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HOW DOES HTTPS WORK? RSA ENCRYPTION EXPLAINED « TIPTOPSECURITY The session key is encrypted by your computer using the public key you got from the server. The encrypted session key is then shared with the server. The server decrypts the session key that it received from you using the secret private key. Now both ends have the session key that your computer generated. HOW DOES DIGITAL FILE SHREDDING WORK? « TIPTOPSECURITY Gutmann method. This involves 35 passes: 1-4) random characters, 5-31) special patterns of letters and numbers, 32-35) random characters. This method has been acknowledged by Gutmann himself to be overkill on modern drives since hard drive technology has changed so THE TRUTH ABOUT CLICKING LINKS IN EMAIL AND WHAT TO DOWHAT ARE THE DANGERS OF EMAIL LINKS?PHISHING IS THE TERM FOR SENDING EMAILS (CONSIDERED THE BAIT) WITH A LINK TO A FAKE WEBSITE. ONCE ON THE SITE, THE USER IS TRICKED INTO GIVING SENS...WHY IT’S HARD TO TELL THE REAL FROM THE FAKEMOST OF THE EMAILS YOU GET WILL BE FINE. THE TROUBLE IS, DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS WHICH? SOME BOGUS EMAILS ARE OBVIOUSLY FAKE TO MOST PEOPLE, FULL OF M...WHICH EMAIL LINKS CAN I CLICK?WELL, IF YOU DON’T CLICK ANY OF THEM YOU WON’T HAVE A PROBLEM. BUT THAT’S NOT REALISTIC. VERY FEW PEOPLE WILL EVER TAKE THAT ADVICE. THE GOOD NEWS...WHAT TO DO INSTEAD OF CLICKING LINKSIN THE CASE OF YOUR BANK OR OTHER INSTITUTION, JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE YOURSELF AND LOG IN. TYPE IN THE ADDRESS MANUALLY IN THE BROWSER OR CLICK YOU... Phishing is the term for sending emails (considered the bait) with a link to a fake website. Once on the site, the user is tricked into giving sensitive information. For example, the link takes you to a fake site that looks like your bank, and you try to log in with your username and password. The bad guy has now captured your login info. IS IT OKAY TO WRITE DOWN MY PASSWORDS? HOW TO DO IT RIGHT Develop a system for slightly modifying your passwords as you write them down. For example, change or remove the third and fifth characters. Or add one character to the beginning and three to the end of each password (just make sure they’re different for each password or else the pattern is easy to spot). That way your actual password is IS JAVA SECURE? WHAT IS JAVA AND HOW CAN I USE IT SAFELY In addition to being a wonderfully tasty beverage, Java is a programming platform that some developers use to write their software. The benefit of Java is that it’s cross-platform. That means it installs on many different operating systems like Windows, Mac, Linux, and others. That allows developers to create only one version of theirprogram
WHAT IS THE SAFEST WEB BROWSER? CHROME, FIREFOX, IE, OPERA *The Browserscope score is the averaged security scores for each browser family up to the time of this writing. Which Browser Should I Use? Chrome is probably the marginal winner in security. Of course it’s not always so cut and dry. HOW TO CLOSE A PROGRAM WITHOUT USING THE MOUSE The simple two-key combination. The two-key combination + will close the currently active program on your screen. It performs the equivalent of pressing the “close” (X) button in the corner of the window. Open another program or window and try it now. Careful – if you don’t open another window before trying this, it will WHICH VERSION OF WINDOWS DO I HAVE? HOW TO TELL IF YOURSEE MORE ONTIPTOPSECURITY.COM
HOW TO SECURELY WIPE YOUR HARD DRIVE WITH DBAN 7. Select the drive for erasure. Highlight the drive you want to erase and press . This will insert the word “wipe” in the selection box. If you have more than one listed, I would suggest turning the computer off, then removing any external hard drives or flash drives you have attached. TIPTOPSECURITYHOW TO’SSOFTWARE TUTORIALSNEWSLETTERRESOURCESABOUTCONTACT RSA Encryption Explained - TipTopSecurity has finally been transitioned to a fully HTTPS website! So naturally, I thought this would be the perfect time to explain what that means. Read on for a complete explanation. Note: This article explains the older RSAencryption method.
