Interested in seeing what ports are open on your machine? Use NMAP to scan your machine or other machines on your network and figure out if there are any holes in your firewall or malicious software setting up camp. Particularly if you are moving a machine from a secure firewall to a less secure (required by a particular application for example), you could run NMAP and try to … [Read more...]
Secunia PSI – finding programs with security flaws
Install the Personal Software Inspector to keep on top of security flaws with programs on your computer. This application, free for personal use, can analyze your system with a quick scan and see if there are any 'insecure,' 'end of life,' or 'patched' programs. With an easy interface, you can find out which applications on your machine are considered up to date and which are … [Read more...]