Welcome to the Iowa Telecom Security Team's website. Our sincere hope and goal is to provide you with easy-to-use and timely information to help you protect yourself while on-line. We do that by assessing threats posed by viruses and scams, composing how-to's and explaining the do's and don'ts of Internet security. Once again, welcome, and please feel free to use the Contact Form to ask us any questions you may have pertaining to staying safe on the web.
Posted by: dropped packet [ITS Security] under Informative on January 27th, 2010
How often has some one told you that you need anti virus on your computer? How important is this in reality? The answer is simple, VERY! It does not matter what brand or operating system you use you still need some protection. I know that brand X say they don’t get viruses that’s [...]
Posted by: dropped packet [ITS Security] under Informative on January 27th, 2010
Many of you have children using the Internet for various reasons it might be for homework, games, chat etc. Do you really know what your child looks at? I have spoken to many people with different points of view on the subject with comments that range from “I will let my child use the Internet” [...]
Posted by: dropped packet [ITS Security] under Articles on November 30th, 2009
Many times spammers will attempt to gather information by web page misdirection. This is simply done by sending a web link via e-mail, IM, or other online communication to a web page, asking to confirm or enter personal information. This page looks like a legitimate site, however, it is not. It is using the [...]
Posted by: Vereor [ITS Security] under Informative on August 7th, 2009
Things you need to know about botnets, but are afraid to ask.
Part Two
In part two of the botnet series I will discuss how to tell if your computer has been compromised and is a member of a botnet. I will also go over steps to take to clean your system if it has been compromised, [...]
Posted by: Nuuruvalar [ITS Security] under Informative on August 5th, 2009
Posted by: dropped packet [ITS Security] under Informative on August 4th, 2009
Have you ever wondered what all those acronyms are when dealing with your wireless network. It is good to know what these are, to make sure that you protect your data and your rights. In today’s write up I hope to demystify some of this geek speak.
Posted by: Nuuruvalar [ITS Security] under Informative on August 3rd, 2009
The big security snafu in the news lately was the hijacking of several e-billing sites and redirecting them to other websites designed to extract banking information out of users. Unfortunately this is a harder scam to spot than most others even if you understand how domain names work.