HOW DOES HTTPS WORK? RSA ENCRYPTION EXPLAINED « TIPTOPSECURITY The session key is encrypted by your computer using the public key you got from the server. The encrypted session key is then shared with the server. The server decrypts the session key that it received from you using the secret private key. Now both ends have the session key that your computer generated. HOW DOES DIGITAL FILE SHREDDING WORK? « TIPTOPSECURITY Gutmann method. This involves 35 passes: 1-4) random characters, 5-31) special patterns of letters and numbers, 32-35) random characters. This method has been acknowledged by Gutmann himself to be overkill on modern drives since hard drive technology has changed so THE TRUTH ABOUT CLICKING LINKS IN EMAIL AND WHAT TO DOWHAT ARE THE DANGERS OF EMAIL LINKS?PHISHING IS THE TERM FOR SENDING EMAILS (CONSIDERED THE BAIT) WITH A LINK TO A FAKE WEBSITE. ONCE ON THE SITE, THE USER IS TRICKED INTO GIVING SENS...WHY IT’S HARD TO TELL THE REAL FROM THE FAKEMOST OF THE EMAILS YOU GET WILL BE FINE. THE TROUBLE IS, DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS WHICH? SOME BOGUS EMAILS ARE OBVIOUSLY FAKE TO MOST PEOPLE, FULL OF M...WHICH EMAIL LINKS CAN I CLICK?WELL, IF YOU DON’T CLICK ANY OF THEM YOU WON’T HAVE A PROBLEM. BUT THAT’S NOT REALISTIC. VERY FEW PEOPLE WILL EVER TAKE THAT ADVICE. THE GOOD NEWS...WHAT TO DO INSTEAD OF CLICKING LINKSIN THE CASE OF YOUR BANK OR OTHER INSTITUTION, JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE YOURSELF AND LOG IN. TYPE IN THE ADDRESS MANUALLY IN THE BROWSER OR CLICK YOU... Phishing is the term for sending emails (considered the bait) with a link to a fake website. Once on the site, the user is tricked into giving sensitive information. For example, the link takes you to a fake site that looks like your bank, and you try to log in with your username and password. The bad guy has now captured your login info. IS IT OKAY TO WRITE DOWN MY PASSWORDS? HOW TO DO IT RIGHT Develop a system for slightly modifying your passwords as you write them down. For example, change or remove the third and fifth characters. Or add one character to the beginning and three to the end of each password (just make sure they’re different for each password or else the pattern is easy to spot). That way your actual password is IS JAVA SECURE? WHAT IS JAVA AND HOW CAN I USE IT SAFELY In addition to being a wonderfully tasty beverage, Java is a programming platform that some developers use to write their software. The benefit of Java is that it’s cross-platform. That means it installs on many different operating systems like Windows, Mac, Linux, and others. That allows developers to create only one version of theirprogram
WHAT IS THE SAFEST WEB BROWSER? CHROME, FIREFOX, IE, OPERA *The Browserscope score is the averaged security scores for each browser family up to the time of this writing. Which Browser Should I Use? Chrome is probably the marginal winner in security. Of course it’s not always so cut and dry. HOW TO CLOSE A PROGRAM WITHOUT USING THE MOUSE The simple two-key combination. The two-key combination + will close the currently active program on your screen. It performs the equivalent of pressing the “close” (X) button in the corner of the window. Open another program or window and try it now. Careful – if you don’t open another window before trying this, it will WHICH VERSION OF WINDOWS DO I HAVE? HOW TO TELL IF YOURSEE MORE ONTIPTOPSECURITY.COM
HOW TO SECURELY WIPE YOUR HARD DRIVE WITH DBAN 7. Select the drive for erasure. Highlight the drive you want to erase and press . This will insert the word “wipe” in the selection box. If you have more than one listed, I would suggest turning the computer off, then removing any external hard drives or flash drives you have attached.TIPTOPSECURITY
RSA Encryption Explained - TipTopSecurity has finally been transitioned to a fully HTTPS website! So naturally, I thought this would be the perfect time to explain what that means. Read on for a complete explanation. Note: This article explains the older RSAencryption method.
