We Are on To These Infiltrators and will keep you posted.
ERIC! IS THAT YOU?
IS This Legal? 
Do you think they will forget about this?
In all seriousness, your security is something that shouldn't be taken lightly!
Rather then wondering if you are a target of a hacker, assume that you are, especially if your defenses are weak. Hackers "get a kick" out of locating vulnerable computer users. They also use weak systems to train others how the "trade" of hacking works. You do not want to be a Guini pig!
Many people wonder why a hacker would waste their time on them if they don't have anything on their computer to steal. First of all, EVERYONE has something to steal...IDENTITY!
It does not matter if you use a fictitious name or not. A talented hacker can identify YOU!
It does not matter if you do not have any banking or credit card information stored on your computer. First of all a hacker does not know what you have or don't have until he or she is already in your computer. After entering and looking around only to find nothing, the hacker can then take over control of your system and use it to steal from another computer that has been hacked into. And if it gets turned over to the authorities you can be getting a knock on your door!
After a hacker has used your computer to conduct other attacks they usually destroy your system to cover their tracks. (And you only thought that you had nothing to hide!)
Keep that in mind as you browse through the security tools in this section. FREE is not always FREE!
Knowledge is your FIRST Defense. KNOW YOUR ENEMY!
vul-ner-a-ble adj. 1. Susceptible to physical or emotional injury. 2. Susceptible to attack: "we are vulnerable both by water and land, without either fleet or army" (Alaxander Hamilton). 3. Open to censure or criticism; assailable. 4. Liable to succumb, as to persuasion or temptation.
You may not recognize it but if you connect to the internet-YOU ARE VULNERABLE! Your job is to limit that vulnerability. My job is to make it very clear that this is a serious matter!
It is much easier to count the number of countries that have NOT tried to attach my home computer then the countries that have not!
Do you know what Spyware is?
Do you know that 9 out of every 10 computers are infected with spyware?
Do you know that you are a target?
Do you know what a firewall is and what it is used for?
Do you know what "malware" is?
Do you know what a "Trojan" is?
Do you know what a "virus" is?
Do you know what a "worm" is?
Do you know HOW you acquire them?
Do you know WHY you acquire them?
If you answered "NO" to ANY of these questions then you are in the right place! You will learn more about all of these in the security tools section.
Intruders' Technical Knowledge
Intruders are demonstrating increased understanding of network topology, operations, and protocols, resulting in the infrastructure attacks described in the previous section on Internet infrastructure attacks.
Instead of simply exploiting well-known vulnerabilities, intruders examine source code to discover weaknesses in certain programs, such as those used for electronic mail. Much source code is easy to obtain from programmers who make their work freely available on the Internet. Programs written for research purposes (with little thought for security) or written by naive programmers become widely used, with source code available to all. Moreover, the targets of many computer intrusions are organizations that maintain copies of proprietary source code (often the source code to computer operating systems or key software utilities). Once intruders gain access, they can examine this code to discover weaknesses.
Intruders keep up with new technology. For example, intruders now exploit vulnerabilities associated with the World Wide Web to gain unauthorized access to systems.
Other aspects of the new sophistication of intruders include the targeting of the network infrastructure (such as network routers and firewalls) and the ability to cloak their behavior. Intruders use Trojan horses to hide their activity from network administrators; for example, intruders alter authentication and logging programs so that they can log in without the activity showing up in the system logs. Intruders also encrypt output from their activity, such as the information captured by packet sniffers. Even if the victim finds the sniffer logs, it is difficult or impossible to determine what information was compromised.