Tuckerup-cybersecurityawarness

This is my first blog ever and I will be addressing some of the latest cyber security threats. This site is to keep the general public aware of some of newest threats of cyber crime. Cyber Security protects your personal information on your PC or any devise that excesses the internet. Hackers use different techniques such as malware, spyware and viruses to attack your devises. Once the hackers have intruded on your devise, they can still your personal information and or crash your PC or devise.
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it appears that Linux is becoming more popular because of its smart-phones capabilities. Even though Linux may not be compared to Windows desktop capabilities because of the many years of experience Microsoft has over them. Microsoft markets shares are the best in that area. Now comparing the capabilities of Linux and Windows in regards to smart-phones, in the beginning, Linux had no shares, but it gradually started to increase in mid 2010, gaining 13% vs. windows 13.2%.
Androids are based on the Linux technology that uses RIM and Apple. Now Androids are beginning to grow even more do to the fact that of the boom as a tablet OS. Cisco, which foundation is an Android based tablet. I Pad’s are a good product too, but the tablet is gaining because of the special different devises they over. Prime example is the Smart Grid, that is the device that homes are using that requires smart devices. Cisco released their Cisco Home Energy Controller, which utilize the Ubuntu Linux for MID.
Linux being used for forensic tools is somewhat complex because of many laptops and desktops are using Window based operation systems. They have to have additional software to make the Linux forensics tools operate properly. There would be a lot of individuals not willing to go through all the steps necessary to utilize it. Gralla, P. (2010, July 9). Could Linux become the world’s most popular operating system? Retrieved April 19, 2013, from http://blogs.computerworld.com/user/preston-gralla.

by Rtucker