HOW TO USE FILE SHREDDER TO SECURELY DELETE YOUR FILES FOR Download and install File Shredder. Go to FileShredder.org and click the download button at the bottom. Run the installer after it’s downloaded if it didn’t start automatically. Follow the prompts to install. 2. Securely delete an individual file. Right click on the file you want to delete. Select File Shredder. Select Secure deletefiles.
WHAT IS THE MOST SECURE WEB BROWSER? COMPARISON OF THE 6 Google Chrome. Google has long had a solid reputation for security. It seems that reputation is only getting stronger. In the most recent Pwn2Own hacking competition, Chrome came out ahead of every other browser with only one exploit being successfully executed. It also sports the most powerful sandbox of any browser. IS IT SAFE TO KEEP MY OLD EMAILS? THE DANGER OF HOARDING For instance, emails from your dear old grandma. Think about how many times you’ve used your mother’s maiden name (which is also granny’s surname) as the answer to a security question on an account you’ve opened. You should be wary of any email that contains personal information. Ask yourself if it’s worth deleting, just incase the
WHAT TO DO BEFORE TAKING YOUR COMPUTER TO THE REPAIR SHOP Backup your data. Usually there is no threat to your data when taking it into the shop. In most cases, the actions performed by the repair techs have little risk of data loss. But there’s always the possibility. Such is the nature of digital information. Especially if the issue is a virus or major hardware failure. WHAT IS MCAFEE SECURITY SCAN? SHOULD I UNINSTALL IT FROM It’s official purpose is to “analyze” your defenses and tell you if your computer is vulnerable. It checks the status of your firewall, antivirus, and scans your web history and objects currently running in memory for malware. Windows performs most of these functions already, but McAfee Security Scan makes these alerts more prominent. IS GOOGLE DRIVE SAFE TO USE? HOW GOOGLE SECURES YOUR FILES How Google Drive Does Security. Before your data leaves your device, it is encrypted using the TLS standard. This is the same standard used to encrypt your browser connections to secure (HTTPS) websites. It is then uploaded to Google. After your data reaches Google, it gets unencrypted then re-encrypted using 128-bit AES. HOW TO DISABLE THE JAVA PLUGIN IN YOUR BROWSER How to disable Java in Chrome. Open Chrome, then type about:plugins into the address bar and press . Find the Java plugin and click Disable.. It should have grayed out the plugin and now read Disabled.There are two elements to the Java plugin, and it should automatically disable both. HOW TO PASSWORD LOCK YOUR SCREEN Important: Make sure you have a password on your computer account or else there’s no point in locking the screen. To add a password for Windows Vista, 7, and 8, press the keys + + a the same time then click Change a password. If you don’t have apassword, just
3 FEATURES YOU SHOULD DISABLE ON YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK Note: The configuration needs to be done in your router/modem/access point (whatever device is doing your wireless). You access the device’s interface by logging into it from your computer. If you need help, try enlisting the help of a friend, or read the manual. HOW DOES HTTPS WORK? RSA ENCRYPTION EXPLAINED « TIPTOPSECURITY The session key is encrypted by your computer using the public key you got from the server. The encrypted session key is then shared with the server. The server decrypts the session key that it received from you using the secret private key. Now both ends have the session key that your computer generated. IS IT OKAY TO WRITE DOWN MY PASSWORDS? HOW TO DO IT RIGHT Develop a system for slightly modifying your passwords as you write them down. For example, change or remove the third and fifth characters. Or add one character to the beginning and three to the end of each password (just make sure they’re different for each password or else the pattern is easy to spot). That way your actual password is THE TRUTH ABOUT CLICKING LINKS IN EMAIL AND WHAT TO DO Phishing is the term for sending emails (considered the bait) with a link to a fake website. Once on the site, the user is tricked into giving sensitive information. For example, the link takes you to a fake site that looks like your bank, and you try to log in with your username and password. The bad guy has now captured your login info. HOW DOES DIGITAL FILE SHREDDING WORK? « TIPTOPSECURITY Gutmann method. This involves 35 passes: 1-4) random characters, 5-31) special patterns of letters and numbers, 32-35) random characters. This method has been acknowledged by Gutmann himself to be overkill on modern drives since hard drive technology has changed so WHAT IS THE SAFEST WEB BROWSER? CHROME, FIREFOX, IE, OPERA *The Browserscope score is the averaged security scores for each browser family up to the time of this writing. Which Browser Should I Use? Chrome is probably the marginal winner in security. Of course it’s not always so cut and dry. HOW TO USE FILE SHREDDER TO SECURELY DELETE YOUR FILES FOR Download and install File Shredder. Go to FileShredder.org and click the download button at the bottom. Run the installer after it’s downloaded if it didn’t start automatically. Follow the prompts to install. 2. Securely delete an individual file. Right click on the file you want to delete. Select File Shredder. Select Secure deletefiles.
