We all know that computers are insecure and cybercrime is a significant problem. Stories about hacking and exposing a large amount of data make headlines for a few days, but they’re just the tip of a large iceberg. The risks are about to get worse. The creativity with which hackers are finding new ways to exploit vulnerabilities is progressing at
Offering something for free is definitely one of the most effective models to attract customers. You don’t get much for free these days, so it is a pleasant surprise when something is labeled free. Let’s talk about the situation when that surprise becomes bitter. Free does not mean safe. When we use our phones, we are spending a lot of
Everything online is hackable. If your sensitive data are on a computer connected to the internet, they are vulnerable. Whether someone will be hacked depends on defensive technologies, user awareness, the need and skill of the hacker and the desirability of the data. For example, it is different if an attacker just wants credit-card details or looking for specific data
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Ever since the beginning of the internet, the fear of teenage hackers prevailed. It seems that the damage that kids can do is far more dangerous and serious than one would dare to think of. In order to understand this fear, it’s enough for a person to remember the disasters that were caused by Webstresser.org, the infamous website launched by
Internet access has become an indispensable part of our lives that it is almost unthinkable that we can not access it wherever we are. But what if we travel by plane and find ourselves at 30,000 feet? It can be quite frustrating when you need to switch your devices off on airplanes especially on long flights. The good news is
Towards the end of every year experts usually make research in order to see the behavior of users of different devices. One of the most common and intriguing subjects for them is human behavior towards password creating and general use of passwords. It is proven through the years that peoples’ choices of passwords are usually highly hackable despite the years
You must have heard about the term “phishing” – an attempt by a malicious person or a group of individuals to deceive users to give out sensitive information such as passwords, usernames, credit card details, etc. You may have heard many examples of such fraud that you thought you would never fall for one of those scams, but think again.
It seems that when people get an alert that it’s time to update operating systems and computer software – it always happens at inopportune times. Putting downloading off until the next day, sometimes even next week or month – because of some other more important things in their life that need to be finished right then, and that is when
In recent years, the scams that have been attacking Apple users grew in danger and damage they can do. Victims are often not even aware that they have been misled and fallen into a dangerous threat that those scams exploit. It often starts with a phone call, a simple phone call claiming to be from Apple, and giving you the