The concept of computer based hacking and cracking has taken its current form since the past decade when there has been the emergence of internet and other computer networks related technologies on the world horizon. On the other hand, the computer based network security tools and techniques have also been discovered and defined to tackle the security threat to computers and computer networks made by the hackers. So, nowadays, there are a large number of IT professionals who are learning the network security skills to meet these computer related network security challenges and threats.
Modern technologies discovered related to the network related security include but not limited to VPNs, Authorization and Authentication, and Firewalls technologies etc. There are multiple possible ways and solutions even for a single internet security issue and for that too, IT security officers should be more knowledgeable and skillful in all the available network security related technologies and tools to meet the current internet security related threats.
Computer hackers can be able to easily break into the computers and computer networks by many ways and tools. Few of them are as follow:
- Hackers can send emails to the computer user that contain such a software and content which make the unauthorized access of those hackers into the user`s computer possible
- Hackers can make access into the user`s computer and even when a user visit to the websites prepared by these hackers for the hacking purposes
- Downloading of the files from the internet can also compromise the user`s computer with the hackers
- If user`s computer is without the protection of internet firewall and antivirus software, then too, her computer can easily be the prey of the hackers
Internet security threat is the real threat and it can be devastating and catastrophic even for an entire country, region or even for the whole world. Skeptically be it can be said that how it would be possible but it is possible because our societies are nowadays greatly be dependent on the computer and computer related network systems and internet than ever before in the history of mankind.
Hope for a Common Computer User Against Such Internet Security Threats
There may be hackers, organizations and other people of criminal nature who keep desire to make access into your computer for different purposes. They would want to steal your financial information to make transactions from your personal or from your business accounts or they would want to access your personal life information for the wrongful intentions etc.
However, there is still hope that you can be protected from all such internet security and hacking threats by the way of equipping yourself with the right knowledge and skills that can help you to be adept in your daily routines with the ways and techniques which can help you in protecting yourself, your families and organization(s) etc from any such potential threats and also suggest you the solutions in case there would be any such challenges have already been arisen in your life.