IS JAVA SECURE? WHAT IS JAVA AND HOW CAN I USE IT SAFELY In addition to being a wonderfully tasty beverage, Java is a programming platform that some developers use to write their software. The benefit of Java is that it’s cross-platform. That means it installs on many different operating systems like Windows, Mac, Linux, and others. That allows developers to create only one version of theirprogram
WHICH VERSION OF WINDOWS DO I HAVE? HOW TO TELL IF YOURSEE MORE ONTIPTOPSECURITY.COM
IS IT SAFE TO KEEP MY OLD EMAILS? THE DANGER OF HOARDING For instance, emails from your dear old grandma. Think about how many times you’ve used your mother’s maiden name (which is also granny’s surname) as the answer to a security question on an account you’ve opened. You should be wary of any email that contains personal information. Ask yourself if it’s worth deleting, just incase the
HOW TO CLOSE A PROGRAM WITHOUT USING THE MOUSE The simple two-key combination. The two-key combination + will close the currently active program on your screen. It performs the equivalent of pressing the “close” (X) button in the corner of the window. Open another program or window and try it now. Careful – if you don’t open another window before trying this, it will HOW DOES HTTPS WORK? RSA ENCRYPTION EXPLAINED « TIPTOPSECURITY The session key is encrypted by your computer using the public key you got from the server. The encrypted session key is then shared with the server. The server decrypts the session key that it received from you using the secret private key. Now both ends have the session key that your computer generated. IS IT OKAY TO WRITE DOWN MY PASSWORDS? HOW TO DO IT RIGHT Develop a system for slightly modifying your passwords as you write them down. For example, change or remove the third and fifth characters. Or add one character to the beginning and three to the end of each password (just make sure they’re different for each password or else the pattern is easy to spot). That way your actual password is THE TRUTH ABOUT CLICKING LINKS IN EMAIL AND WHAT TO DO Phishing is the term for sending emails (considered the bait) with a link to a fake website. Once on the site, the user is tricked into giving sensitive information. For example, the link takes you to a fake site that looks like your bank, and you try to log in with your username and password. The bad guy has now captured your login info. HOW DOES DIGITAL FILE SHREDDING WORK? « TIPTOPSECURITY Gutmann method. This involves 35 passes: 1-4) random characters, 5-31) special patterns of letters and numbers, 32-35) random characters. This method has been acknowledged by Gutmann himself to be overkill on modern drives since hard drive technology has changed so WHAT IS THE SAFEST WEB BROWSER? CHROME, FIREFOX, IE, OPERA *The Browserscope score is the averaged security scores for each browser family up to the time of this writing. Which Browser Should I Use? Chrome is probably the marginal winner in security. Of course it’s not always so cut and dry. HOW TO USE FILE SHREDDER TO SECURELY DELETE YOUR FILES FOR Download and install File Shredder. Go to FileShredder.org and click the download button at the bottom. Run the installer after it’s downloaded if it didn’t start automatically. Follow the prompts to install. 2. Securely delete an individual file. Right click on the file you want to delete. Select File Shredder. Select Secure deletefiles.
