Think browsing the web at Starbucks is safe? Think again.
A wildly popular new bit of malicious code called Firesheep is making the rounds among script kiddies and black-hat hackers; it allows them to access the cookies of any user on a non-password-protected wireless network. Once the ne’er-do-well in question is on the same public network as you, he or she can save and use your cookies to access your accounts (e-mail, Facebook and many other types of accounts, as well) through a point-and-click graphic interface.
In the words of the person who created Firesheep, “As soon as anyone on the network visits an insecure website [Facebook, Gmail, etc.] known to Firesheep, their name and photo will be displayed [in the Firesheep interface]. Double-click on someone, and you’re instantly logged in as them.”
For businesses with remote employees, Firesheep is a particular danger, as it potentially compromises your company’s data and accounts any time a worker logs in from a coffee shop, Internet cafe or other public network.
The practice is known as session hijacking; if you’d like more information on how the code works, check out this post on Firesheep’s technical details.
This code is being downloaded at an astonishingly high rate; although we don’t like to resort to scare tactics, we can’t currently recommend browsing on a network that isn’t password-protected.
As long as the network you’re on has any kind of password — even a publicly available password or an obvious password — Firesheep won’t work on that network. However, if you’re using public Wi-Fi at a Starbucks, a hotel lobby, a college campus or anywhere else where you don’t have to enter a password before getting access to the network, you’re putting yourself at risk.
Firesheep even works on airplanes, where the networks allow you some preliminary connection to the network before letting you browse the Internet.
There is a safe way to access Wi-Fi on the go. It might give you a slightly slower connection; it might even cost you a bit of money. But until the general mess that’s been caused by Firesheep gets sorted out, it’s better to take a few precautions than to let some random black hat steal your Internet accounts.
What’s a VPN?
A virtual private network (VPN) is the easiest way (other than avoiding unsecure Wi-Fi altogether) to prevent yourself from a Firesheep-powered attack.
VPNs create a private tunnel through the public network, protecting the user from any prying eyes (or packet sniffers) on his way from destination to destination online.
VPNs were used a lot during the Irani election and protests; they’re also used a lot in China and in other areas where access to the Internet is restricted.
Another group that uses VPNs frequently is corporations. Employees often need a safe way to access very private and sensitive information from a public network; VPNs provide security and access. (For more information on corporate use of VPNs, check out this HowStuffWorks article.)
The downside of using a VPN is that you may notice a drop in your connection speed. You might also have to pay for your secure Internet access.
The upside, with specific regard to Firesheep, is that you can sit elbow-to-elbow with a black hat hacker in a coffee shop and know that your data is safely encrypted.
A Few VPNs to Try
If you’d like to protect yourself and have a more secure browsing experience from a public network, we recommend that you try some of these VPNs and use one every time you log onto a public Wi-Fi network. This is definitely one case where an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Note: Need to set up a VPN on your iPad? Yes, yes you do. Here’s a tutorial that will get you through the process.
- LogMeIn Hamachi2
- OpenVPN
- WiTopia personalVPN
- StrongVPN
Cost: $33 per month for commercial use, free for noncommercial use
Cost: FOSS
Cost: $39.99 per year
Cost: Starts at $7 per month
If you have other VPN recommendations, please share them with our other readers in the comments, and safe surfing.
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Think browsing the web at Starbucks is safe? Think again.
A wildly popular new bit of malicious code called Firesheep is making the rounds among script kiddies and black-hat hackers; it allows them to access the cookies of any user on a non-password-protected wireless network. Once the ne’er-do-well in question is on the same public network as you, he or she can save and use your cookies to access your accounts (e-mail, Facebook and many other types of accounts, as well) through a point-and-click graphic interface.
In the words of the person who created Firesheep, “As soon as anyone on the network visits an insecure website [Facebook, Gmail, etc.] known to Firesheep, their name and photo will be displayed [in the Firesheep interface]. Double-click on someone, and you’re instantly logged in as them.”
For businesses with remote employees, Firesheep is a particular danger, as it potentially compromises your company’s data and accounts any time a worker logs in from a coffee shop, Internet cafe or other public network.
The practice is known as session hijacking; if you’d like more information on how the code works, check out this post on Firesheep’s technical details.
This code is being downloaded at an astonishingly high rate; although we don’t like to resort to scare tactics, we can’t currently recommend browsing on a network that isn’t password-protected.
