How Safe is your 'Net?

Most people know that anything you put online can be suceptible to another's view. Even after blogs or webpages have been deleted, they are cached and can show up in searches in the future. However, a secure intranet, or private network used with a company or group of computers doesn't always have that connotation.

China Attacks

The federal government admited today that Chinese hackers once again invaded the computers of the Bureau of Industry and Security. According to Gregg Keizer's article on TechWeb.com this is the second "attack" from China since July. The hackers act by hiding malicious codes into the U.S. computer systems.

Vunerability

Oftentimes codes or spyware are injected into networks through a vunerability. Techweb.com defines this as a security exposure in an operating system, software or application component. They say, "Designing software to be bulletproof against attacks is like building a house where every square inch is fortified with steel and sensors that detect intrusions". The website sends the reader in the direction of security firms to help eliminate vunerabilities.