Throughout our blog we have talked alot of hacktivism, various groups within hacktivism and hacktivism events that have defined the industry. In this post, I am going to discuss a few ways that indivduals and organizations can protect themselves against hacktivists.
The first way, probably the most obvious one is to be smart while on the internet. All too often have I seen my Facebook friends and people I communicate over email with fall dumb to another, very obvious scam. For a general rule of thumb, don't click anything that looks at all suspicious. Always aire on the side of caution and if you don't know, DON'T OPEN IT!!!
Secondly, install a free piece of anti-virus software onto your computer. Often, when visiting a normal website, your computer is communicating with the website and transmitting millions of pieces of information instantly. During that transfer, your computer is sifting through the information and trying to differentiate important pieces of information from dangerous ones. However, your computer is not always good enough to sort through this information so quickly. There are lots of great, free anti-virus software avaliable, find one and download it onto your computer so you are not at harm.
Finally, make sure that when your surfing the internet you are using a secure network. Preferably, use a network that is protected by a WPA encryption like the Dalhousie internet is. This type of encryption is generally the safest and should always be used when surfing the web.
Those are a few tips that should protect you against people trying to obtain your information about you knowing. By taking the proper steps and being proactive, you can always safety surf the internet and not worry about your expensive computer getting a virus.
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