As long as the network you’re on has any kind of password — even a publicly available password or an obvious password — Firesheep won’t work on that network. However, if you’re using public Wi-Fi at a Starbucks, a hotel lobby, a college campus or anywhere else where you don’t have to enter a password before getting access to the network, you’re putting yourself at risk.
Firesheep even works on airplanes, where the networks allow you some preliminary connection to the network before letting you browse the Internet.
There is a safe way to access Wi-Fi on the go. It might give you a slightly slower connection; it might even cost you a bit of money. But until the general mess that’s been caused by Firesheep gets sorted out, it’s better to take a few precautions than to let some random black hat steal your Internet accounts.
What’s a VPN?
A virtual private network (VPN) is the easiest way (other than avoiding unsecure Wi-Fi altogether) to prevent yourself from a Firesheep-powered attack.
VPNs create a private tunnel through the public network, protecting the user from any prying eyes (or packet sniffers) on his way from destination to destination online.
VPNs were used a lot during the Irani election and protests; they’re also used a lot in China and in other areas where access to the Internet is restricted.
Another group that uses VPNs frequently is corporations. Employees often need a safe way to access very private and sensitive information from a public network; VPNs provide security and access. (For more information on corporate use of VPNs, check out this HowStuffWorks article.)
The downside of using a VPN is that you may notice a drop in your connection speed. You might also have to pay for your secure Internet access.
The upside, with specific regard to Firesheep, is that you can sit elbow-to-elbow with a black hat hacker in a coffee shop and know that your data is safely encrypted.
A Few VPNs to Try
If you’d like to protect yourself and have a more secure browsing experience from a public network, we recommend that you try some of these VPNs and use one every time you log onto a public Wi-Fi network. This is definitely one case where an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Note: Need to set up a VPN on your iPad? Yes, yes you do. Here’s a tutorial that will get you through the process.
- LogMeIn Hamachi2
- OpenVPN
- WiTopia personalVPN
- StrongVPN
Cost: $33 per month for commercial use, free for noncommercial use
Cost: FOSS
Cost: $39.99 per year
Cost: Starts at $7 per month
If you have other VPN recommendations, please share them with our other readers in the comments, and safe surfing.
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Think browsing the web at Starbucks is safe? Think again.
A wildly popular new bit of malicious code called Firesheep is making the rounds among script kiddies and black-hat hackers; it allows them to access the cookies of any user on a non-password-protected wireless network. Once the ne’er-do-well in question is on the same public network as you, he or she can save and use your cookies to access your accounts (e-mail, Facebook and many other types of accounts, as well) through a point-and-click graphic interface.
In the words of the person who created Firesheep, “As soon as anyone on the network visits an insecure website [Facebook, Gmail, etc.] known to Firesheep, their name and photo will be displayed [in the Firesheep interface]. Double-click on someone, and you’re instantly logged in as them.”
For businesses with remote employees, Firesheep is a particular danger, as it potentially compromises your company’s data and accounts any time a worker logs in from a coffee shop, Internet cafe or other public network.
The practice is known as session hijacking; if you’d like more information on how the code works, check out this post on Firesheep’s technical details.
This code is being downloaded at an astonishingly high rate; although we don’t like to resort to scare tactics, we can’t currently recommend browsing on a network that isn’t password-protected.
As long as the network you’re on has any kind of password — even a publicly available password or an obvious password — Firesheep won’t work on that network. However, if you’re using public Wi-Fi at a Starbucks, a hotel lobby, a college campus or anywhere else where you don’t have to enter a password before getting access to the network, you’re putting yourself at risk.
Firesheep even works on airplanes, where the networks allow you some preliminary connection to the network before letting you browse the Internet.
There is a safe way to access Wi-Fi on the go. It might give you a slightly slower connection; it might even cost you a bit of money. But until the general mess that’s been caused by Firesheep gets sorted out, it’s better to take a few precautions than to let some random black hat steal your Internet accounts.
What’s a VPN?
A virtual private network (VPN) is the easiest way (other than avoiding unsecure Wi-Fi altogether) to prevent yourself from a Firesheep-powered attack.
VPNs create a private tunnel through the public network, protecting the user from any prying eyes (or packet sniffers) on his way from destination to destination online.
VPNs were used a lot during the Irani election and protests; they’re also used a lot in China and in other areas where access to the Internet is restricted.
