Since the dawn of the computer we have had our fair share of problems with hackers and wannabe hackers. Hackers have even tried to penetrate the U.S. Government websites in the past.

The Spanish Governments Official website for the EU presidency was said to be victim of a high profile hacking incident. Hackers managed to access the site and place a picture of Mr. Bean on the site for everybody to see. So can we prevent hackers from getting onto our sites?

It is rumored that Internet Explorer is quite vulnerable to hackers for some reason. If you are using Internet Explorer it could be shrewd to change over to other browsers, such as Google Chrome or even Mozilla Firefox.

If you have any set passwords for your websites, try to change them regularly. Do not use any sort of name or dates that can be related back to you as passwords. If you mix up capitals, lower case letters, numbers and even symbols as your password it is harder to crack.

Before you attempt to run any SQL scripts always escape variable data.

Open sources such as Word Press or Movable type on your websites can be another security issue. These open sources sometimes have potholes in their code that hackers can exploit to gain access to websites.

Websites should always have SSL encryption. This should stop your data from being picked up by hackers.

Always remember to scan your computer regularly with the latest Anti Virus software. Keep your Firewall switched on at all times for more protection from hackers. If you do run any open sources make sure that you update them regularly.

Be careful when letting somebody else use your computer, even friends. Hackers are friends of somebody.

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