IS JAVA SECURE? WHAT IS JAVA AND HOW CAN I USE IT SAFELY In addition to being a wonderfully tasty beverage, Java is a programming platform that some developers use to write their software. The benefit of Java is that it’s cross-platform. That means it installs on many different operating systems like Windows, Mac, Linux, and others. That allows developers to create only one version of theirprogram
WHICH VERSION OF WINDOWS DO I HAVE? HOW TO TELL IF YOURSEE MORE ONTIPTOPSECURITY.COM
IS IT SAFE TO KEEP MY OLD EMAILS? THE DANGER OF HOARDING For instance, emails from your dear old grandma. Think about how many times you’ve used your mother’s maiden name (which is also granny’s surname) as the answer to a security question on an account you’ve opened. You should be wary of any email that contains personal information. Ask yourself if it’s worth deleting, just incase the
HOW TO CLOSE A PROGRAM WITHOUT USING THE MOUSE The simple two-key combination. The two-key combination + will close the currently active program on your screen. It performs the equivalent of pressing the “close” (X) button in the corner of the window. Open another program or window and try it now. Careful – if you don’t open another window before trying this, it willTIPTOPSECURITY
RSA Encryption Explained - TipTopSecurity has finally been transitioned to a fully HTTPS website! So naturally, I thought this would be the perfect time to explain what that means. Read on for a complete explanation. Note: This article explains the older RSAencryption method.
WHAT IS THE SAFEST WEB BROWSER? CHROME, FIREFOX, IE, OPERA *The Browserscope score is the averaged security scores for each browser family up to the time of this writing. Which Browser Should I Use? Chrome is probably the marginal winner in security. Of course it’s not always so cut and dry. WHAT IS THE MOST SECURE WEB BROWSER? COMPARISON OF THE 6 Google Chrome. Google has long had a solid reputation for security. It seems that reputation is only getting stronger. In the most recent Pwn2Own hacking competition, Chrome came out ahead of every other browser with only one exploit being successfully executed. It also sports the most powerful sandbox of any browser. IS JAVA SECURE? WHAT IS JAVA AND HOW CAN I USE IT SAFELY In addition to being a wonderfully tasty beverage, Java is a programming platform that some developers use to write their software. The benefit of Java is that it’s cross-platform. That means it installs on many different operating systems like Windows, Mac, Linux, and others. That allows developers to create only one version of theirprogram
HOW TO SECURELY WIPE YOUR HARD DRIVE WITH DBAN 7. Select the drive for erasure. Highlight the drive you want to erase and press . This will insert the word “wipe” in the selection box. If you have more than one listed, I would suggest turning the computer off, then removing any external hard drives or flash drives you have attached. WHAT IS MCAFEE SECURITY SCAN? SHOULD I UNINSTALL IT FROM It’s official purpose is to “analyze” your defenses and tell you if your computer is vulnerable. It checks the status of your firewall, antivirus, and scans your web history and objects currently running in memory for malware. Windows performs most of these functions already, but McAfee Security Scan makes these alerts more prominent. HOW TO CLOSE A PROGRAM WITHOUT USING THE MOUSE The simple two-key combination. The two-key combination + will close the currently active program on your screen. It performs the equivalent of pressing the “close” (X) button in the corner of the window. Open another program or window and try it now. Careful – if you don’t open another window before trying this, it will IS GOOGLE DRIVE SAFE TO USE? HOW GOOGLE SECURES YOUR FILES How Google Drive Does Security. Before your data leaves your device, it is encrypted using the TLS standard. This is the same standard used to encrypt your browser connections to secure (HTTPS) websites. It is then uploaded to Google. After your data reaches Google, it gets unencrypted then re-encrypted using 128-bit AES. HOW TO FIND THE EXECUTABLE FILE FOR A PROGRAM « TIPTOPSECURITY Right click on the shortcut and select Properties. 2. Look in the Target: field. In the window that comes up, find the Target: field. This shows you the entire path to the executable file, and the name of the file itself. For this example, we see C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe. Now look at the very last part of that text andyou
