While I was learning internet security our instructor as a means of introduction showed us a statement credited to John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, a leading IT company that says “There are two types of companies; those who have been hacked and those who don’t yet know they have been hacked”. You see the idea behind this is that internet security is not an event but a process, so if you think you are safe now you might be right but that can change at any moment. There are people who are constantly trying to find flaws on the different internet platforms and protocols, while some are doing so to fix them some are doing so to exploit the flaws so we should do our best to stay safe while we surf the net. A sure way to stay safe is to create strong passwords and I will advise that we also change our passwords periodically. You see there are people who are constantly trying to gain access or ‘hack’ your accounts and they are many tools at their disposal. Some tools try m...