HACK PROOFING YOUR IDENTITY IN THE INFORMATION AGE
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 IDENTITY THEFT: ARE YOU AT RISK? INTRODUCTION DEFINING IDENTITY THEFT TAKE A RISK FACTOR TEST WHY DO THEY DO IT? HOW DO THEY GET AWAY WITH IT? DUMPSTER DIVING SHOULDER SURFING SOCIAL ENGINEERING PHYSICAL THEFT ONLINE THEFT PRIVACY EROSION LIMITED ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES RECOGNIZING IDENTITY THEFT WHEN IT HAPPENS UNAUTHORIZED CREDIT CARDS UNAUTHORIZED PHONE OR OTHER UTILITY SERVICES BANK FRAUD FRAUDULENT LOANS GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS OTHER FORMS OF IDENTITY THEFT UNDERSTANDING WHAT ELECTRONIC INFORMATION IS PRIVATE STRIVING FOR THEFT PREVENTION KEEPING PRIVATE INFORMATION PRIVATE PROTECTING YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MARKETING OPT-OUT PROGRAMS USING SEARCH ENGINE OPT-OUT SERVICES USING THE DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION’S OPT-OUT SERVICE PROTECTING YOUR COMPUTER APPLICATIONS E-MAIL WEB BROWSING NETWORK YOUR FAMILY’S ONLINE ACTIVITIES SUMMARY SOLUTIONS FAST TRACK FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS CHAPTER 2 PROTECTING YOUR HARD DRIVE KNOW YOUR COMPUTER TEMPORARY FILES TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES DELETING FILES PERMANENTLY FOR PRIVACY OTHER INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE ON YOUR COMPUTER WHAT ARE YOU PROTECTING? PASSWORD PROTECTING YOUR COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND FILES ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE:YOUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE WHY UPDATE? WHAT KINDS OF SOFTWARE ARE AVAILABLE? MANUALLY UPDATED SIGNATURES AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED SIGNATURES WEB-BASED SOFTWARE PERFORMING SIGNATURE UPDATES MCAFEE NORTON F-PROT IS YOUR ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE WORKING? UPDATING YOUR SOFTWARE THE NUMBER ONE MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE FUNCTIONALITY VS SECURE UPDATES INSTALLING SECURITY PATCHES INTERNET EXPLORER OUTLOOK IIS NETSCAPE OPERA BEWARE OF THE FREE STUFF AVOIDING ACCOUNT SHARING COMMON REASONS, RISKS, AND DETERRENTS FOR SHARING ACCOUNTS CREATING MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS IN WINDOWS SETTING UP AN ACCOUNT IN WINDOWS XP SETTING UP AN ACCOUNT IN WINDOWS CREATING MULTIPLE INTERNET CONNECTION ACCOUNTS SETTING UP MULTIPLE INTERNET CONNECTION ACCOUNTS IN WINDOWS SETTING UP MULTIPLE INTERNET CONNECTION ACCOUNTS IN WINDOWS XP CREATING MULTIPLE E-MAIL ACCOUNTS WITH OUTLOOK EXPRESS USING DISK AND FILE ENCRYPTION CHOOSING STRONG PASSWORDS AVOIDING WEAK PASSWORDS PROTECTING PINS TRADEOFFS: USING PASSWORD STORAGE CREATING STRONG PASSWORDS YOU CAN REMEMBER CHAPTER 3 KEEPING YOUR E-MAIL PRIVATE E-MAIL PRIVACY IS NOT JUST ABOUT SPAM HOW E-MAIL SERVICES WORK BIG BROTHER AND YOUR E-MAIL HOW E-MAILS CAN GET LOST UNDERSTANDING SPAM E-MAIL ATTACKS ARE NOT JUST ABOUT VIRUSES E-MAIL ATTACHMENTS HOW YOUR E-MAIL CAN BE HIJACKED E-MAIL INTERCEPTIONS RECOGNIZING MAIL SCAMS SOLICITATIONS AND CHAIN LETTERS NIGERIA 419 SCAM SPAM AS SOCIAL ENGINEERING USING ANTIVIRUS PROTECTION FOR E-MAIL HIDING YOUR E-MAIL IDENTITY KNOWING WHAT’S IN YOUR E-MAIL HEADERS KNOWING WHAT YOUR CHAT SAYS ABOUT YOU SETTING UP ANONYMOUS E-MAIL FREE ANONYMOUS E-MAIL E-MAIL ENCRYPTION MADE SIMPLE USING PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY (PGP) WITH MICROSOFT OUTLOOK USING PERSONAL CERTIFICATES WITH NETSCAPE VERIFYING E-MAIL SENDERS IN OUTLOOK IMPORTING A PERSONAL CERTIFICATE FILE INTO OPERA CHOOSING A SECURE E-MAIL PROVIDER USING ENCRYPTED WEB-BASED E-MAIL CHAPTER 4 SELF DEFENSE ON THE WEB UNDERSTANDING RISK ON THE WEB LEARNING TO BE STREET SMART ON THE WEB UNDERSTANDING THE PRIVACY POLICY MANAGING RISK ON THE WEB PROTECTING YOURSELF WITH SSL CERTIFICATES