IS IT SAFE TO CONNECT WITH FACEBOOK AND OTHER SOCIAL SITES Decreased security. If you’re currently logged into a social networking site like Facebook, it also logs you in to whatever sites you have linked with it. That means that if your Facebook account gets compromised, the attacker could potentially have access to these other sites as well. Now imagine if these other sites had your credit card HOW DOES HTTPS WORK? RSA ENCRYPTION EXPLAINED « TIPTOPSECURITY The session key is encrypted by your computer using the public key you got from the server. The encrypted session key is then shared with the server. The server decrypts the session key that it received from you using the secret private key. Now both ends have the session key that your computer generated. HOW DOES DIGITAL FILE SHREDDING WORK? « TIPTOPSECURITY Gutmann method. This involves 35 passes: 1-4) random characters, 5-31) special patterns of letters and numbers, 32-35) random characters. This method has been acknowledged by Gutmann himself to be overkill on modern drives since hard drive technology has changed so THE TRUTH ABOUT CLICKING LINKS IN EMAIL AND WHAT TO DO Phishing is the term for sending emails (considered the bait) with a link to a fake website. Once on the site, the user is tricked into giving sensitive information. For example, the link takes you to a fake site that looks like your bank, and you try to log in with your username and password. The bad guy has now captured your login info. WHAT IS THE MOST SECURE WEB BROWSER? COMPARISON OF THE 6 Google Chrome. Google has long had a solid reputation for security. It seems that reputation is only getting stronger. In the most recent Pwn2Own hacking competition, Chrome came out ahead of every other browser with only one exploit being successfully executed. It also sports the most powerful sandbox of any browser. WHAT IS THE SAFEST WEB BROWSER? CHROME, FIREFOX, IE, OPERA *The Browserscope score is the averaged security scores for each browser family up to the time of this writing. Which Browser Should I Use? Chrome is probably the marginal winner in security. Of course it’s not always so cut and dry. IS IT OKAY TO WRITE DOWN MY PASSWORDS? HOW TO DO IT RIGHTFIND ALL PASSWORDS MY COMPUTER Develop a system for slightly modifying your passwords as you write them down. For example, change or remove the third and fifth characters. Or add one character to the beginning and three to the end of each password (just make sure they’re different for each password or else the pattern is easy to spot). That way your actual password is HOW TO USE FILE SHREDDER TO SECURELY DELETE YOUR FILES FOR Download and install File Shredder. Go to FileShredder.org and click the download button at the bottom. Run the installer after it’s downloaded if it didn’t start automatically. Follow the prompts to install. 2. Securely delete an individual file. Right click on the file you want to delete. Select File Shredder. Select Secure deletefiles.
HOW TO SECURELY WIPE YOUR HARD DRIVE WITH DBAN 7. Select the drive for erasure. Highlight the drive you want to erase and press . This will insert the word “wipe” in the selection box. If you have more than one listed, I would suggest turning the computer off, then removing any external hard drives or flash drives you have attached. HOW TO CLOSE A PROGRAM WITHOUT USING THE MOUSE The simple two-key combination. The two-key combination + will close the currently active program on your screen. It performs the equivalent of pressing the “close” (X) button in the corner of the window. Open another program or window and try it now. Careful – if you don’t open another window before trying this, it will WHICH VERSION OF WINDOWS DO I HAVE? HOW TO TELL IF YOURSEE MORE ONTIPTOPSECURITY.COM
HOW DOES HTTPS WORK? RSA ENCRYPTION EXPLAINED « TIPTOPSECURITY The session key is encrypted by your computer using the public key you got from the server. The encrypted session key is then shared with the server. The server decrypts the session key that it received from you using the secret private key. Now both ends have the session key that your computer generated. HOW DOES DIGITAL FILE SHREDDING WORK? « TIPTOPSECURITY Gutmann method. This involves 35 passes: 1-4) random characters, 5-31) special patterns of letters and numbers, 32-35) random characters. This method has been acknowledged by Gutmann himself to be overkill on modern drives since hard drive technology has changed so THE TRUTH ABOUT CLICKING LINKS IN EMAIL AND