As I described in the Open Wifi post, the dangers of free Wifi are well worth considering before you connect to the internet in a coffee shop.
One very effective solution is to connect through a secure tunnel to a VPN server, which can either be set up at home on your computer, or be a paid-for service from one of the many companies online.
In this part of the VPN thread I will describe how to choose a suitable service, and then how to set it up for use on your laptop or smartphone device.
Free Wifi is scary!
The internet is such a part of our lives these days that it almost seems like a right not a privilege.
Because of that we might be forgiven to consider it separate from our normal realisation that nothing is really FREE, that there is a price there, however hidden.
And with 'FREE WIFI' that price is your security.
Why did I get hacked? (Part 1: my story)
Labels:
pentesting,
security,
websites
If you have your own webpage and have never been hacked you may think it is only something that happens to those 'other people' you hear about. Maybe major companies like Sony or LinkedIn. People with valuable data, or somewhere the hacker can make a big statement.
I KNOW you think that, because I thought that too - until I got hacked myself.
I KNOW you think that, because I thought that too - until I got hacked myself.
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