- Table of Contents
- Overview
- Web Application Security
- Operating System Security
- Network Security
- Hardening Your System
- Wireless Security
- Mobile Security
- Data Forensics
- Legal and Ethical Issues of Security
- Home User Security
- Protecting Your Children (and Yourself)
- Protecting Your Children, Part 2
- Protecting Your Children, Part 3
- Spying with the SnoopStick
- How to Catch a Cheating Spouse
- A Beginner's Guide to Encryption
- Encryption Strength
- Encryption Algorithms Overview
- Components of an Encryption Solution
- Encrypted Networking
- Home Routers, Gateways, and Firewalls
- Home Routers, Gateways, and Firewalls, Part 2
- Protecting Yourself from Internet Fraud
- Protecting Yourself from Internet Fraud, Part 2
- Online Shopping FUD
- Free Security Software, Part 1
- Free Security Software, Part 2
- Migrating to Opera for Better Security
- Optimizing the Opera Web Browser for Security
- The Home Users' Guide to Backing Up, Part 1
- The Home Users' Guide to Backing Up, Part 2
- Practical Home Computer Security: Personal Firewalls Explained
- Practical Home User Security: Blocking Unwanted Sites by Using a Simple hosts File
- Windows Start Up Security
- Quick Tips for Securing Windows XP, Part 1
- Quick Tips for Securing Windows XP, Part 2
- Quick Tips for Securing Windows XP, Part 3: The Security Impact of Software Monoculture
- Quick Tips for Securing Windows XP, Part 4: Rootkit Scanners
- Practical Web Security for Beginner Web Masters
- Understanding Malware, Part 1
- Understanding Malware, Part 2
- Is Online Banking Safe?
- Sick of Spam?
- Keeping Your Data Safe in a Shared Home User Environment
- Choosing Strong Passwords
- The Sony Rootkit: What it is and How to Remove It
- Instant Messaging and Security
- Keeping Your Applications Updated
- Work from Home Scams
- Wiping Data from Hard Drives
- P2P and File-Sharing Security
- How to Make Email More Secure, Part 1
- How to Make Email More Secure, Part 2: Risks in the Workplace
- Secure Email with OpenPGP, Part 1
- Secure Email with OpenPGP, Part 2
- Messenger Spam and How to Stop It
- Virus Hoaxes are as Damaging as Viruses
- Auditing Home Computer Networks, Part 1
- Auditing Home Computer Networks, Part 2
- Inside a PayPal Phishing Site
- OpenID: Single Sign-On Web Identity Management
- Security Advice for New Laptop Owners
- Additional Resources
- Job Security for the IT Security Industry
- A Biased Book Review: Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks from Start to Finish
- Security of Mechanical Locks
- Information Security in Academics
- Holiday Security: Hackers Don’t Take Holidays
- Gary McGraw on Building Secure Software
- Gary McGraw on Exploiting Online Games
- A Student-Hacker Showdown at the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
- The Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Year 3: Revenge of the Red Cell
- Questions from RSA 2007
- How to Steal 80,000 Identities in One Day
Home User Security
Last updated Feb 18, 2005.
Computer professionals are often guilty of forgetting that a secure system starts with the end user, and this user only wants their computer to work. That’s it: just turn it on, and turn it off. They don't care about bytes, buffer overflows, or the code that can be used to exploit vulnerabilities. To them, a 0-day might have something to do with WWII, a cracker is something you eat, and a hacker needs to be in jail. Simply put, the average user only is concerned about things that directly impact their life.
This new section will be entirely devoted to the average end user. We will be addressing issues like setting up a secure home network and preventing/removing spyware — subjects that matter and can help the average user have a more pleasant computing experience. If there is something that you want to see, please feel free to email us at seth@informit.com. We want this section to be of use and value, and you can help us out by providing questions and suggestions!
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