Computer Security Breach

Why do hackers want to get into my computer?

Hackers want to gain entry to your computer for a couple of reasons. Often, it's just mischievous, it's the challenge of being able to do it. They're not looking for any personal gain and they're not looking to cause any real harm. They might do something mischievous, but they just want the challenge. Other hackers are looking for information. They're looking for personal information, banking records, any kind of monetary information, personal identification information. That information, those types of things, can be sold, can be used, etcetera. So, these are sort of the two camps that might be hacking into your computer or your network.

What is a "DoS" (denial of service) attack?

A denial of service attack or DOS attack is basically when the connection between a larger system and the users who would need access to the system is broken. This will allow somebody to work on or change or modify that larger system where others can't assess it or monitor it. You may have seen this in, like, the FBI site had been hacked with information that had been put up on the pages. And it seems really impossible but if you isolate that site, some people will try to access it are denied access. It gives somebody time to access it.

How much do I really have to worry about being the victim of a digital attack?

With regards to a computer security breach, you don't really have to worry too much about being a victim of a digital attack, although, anybody's vulnerable. You have to weigh and balance what is it that somebody could benefit from attacking your system or your computer. So, again, everybody's vulnerable to a digital attack, but I don't think it's something you have to worry about on a daily basis. You should certainly take precautions; firewall, being certain about your connection, having security software installed, but I don't think digital attacks are something that you have to loose sleep over.