How to Ensure Your Smartphone Is Not Being Used to Spy on You
Modern technology and privacy don't always go hand in hand. The presence of the word 'smart' in a device's name means that the gadget 'knows' quite a lot about its owner, and often, manufacturers are willing to share...
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Make Sure You Are Safe If You Got a Fitness Tracker for Christmas
Why do we buy fitness trackers and apps? It's obvious: because they're supposed to help us get in better physical shape. How often, however, do you think about how they do it? You probably know the answer, but you...
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How Do I Log into Hotmail When I Am Abroad
Did you know that Hotmail is the second largest free email client in the world second only to Google's Gmail? Microsoft's email service lets users send and receive emails to friends, family, and colleagues for free...
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How to Change Wi-Fi Hotspot Password on iPhone and Android Smartphones
In order to maximize the security of your home or work network, it's crucial that you set up a Wi-Fi password in your hotspot. I cannot stress how important it is to limit the unauthorized access to your data...
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Did You Get Locked out of Reddit? You Can Now Reset Your Password
If you run an online platform that has hundreds of millions of users, you can never sit back and relax. You need to be on alert constantly, and you need to act quickly if you see something you don't like. Then, when...
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Let's Talk About the Length of Your Passwords
The password system is no doubt the leading form of authentication these days, but specialists suspect that it is doomed to die in the upcoming decades due to being not secure enough. According to Chad Holmes,...
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Hackers Use Facebook to Target Non-Profit Organizations
If you have dedicated your time and personal resources to run a non-profit organization, the last thing you want is for someone with malicious intentions to taint your reputation and ruin your hard work. If you have...
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Schemers Found a New Way to Blackmail Facebook Users, and It Is Shocking
It looks like Facebook users are always on the hackers’ radar as there is no end to the scams targeted at them. From suspicious emails claiming there is something wrong with the account to sextortion scams,...
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Can You Trust Companies That Have Experienced Data Breaches?
Personal data is one of the most valuable commodities you can collect, buy, and sell in the modern world. Despite this, very few of us spare as much as a thought about how a vendor is handling our names, email...
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Cyber Attackers Prove Themselves to Be Ruthless as They Attack Cancer Treatment Centers of America
You'd think that even cybercriminals have some sensibility and some sense of compassion, but the latest attack on the Cancer Treatment Centers of America has proven us all wrong. The Western Regional Medical Center in...
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Police Raid 26 Call Centers in India and Arrest Tech-Support Scammers
It is fascinating what people are ready to do for money. And we're talking about the illegal activities here. In the light of the recent 63 arrests made by Indian police, today we would like to talk about tech-support...
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Windows 10 Security Questions Are Not so Secure Afterall
Whenever you set up a new account anywhere, you can create a safety net that can help you recover your password in case you forget it. Any system that requires you to use a password should come with such a safety...
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Analysts Find Another Malicious App on Google Play Store That Spreads Malware
Where do you get your apps from? Ideally, you get them from a reputable source, such as the Google Play Store. Unfortunately, the name of this online app market continues to flash in the headlines as new malicious and...
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Yet Another App on the Chrome Web Store Is Found to Collect Sensitive Data
Cybersecurity specialists always recommend against downloading applications from unreliable or unknown sources, but what about legitimate platforms, such as Chrome Web Store? While it is advisable to obtain desired...
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Beware of A New Apple Tech Support Scam
You can always get a good laugh out of scammers who are trying and failing spectacularly to trick cybersecurity specialists. Unfortunately, when you stop and think about how many other, less savvy users fall for the...
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Top 10 Tips That Will Help You Secure Passwords in 2019
Have you made any New Year's resolutions yet? Maybe you decided to take your health under control, or maybe you decided to read more. Whatever it is, we suggest adding one more goal, and that is to take care of...
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The Most Popular Passwords of 2018 Are an Embarrassment
Passwords have become an integral part of our lives, and we probably don't even think much about it when we have to make new ones. However, just like with anything else in the world, there are good passwords and bad...
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2018 Cybersecurity Roundup: What Went Wrong and What We Learned
Throughout 2018 we got so used to stolen passwords and personal information that sometimes we don't even blink anymore when a cyber attack happens. Only the most significant cases make the news nowadays, and quite a...
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