How Secure is Your Website?
Find out with this 10 step guide from PC Pro magazine. They “enlisted the help of penetration testers, ethical hackers and security vendors to compile the ultimate test”. These are the kind of tests I run for clients.
PC Pro: Blogs & Analysis: Features: Hack it yourself
PC Pro: Blogs & Analysis: Features: Hack it yourself
Often, the first time you realise your security setup isn’t up to the job is when the worst happens – and even then plenty of people never actually twig that their system has been compromised. But there is an alternative: why not make the switch from gamekeeper to poacher and hack it yourself?
PC Pro has enlisted the help of penetration testers, ethical hackers and security vendors to compile the ultimate test of your own security.
1. Discover your status
2. Test your firewall
3. Exploit your PC
4. Check for leaks
5. Send in the processor probes
6. Flex test your passwords
7. Swamp your email
8. Probe for viruses
9. Disclose your vulnerabilities
10. Rattle your router