After completing the hacker fiction book titled Z4CK by Kevin Milne, I began to wonder if a program like Z4CK would ever come to existence. I knew it was possible, but it would require a very talented programmer and a team to keep it updated with all types of exploits.

Today I finished reading the book title: The Watchman – The Twisted Life And Crimes Of Serial Hacker Kevin Poulsen. It was such a great book I finished it in just two days, and that’s pretty good for me since I don’t like to read for long periods of time.

Anyone who owns a computer has probably heard what a virus is. Most with personal computers may even have their own units infected with one type of virus at one point or another. If you haven’t, it’s time you learn about it because this can destroy your data. Viruses are programs created to become a nuisance. The term encompasses all sorts of malicious software there is in the market. While some are totally destructive, most are annoying and can cause minor errors in the computer system.

Failing to secure your data can result in some potentially costly and time consuming processes to recover and re-secure what was lost. It’s worth the time up front to do what you can to ensure your personal data and information stays relatively secure and at least poses some challenge to those who’d like to access it. As an added incentive, many times this can be done for virtually no up front investment on your part. Here are a few free encryption tools that you can use to secure your important info.