Bright House Security Center

The Bright House Networks Security Center provides methods for securing personal computers from Internet threats.

The Security and Abuse Team encourages you to browse around the website to learn more about ridding your computers of viruses, worms, Trojan horses and spam. On this site, you can also discover methods for defending against hackers and Denial Of Service (DOS) attacks. There are no sure one-size fits all solutions for today's security threats. Bookmark the site, and return often to catch up on the latest news about securing your personal computers.

Bright House Networks takes computer security seriously. This site is designed to provide you with pertinent information about safe computing, keep you up-to-date on the latest threats and scams and enable you to address security-related issues that can otherwise damage your computer. We've compiled the best resources around and conveniently placed them on this site allow you to quickly and easily access them. If you do not find what you're looking for or have suggestions, we welcome them and ask that you simply click the link below to contact us. Thanks for visiting!

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Security alerts

Koobface malware spreads via Facebook

Koobface is the name of malware that spreads via Facebook and other social networking sites. This malware is known for distibuting itself by posting links to videos or other software on users' Facebook pages. Koobface has been around for quite some time, has many variations, and likes to use social engineering tactics.

You can prevent a Koobface infection by

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Common threats

Phishing and Pharming

Phishing & Pharming techniques are both used to fraudulently acquire personal information, like credit card numbers, account data, passwords, social security numbers and other private information. An email, phone call, or even regular mail (letter), is crafted in such a

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Security terms

SQL injection -

A technique that exploits a security vulnerability occurring in the database layer of an application. The vulnerability is present when user input is either incorrectly filtered for string literal escape characters embedded in SQL statements or user input is not

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