Piggy-Backing Poachers

As fewer people are using dial-up connections and are switching to wireless internet, more and more are logging on to these networks behind closed doors. All it takes is a search of available networks, and racking your brain for commonly used passwords. If you’re lucky you don’t even have to try putting your sleuth cap on and figuring out a password, because most people don’t set one.

If you are the proud owner of an unsecured wireless internet, you are committing an unfortunate faux pas. You might think that your information is safe because you are on your internet in your house or apartment, but news flash! – you’re wrong. Anyone and everyone is capable of logging onto your network so long as they can establish a strong enough connection, and after that the possibilities are endless. It might be the innocent middle-aged man next door who only wants to read his emails and check the weather, or it might be “Hacker Henry” who wants to steal all your online banking information.

As you can’t be sure who you will be harboring, the safest bet is to protect yourself against any intruders with a metaphorically speaking baseball bat. You can shield yourself from exposure to these technological trespassers with a firewall that blocks unauthorized access to your network, and keeps private everything that you don’t want wandering eyes to see.

SonicWALL comprehensive data security appliances provide the best performing high-speed protection possible to guard your network. SonicWALL also offers continuous data protection just in case someone tries to steal your information or give you a virus. Don’t leave yourself vulnerable, and don’t pay for your neighbor’s fantasy draft fetish or their incessant online surfing!