Another group that uses VPNs frequently is corporations. Employees often need a safe way to access very private and sensitive information from a public network; VPNs provide security and access. (For more information on corporate use of VPNs, check out this HowStuffWorks article.)
The downside of using a VPN is that you may notice a drop in your connection speed. You might also have to pay for your secure Internet access.
The upside, with specific regard to Firesheep, is that you can sit elbow-to-elbow with a black hat hacker in a coffee shop and know that your data is safely encrypted.
A Few VPNs to Try
If you’d like to protect yourself and have a more secure browsing experience from a public network, we recommend that you try some of these VPNs and use one every time you log onto a public Wi-Fi network. This is definitely one case where an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Note: Need to set up a VPN on your iPad? Yes, yes you do. Here’s a tutorial that will get you through the process.
- LogMeIn Hamachi2
- OpenVPN
- WiTopia personalVPN
- StrongVPN
Cost: $33 per month for commercial use, free for noncommercial use
Cost: FOSS
Cost: $39.99 per year
Cost: Starts at $7 per month
If you have other VPN recommendations, please share them with our other readers in the comments, and safe surfing.
Image courtesy of Flickr, ari.
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Making money online is one of the most abused and searched terms on the internet. We have all seen the "work from home and earn $900 a week" ads and banners. I make a decent amount of money from the internet, but I never made a thousand dollars a week working online. One website I have found for making money online is Café Press. You can make money online at Café Press by creating sellable designs for shirts, jackets, children's clothes, dog clothes, mugs, hats, and more. I suppose the draw back is that in order to make money online with Café Press you have to be a tad on the creative side. There are thousands upon thousands of designs online at Café press. Some of them are good, but most of them are nothing more than a catchy phrase and some bad clip art. Personally I can't believe anyone buys half the stuff on there.
Making Money Online- Testing the Water
My first suggestion for making money online with café press is to test the water. Come up with some really good designs and then post them online in some related forums to see what your potential customers think. What I mean is let's say you want to make some shirts geared toward dog owners. Create a few designs and then go visit some dog lovers' forums and message boards.
Post a very friendly topic saying that you were thinking of starting a company that sold made humorous shirts for dog lovers and that you wanted to see what they thought of your ideas. Make sure to be friendly so that your post doesn't sound like SPAM. Must users will give you great feedback. Sometimes you can even use these posts to get ideas for other designs. Knowing your customers is the first step to making money online.
Once you get some good feedback on your designs and have decided which ones are likely to make you the most money online go ahead and sign p for a free Café Press account. The free account is a good way to test the money making ability of your designs, but it comes with some drawbacks. With the free account you can only create one design per style of shirt. This means you couldn't offer one design on a variety of products. This is CafePress's way of letting you test the waters.
Making Money Online- Opening a Café Press Store
My suggestion about knowing when to open a store is this; once you make your first $35 dollars I would start thinking about opening your store. Why $35? For starters that is the amount of money it takes to purchase a 6 month subscription plan. Thus you have just put your soon to be money making store online for free!
As soon as you have the ability to open a store I would do it. Take all your existing designs and put them on as many things as possible. The key to making money online with Café Press is having a larger selection. The big money makers are shirts and jackets so get those up as soon as possible. You will also want to keep coming up with more designs. Like I said the more you have for sale the more money you can make. Even if you only think your design is ok, just put it up there. I have designs I thought no one would ever buy, but I'm always surprised that someone buys them. Once I had a design I thought no one would ever buy and one customer ended up buying 15 shirts of that one designs. It just goes to show that you never know what designs are going to make you money.
Making Money Online- Tips
If you really want to give your designs an edge against the other and make some money there are a few things you should do. The biggest is to make sure you optimize your items. The way to do this is to make sure you name your item correctly and write a good item description, and section teaser.
When you are naming your product don't just name it say, smiling shirt, name it Dog Shirt- Smiling. Dog shirts would more than likely be your most searched term so now you have just put your self ahead of all the other dog shirt sellers and on the path to making more money online.
No one really reads the descriptions of the shirts on Café Press so just use this room to saturate your key words. Try to use them as much as possible without SPAMing them. Make sure to create the description and section tester. This is an extra step most store owners don't do.
Making Money Online- Conclusion
So those are some of my money making tip of selling online with Café Press. Feel free to visit my store at www.cafepress.com/pptt
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