AVOIDING MALICIOUS APPLETS MANAGING PASSWORDS USING MICROSOFT’S PASSPORT PROTECTING YOUR PURCHASING POWER PAYPAL AND CYBERCASH AMERICAN EXPRESS PRIVATE PAYMENTS MICROSOFT WALLET ANONYMOUS WEB SURFING IMPROVING BROWSER SAFETY UPDATING YOUR BROWSER SOFTWARE PUTTING BROWSER SECURITY FEATURES TO WORK COVERING YOUR INTERNET FOOTPRINTS DELETING HIDDEN INFORMATION ABOUT YOU OPTING OUT OF AD-WARE COOKIES ABACUS:A DIVISION OF DOUBLECLICK VALUECLICK ADVERTISINGCOM CHAPTER 5 CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET SAFELY DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS, DIFFERENT RISKS UNDERSTANDING NETWORK TERMINOLOGY DIAL-UP CONNECTIONS AMERICA ONLINE EMPLOYER-PROVIDED INTERNET ACCESS ALWAYS-ON BROADBAND DSL, ISDN, AND CABLE MODEM CABLE MODEM ISDN MODEM WIRELESS UNDERSTANDING DATA INTERCEPTION SNOOPING ON A NETWORK WITH A SNIFFER SNOOPING ON YOUR NETWORK WITH NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD/MY NETWORK PLACES SNOOPING ON YOUR NETWORK WITH NBTSTAT TAKING PRECAUTIONS SETTING PERMISSIONS FOR SHARED DRIVES AND FILES REGISTERING YOUR DOMAINCOM TURNING OFF UNNEEDED SERVICES SECURING YOUR PERSONAL WEB SERVER FIREWALLS FOR THE HOME PERSONAL FIREWALLS FOR HOME OFFICE USE NETWORK FIREWALLS FOR HOME OFFICE USE USING COMMON FIREWALL CONFIGURATION FEATURES NETWORK CONFIGURATION SETTING INBOUND FILTERING SETTING OUTBOUND FILTERING VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS CONNECTION ALERTS CHAPTER 6 ARE YOUR KIDS PUTTING YOU AT RISK? RAISING CHILDREN IN THE DIGITAL AGE KEEPING CLEAR ONLINE IDENTITIES WITHIN FAMILIES SUPERVISING ONLINE ACTIVITIES CHANNELING A CHILD’S INTEREST IN HACKING IDENTIFYING RISKY SOFTWARE AND RISKY BEHAVIOR CHAT PROGRAMS WEB FORUMS AND NEWSGROUPS MASSIVE MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAMES FILE-SHARING SOFTWARE HACKING TOOLS MONITORING ONLINE ACTIVITIES PARENTAL CONTRACTS APPLICATION LOGGING BROWSER ACTIVITY LOGGING KEYSTROKE LOGGING SCREEN IMAGING AVOIDING MONITORING PITFALLS CHAPTER 7 IF YOU BECOME A VICTIM TAKING IMMEDIATE ACTION STEP 1: FILING POLICE REPORTS STEP 2: REPORTING FRAUD AND STOLEN ACCOUNTS CLOSING CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTS CLOSING BANK AND LOAN ACCOUNTS REPORTING AND CLOSING OTHER COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS DEALING WITH COMPROMISED ONLINE ACCOUNTS STEP 3: NOTIFYING THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (FTC) MANAGING OTHER FRAUD SITUATIONS REPORTING STOLEN IDS DEALING WITH TELEPHONE FRAUD DEALING WITH STOLEN WIRELESS SERVICE MANAGING THE FALLOUT CONTACTING CREDIT BUREAU SERVICES OBTAINING A REPORT UNDERSTANDING YOUR CREDIT REPORT: A CASE STUDY PREPARING YOUR VICTIM’S STATEMENT KNOWING WHEN TO SEEK LEGAL HELP KEEPING RECORDS LOCATING GOVERNMENT RESOURCES STATUTES IN YOUR STATE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION UNDERSTANDING THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT OTHER SUGGESTED RESOURCES PRIVACY RIGHTS ADVOCATES THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION THE PRIVACY RIGHTS CLEARINGHOUSE THE IDENTITY THEFT RESOURCE CENTER PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL THE ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER THE PRIVACY COALITION THE GLOBAL INTERNET LIBERTY CAMPAIGN CHAPTER 8 CONFIGURING YOUR BROWSER AND FIREWALL MANAGING YOUR WEB BROWSER’S SECURITY FEATURES INTERNET EXPLORER VERSION CONFIGURING YOUR HOME FIREWALL BLACKICE DEFENDER FOR WINDOWS PACKET LOG MENU EVIDENCE LOG MENU BACK TRACE MENU INTRUSION DETECTION MENU NOTIFICATIONS MENU PROMPTS MENU ZONE ALARM PRO FOR WINDOWS FIREWALL MENU PROGRAM CONTROL MENU ALERTS AND LOGS MENU PRIVACY MENU EMAIL PROTECTION MENU SIEMENS SPEEDSTREAM SS2602 DSL/CABLE ROUTER PROS AND CONS OF USING THE SIEMENS ROUTER CONFIGURING THE ROUTER ON THE NETWORK CONFIGURING ADVANCED SETTINGS APPLICATIONS PORT LIST