14 DAY TRIAL // Security is the most popular term that appears in the descriptions of new developed products. As you know, all users are looking for more security in browsers, instant messengers, file-sharing clients, e-mail clients, firewalls and many others. Why are we so stressed about security? Because the ways for initiating an attack are spreading every day, so it's almost vital to have a powerful solution for defending our system.
How can we fight against these hackers that are attacking our computers? Besides installing a good firewall, you can join a community to report and identify hackers from all around the world. The one I'll present today is HackerWatch, a website that provides useful information about hackers' activity in the entire world.
"HackerWatch lets you report and share information that helps identify, combat, and prevent the spread of Internet threats and unwanted network traffic.
Security is becoming increasingly critical as the Internet continues to see a surge in intrusion attempts, phishing, hacking, and worm and virus outbreaks. However, with the assistance of users worldwide, HackerWatch offers a unique kind of Internet reconnaissance: by collecting and analyzing users' firewall activity, we can identify intrusion attempts, track complex attack patterns, and disclose the sources and targets of Internet threats. The resulting information this provides is lasting in its instructiveness: it helps all of us understand, block, and prevent unwanted Internet traffic and future threats," it is mentioned in the company's description.
Today, HackerWatch reported 78,541,667 attacks in the last 24 hours, 547,791,661 in the last 7 days and 2,356,379,550 incidents identified in the last 30 days. It's obvious that we must fight together against this phenomenon because we are not safe anymore.
The innovative element provided by HackerWatch is represented by the "Activity Maps", some graphs that will represent the latest hacker activity reported by the users.
"Based on target locations, this map shows the volume of traffic targeted at systems that participate in HackerWatch. A hotspot's density indicates the number of attacks that originate from a location. The greater a hotspot's density, the greater the number of attacks," the company said.