Passwords are not just random texts that you need to gain access to your online accounts. These can completely change your life for the worse if they had gotten into the wrong hands. An average person spends about 11 hours online each day. They chat with their friends, email their colleagues, play games, watch movies,… Read More »
Ten Tips For Safe Shopping
As we near another frenzied holiday season, online retailers scramble to build up their inventories and launch amazing deals for online shoppers. At the same time, hackers come up with their own creative and novel ways to compromise our personal information and steal our digital identities. But don’t despair this shopping season as you can… Read More »
Top 5 Cyber Practices To Keep You Safe
People assume that staying safe from cyber hackers requires a lot of money. While spending money in the right area is important, common sense features costing little to no money and are the most effective defenses to thwart a cyber attack. Let’s face it, no one is 100% safe from cyber hackers so each of us… Read More »
The Easiest Way To Prevent Your Email or Facebook Being Hacked
The Easiest Way To Prevent Your Email or Facebook Being Hacked My screen popped up with a message from a friend. “Help!” it said. “I’m on vacation and I lost my wallet and I’m stuck! Can you wire me $2,000?” I sent a text to my friend to verify this, and it turned out he… Read More »
Facebook Buying Stolen Passwords To Fight Hackers
With close to 1.2 billion users, 5 new profiles created every second and average users spending 20 minutes on Facebook alone, it would seem that Facebook would eventually outgrow the number of available of passwords. That assumption couldn’t be further from the truth. What is troubling to cybersecurity experts like myself is that while even 8 character passwords… Read More »
Hackers Are In Love With My Printer
If you’re anything like me, you’ve given up on the idea of a paperless office long ago but that’s okay because I’ve grown accustomed to my printer’s Swiss Army Knife ability to tackle most jobs. My compact printer scans, faxes and prints beautiful documents all from the corner of my desk. And many printer makers… Read More »
Yahacked: Biggest hack in history
Yahacked!: Biggest hack in history One of the original Internet darlings, Yahoo, has had a rough decade. After many stalled buyout attempts and further devaluations thanks to lackluster IPs like Tumblr, Yahoo has finally regained stability as part of a $4.8 billion purchase by Verizon…until now. Of what is believed to be the largest breach in history, Yahoo has… Read More »
Social Media Cuts Athletes Both Ways
Social Media Cuts Athletes Both Ways The revenue from ticket sales, memorabilia, concessions, cable/streaming rights to our favorite sporting events has only grown in recent years. Back in 1967, a 30 second commercial during the Super Bowl would cost advertisers a mere $37,500 compared to $5 million for a spot during this year’s big game. Looking at the… Read More »