WHAT TO DO Phishing is the term for sending emails (considered the bait) with a link to a fake website. Once on the site, the user is tricked into giving sensitive information. For example, the link takes you to a fake site that looks like your bank, and you try to log in with your username and password. The bad guy has now captured your login info. WHAT IS THE MOST SECURE WEB BROWSER? COMPARISON OF THE 6 Google Chrome. Google has long had a solid reputation for security. It seems that reputation is only getting stronger. In the most recent Pwn2Own hacking competition, Chrome came out ahead of every other browser with only one exploit being successfully executed. It also sports the most powerful sandbox of any browser. WHAT IS THE SAFEST WEB BROWSER? CHROME, FIREFOX, IE, OPERA *The Browserscope score is the averaged security scores for each browser family up to the time of this writing. Which Browser Should I Use? Chrome is probably the marginal winner in security. Of course it’s not always so cut and dry. IS IT OKAY TO WRITE DOWN MY PASSWORDS? HOW TO DO IT RIGHTFIND ALL PASSWORDS MY COMPUTER Develop a system for slightly modifying your passwords as you write them down. For example, change or remove the third and fifth characters. Or add one character to the beginning and three to the end of each password (just make sure they’re different for each password or else the pattern is easy to spot). That way your actual password is HOW TO USE FILE SHREDDER TO SECURELY DELETE YOUR FILES FOR Download and install File Shredder. Go to FileShredder.org and click the download button at the bottom. Run the installer after it’s downloaded if it didn’t start automatically. Follow the prompts to install. 2. Securely delete an individual file. Right click on the file you want to delete. Select File Shredder. Select Secure deletefiles.
HOW TO SECURELY WIPE YOUR HARD DRIVE WITH DBAN 7. Select the drive for erasure. Highlight the drive you want to erase and press . This will insert the word “wipe” in the selection box. If you have more than one listed, I would suggest turning the computer off, then removing any external hard drives or flash drives you have attached. HOW TO CLOSE A PROGRAM WITHOUT USING THE MOUSE The simple two-key combination. The two-key combination + will close the currently active program on your screen. It performs the equivalent of pressing the “close” (X) button in the corner of the window. Open another program or window and try it now. Careful – if you don’t open another window before trying this, it will WHICH VERSION OF WINDOWS DO I HAVE? HOW TO TELL IF YOURSEE MORE ONTIPTOPSECURITY.COM
WHAT IS THE MOST SECURE WEB BROWSER? COMPARISON OF THE 6 Google Chrome. Google has long had a solid reputation for security. It seems that reputation is only getting stronger. In the most recent Pwn2Own hacking competition, Chrome came out ahead of every other browser with only one exploit being successfully executed. It also sports the most powerful sandbox of any browser. HOW TO CLOSE A PROGRAM WITHOUT USING THE MOUSE The simple two-key combination. The two-key combination + will close the currently active program on your screen. It performs the equivalent of pressing the “close” (X) button in the corner of the window. Open another program or window and try it now. Careful – if you don’t open another window before trying this, it will WHICH VERSION OF WINDOWS DO I HAVE? HOW TO TELL IF YOUR Has anyone ever asked you what version of Windows you’re running and you answered, “um Microsoft?” Well you’re not alone. It’s surprisingly common for many people to be completely oblivious to what version of Windows is on their computer. IS GOOGLE DRIVE SAFE TO USE? HOW GOOGLE SECURES YOUR FILES How Google Drive Does Security. Before your data leaves your device, it is encrypted using the TLS standard. This is the same standard used to encrypt your browser connections to secure (HTTPS) websites. It is then uploaded to Google. After your data reaches Google, it gets unencrypted then re-encrypted using 128-bit AES. IS IT SAFE TO KEEP MY OLD EMAILS? THE DANGER OF HOARDING For instance, emails from your dear old grandma. Think about how many times you’ve used your mother’s maiden name (which is also granny’s surname) as the answer to a security question on an account you’ve opened. You should be wary of any email that contains personal information. Ask yourself if it’s worth deleting, just incase the
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