Hackers and crackers.
Historically hackers were people who loved nothing more than getting inside someone else’s computer system, just because they could. As the sophistication and use of computers increased, so did the challenges facing the hackers. At some point the idea of just getting in changed, and as large businesses became increasing dependent on their […]

Trojan Horse: Normally shortened to just “Trojan”, they used to be a program that either pretended to have, or was described as having, a set of useful or desirable features, but actually contains a damaging payload. However now Trojans will be programs that open systems up to hackers by stealth, creating ‘open doors’ for them […]

When you are connected to the Internet, you can give all kinds of secrets away to people who know where to look. If you are confident of your security, or want the fright of your life, go to Gibson Research Corporation and allow them to ‘Test your Shields’ by clicking on the links to ‘Shields […]