Home Computer Security

Home Computer Security http://edu-observatory.org/olli/hcs/Week2.html EMAIL Email is NOT a good source of warnings, instruction or wisdom! The bad guys use email to try to get you to do something, such as giving out information, open attachments, doing something to your computer or forward the message to your friends. Don't do it! Email Spoofing - Email is NOT a good source of warnings, instruction or wisdom! http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html#III-B-8 The bad guys use email to try to get you to do something, such as giving out information, open attachments, doing something to your computer or forward the message to your friends. Don't do it! Use Care When Reading Email with Attachments http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html#3 The bad guys use email to try to get you to do something, such as giving out information, open attachments, doing something to your computer or forward the message to your friends. Don't do it! Do you ever access your email or do banking from somebody else's computer, or from a public computer? You have to assume that that computer has spyware or is otherwise infected. Don't do it! Don't use the same password for email that you use anywhere else! Don't do it! Use Email Encryption http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=7366 Investigate Email Addresses https://shouldichangemypassword.com/ http://centralops.net/co/EmailDossier.aspx http://hq42.net/net_tools/test_email_addr.php REFERENCES http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=11026 Compromised Email Accounts http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/ http://www.networksecurityjournal.com/features/security-risks-social-networks-070907/ http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html swormley1@gmail.com