Tag: home_network
Have you changed your router password?
BBC News reports that 50% of home users have NOT changed the default passwords on their router administrative privileges. Researchers from the University of Indiana and security firm Symantec created an attack that surreptitiously redirects a user to nefarious sites once they have visited a booby-trapped webpage. The attack works by re-writing the address book […]
Posted: February 16th, 2007 under General.
Tags: bad_guys, bbc, home_network, news, security_threat
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Home Network Firewalls
There is no reason (or excuse) to risk your home computer security with the excellent free firewall implementation available today.
Posted: March 14th, 2006 under General.
Tags: firewall, home_network, IPCop, linux_firewall
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