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Quote:It is officially open-season on small businesses. Hackers, phishers, spammers and fraudsters often use small businesses as target practice...

Here we'll show you the best ways to protect yourself from attacks and credit scams, and how to recover from a security breach should you come under attack.

Prevention Triage for Security Attacks
The first step, says Ken Dwight, author of Bug-Free Computing: Stop Viruses, Squash Worms and Smash Trojan Horses, is to realize that times have drastically changed. "It used to be that you knew you had a virus right away because weird things started happening with your computer. Today most threats are asymptomatic. The money-making aspect comes from the intent to use your computer or network as a host for sending spam, password grazing and critical data pilfering."...