Keep Your PC Safe

You are the weakest link in the security chain - for the simple reason that it’s easier to trick a human than a machine. A system is only as secure as its users are security savvy - and when it comes to computers something as rudimentary as a poor choice of password can create a flimsy door into a corporate network that even the most amateur of hackers can kick down.

There is one part of your PC security that is targeted by hackers and fraudsters more than anything else. This one part of your PC security is the favourite target because the hackers and fraudsters know it is the weakest part and is the easiest to bypass. No amount of security equipment and software is powerful enough to combat these kinds of attack and your PC is totally vulnerable and without defence.

What is this part of your PC that is so open to attack? You.

Your PC is only as secure as you make it and as you use it.

Your PC is only as secure as you make it because it is up to you what security software you install and use and how often you keep it updated. There are many people who don’t use any security software. Is it some kind of silly bravado, ignorance, laziness or just a devil-may-care attitude? I don’t know, but .if you are one such person now is the time to put it right and get your PC protected.

There are others who only install anti-virus and so leave their PC open to spyware and hackers.

Then there are those who have installed everything but left their subscription lapse and therefore their security becomes so out of date it is useless.

Your PC is only as secure as you use it because online fraudsters and hackers know how easy it is to trick people into thinking something is safe and legitimate while really it is a full-on scam. Phishing is one such technique that relies totally on convincing you that it is safe to hand over your credit card details or online banking details. Although anti-phishing software can help by warning you of known phishing websites no amount of security software can protect you from the latest phishing attack. Then there is the ‘Nigerian scam’ which attempts to trick you in to thinking you will be rewarded for helping someone out by allowing them to transfer a very large amount of money in to your bank account. There is usually a long, sorry tale of woe to make you feel sorry for this person and appeal to your natural sense of goodwill to those in need. Those who are taken in by phishing or the ‘Nigerian scam’ find that their bank account is raided or their identity stolen.

Another common method of attack relies on tricking a user to install the virus or worm themselves by opening an email attachment. Such email attacks pander either to human curiosity such as the MyDoom email often with the subject line “Mail Transaction Failed”, or to vanity such as the “I Love You” email with the attachment titled “Love letter for you” or to lust such as the “Melissa” email which promised passwords to pornographic websites.

Criminals know that there is big, big money to be made through malware, email scams and phishing therefore please do all you can to keep your PC safe. The complacent are those most at risk.

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