and its users are: foot printing, scanning, and | | | | Enumeration techniques seek out information about the |
| enumeration. | | | | services running on the network. Cyber criminals use |
| Foot printing is the methodical gathering of information | | | | banner grabbing to watch the output from remote |
| about a company or individual's intranet, extra-net, | | | | applications. Applications like telnet send user-names |
| internet, and remote access usage. Hackers exploit | | | | and passwords across the network in plain text. Given |
| publicly available information like the name, address, | | | | the fact that many people use the same user-names |
| and contact information for the party who registered | | | | and passwords for access to many different systems, |
| the domain by using who's services. They harvest | | | | this compromise can be devastating. |
| employee, vendor, and location details from the | | | | These are just a few of the methods used by |
| company's website. With an employees first and last | | | | hackers to document, assess, and attack your |
| names, hackers are often able to guess their | | | | systems. Let Computer Repairs Brisbane be your first |
| user-names. More investigation of the employee on | | | | line of defense. Our technicians have the knowledge |
| social networks will reveal a date of birth, children, | | | | and skills to help you protect your network by |
| spouses, and pet's names, home addresses, and | | | | implementing border protections, intrusion response and |
| phone numbers. Unfortunately, these are the very | | | | detection systems, and will provide you with the |
| things that many people use as passwords. | | | | information that you need to make informed security |
| Scanning is the electronic equivalent of casing a home | | | | policies. |