Hacktivism: a label associated with movement of people that use their hacking/cracking know-how to carry out their personal view of justice.
Purpose: The purpose of this blog is to identify who fits within the hacktivist label, and how do they affect professional/personal internet interactions?
Today's Topic: Give a brief overview of how to prevent hacktivist activities.
The first thing to mention is that if you ever encounter someone performing activities that you belief to be illegal, simply call the law enforcement authorities. It is their purview to identify illegal activities and enforce the law, so don't entice the attacker to start targeting you.
The best home remedies to help prevent your environment from being attacker, is to implement several of these key network infrastructure components. First install a firewall and maintain it by installing firmware and rule updates. Make sure the firewall has an IDS system with it and that it's rule definitions are also updated constantly. Second, make sure whatever operating system you are using is updated. Third, make sure you are using a well known anti-virus software. And lastly, if you are wanting to be diligent, encrypt your file system with a long passphrase.
It should also be noted, to have at least two users on your devices. One as an administrator with a long passphrase for a password. This administrator account should only be used for desired installations and administrative tasks, otherwise use the user accounts that do not have privileges that can cripple your network environment.
Future Items of Interest:
-What are the repercussions of being a hacktivist?
-What seem to be the most common exploits or attacks hackers and hacktivists use?
