Ten Tips for computer security protection: Tell you what hackers are advised to do

This article is not a biography of Mitnick. We want to share with you 10 suggestions provided by Mitnick to many computer users when asked about computer security issues.

Kevin Mitnick was born in Los Angeles, California in 1964. At the age of 13, he was fascinated by computers and mastered a wealth of computer knowledge and superb operation skills. Later, he was too good at hacking, he has successively penetrated the hosts of the "North America Air Defense Command System", the "Change User Password" of the US "Pacific Telephone Company" on the Southern California continent communication network, and even the U.S. FBI).

Of course, when "hacker master" also fell into the Internet, mienick was finally captured by the police, the Federal Court sued Mitnick for 25 illegal phone and password theft, theft of others' Letter of Credit numbers and intrusion into others' networks, and detained him for four and a half years without trial, and bail is not allowed. This is the strictest measure in the judicial history of the United States against a high IQ criminal.

Of course, this article is not a biography of Mitnick. We want to share with you 10 suggestions provided by Mitnick to many computer users when asked about computer security issues.

-Back up data. Remember that your system will never be impeccable, and catastrophic data loss will happen to you-only one worm or one Trojan is enough.

-Select a password that is hard to guess. Do not fill in a few numbers related to you without your mind. In any case, change the default password in time.

-Install the anti-virus software and update it every day.

-Update the operating system in a timely manner, pay attention to various patches released by software manufacturers, and install applications in a timely manner.

-Pay attention to network traps. Some hacker bait may appear in IE or other browsers. Keep yourself awake, refuse to click, and disable the automatic Script Function of the email client.

-Necessary encryption. You can also use encryption software to protect data on your hard disk when sending sensitive emails.

-Install one or more anti-spyware programs and run the check frequently.

-Use the Personal Firewall and set it correctly to prevent other computers, networks, and websites from establishing connections with your computer and specify which programs can automatically connect to the network.

-Disable all system services that you do not use, especially those that allow remote control of your computer, such as RemoteDesktop, RealVNC, and NetBIOS.

-Ensure the security of wireless connections. Set up your laptop correctly. Do not add any WiFi network unless it uses WPA.

"These 10 suggestions seem very simple, but how many people do they actually do? These lucky people have given hackers the opportunity to attack. Hackers are becoming more sophisticated and sophisticated. They will come up with new tricks to hijack your computer system by exploiting technical vulnerabilities and human weaknesses. It is really hard to protect yourself in a hostile Internet world. Always think that one or some nonmoral people in a corner on the other side of the earth are spying on your system vulnerabilities and using them to steal your most sensitive secrets. I hope you will not become the next victim of these network intruders ." Mitnick said.