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 Uncategorized on July 28th, 2009
Well it looks like Iowa Telecom’s security site is drawing attention. Our security site was mentioned in an article about phishing posted by the Creston News Advertiser.
http://www.crestonnewsadvertiser.com/articles/2009/07/26/r_pw5v55lsoskaz38ltltmq/index.xml
Iowa Telecom is grateful to those that have visited our site and hope you spread the word. Iowa Telecom will continue to update our site with [...]
Posted by: jasn [ITS Security] under Informative on May 11th, 2009
These are just a few simple guidelines on what to look for when dealing with any type of electronic correspondence between yourself and a company. If you are ever in doubt it is always best to contact the company and ask them directly if the e-mail is legitimate or not. Most companies would rather have you contact them directly then have to deal with stolen information.
Posted by: dropped packet [ITS Security] under Informative on May 11th, 2009
Many people today proudly call them selves “Mall Rats” but not me. Rarely will you see my wandering around a shopping mall, I do most of my shopping online. I plan to share some of my helpful hints on how to be safe.
Shipping.
One of the first things one must consider is your shipping. [...]
Posted by: Vereor [ITS Security] under Informative on May 11th, 2009
This two part series of articles will be devoted to botnets and malware. The first article will give a good overview of what a botnets and malware are. The second article in the series will teach you how to tell if your computer has been compromised and is a member of a botnet , how to prevent becoming a member of a botnet and how to clean your computer if it has been botnetted.
Posted by: Nuuruvalar [ITS Security] under How To on May 6th, 2009
In this Article we will give step by step instructions for Windows Update.
Posted by: Vereor [ITS Security] under Informative on May 6th, 2009
“If something sounds too good to be true it probably is.” Good advice today just as it was years ago when I first heard it. A good thing to remember is that unsolicited E-Mail schemes are never legitimate. If something sounds too good to be true, it’s probably a scam.
Posted by: dropped packet [ITS Security] under Informative on May 6th, 2009
Unfortunately the world is a cruel place and we as consumers must protect ourselves from others that wish to do us harm. In this day and age you can’t see your attacker. So what should you do? You should be proactive. Such as checking your credit report and criminal history, yes criminal history. It is very possible to have someone else’s criminal history on yours. This is normally an innocent mistake but could cost you that job or loan.