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Professionals: How do you make sure your computer hasn't been hacked?

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Re: Professionals: How do you make sure your computer hasn't been hacked?

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Post by ralphc »

nandesu wrote: post #8

I'm not going to answer how I go about detecting infestations, because I don't want my techniques to become useless. However, I'll depart some knowledge on how to better protect yourself. 1. Get familiar with your router. - Find it's logs and look for anything weird incoming or outgoing that you know isn't you. - Keep your firmware updated. - Learn how to configure the firewall. 2. Get the most powerful machine you c…

My router is supplied by UVerse so firmware updates are out of my hands. Should I run my own router off of the UVerse one?

Re: Professionals: How do you make sure your computer hasn't been hacked?

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Post by rogersb »

heiseb wrote: post #10

TL;DR Security done this way is expensive, using four physical devices: A gaming desktop, a secure workstation, a NAS, an ESXi server. The hardest part at first was the discipline to use each workstation for its intended purpose and breaking bad habits, IE not browsing the web from the gaming machine etc. As a pentester, here are some of the things that I use and do to reduce my personal attack surface. I separate ou…

It must be nice to feel at home.

There is still the cheaper alternative to pack light and move often, although it also requires exercising some level of good practices, everyone feels a bit better using a freshly installed OS.

Build your own live-CD distro, use file-system snapshots, segregate data susceptible of containing malware, or buy new stuff in random shops you deem trustworthy, use it and throw it away.

On a side note, as we've seen recently, using untrustworthy sources of software like npm will without a doubt affect your level of security.

There is no complete and simple solution, AFAIK.

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