5 Mistakes WordPress Users Make That Permit Cyber Attacks
During one of the biggest WordPress attacks, 1.5 million web pages were hacked. This happened in 2017 when a content-injection vulnerability was discovered and exploited by malicious cyber attackers. Although the...
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Passwords to UK's and Canada's Government Servers Exposed. Who's to Blame?
Hollywood would have you believe that you'd need quite a few things if you want to steal sensitive information from the governments of two of the World's biggest economic superpowers. You'd need thousands of dollars'...
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Stolen, Sold, and Exploited:This Could Be the Story of Your Passwords
What do cybercrooks do with your password once they get their filthy hands on it? It's a question you might not have asked yourself, but for many Instagram users that are currently locked out of their accounts, this...
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How to Create a Password-Protected Zip File on Windows
Some of you may not remember that is, but it was entirely possible to create a zip file in Windows XP, which was password-protected. These days almost nobody uses XP anymore, except old office computers and maybe your...
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Twitter Offers a New Security Feature After 330 Million Passwords Are Leaked
When more than 330 million Twitter users were affected by a system bug back in May, one of the biggest social media networks got lucky. The bug was found within the system, and it wasn't induced by outside forces. As...
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How Easy Is It for Someone to Steal Your Password and Hack Your Account?
Identity theft is a huge problem nowadays as cybercriminals are endlessly looking for banking accounts, social media profiles, and various other accounts they could hack in. No doubt it is difficult to say how easy it...
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Instagram Users Get Locked out After an Unexplained Russian Hack
Quite a few Instagram users have had their accounts hijacked. It's not a selection of separate incidents. It seems to be a coordinated campaign that, by the looks of things, is carried out by the same group of...
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Can You Trust Anti-Virus Software with Your Personal Data?
You have probably had people tell you that using an up-to-date anti-virus solution is imperative. Believe it or not, there are quite a few others who claim that running an AV application is a stupid thing to do. And...
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How to Password-Protect Your Videos on Vimeo
What is Vimeo and is it better than other video-sharing services like YouTube? Vimeo is a popular video-sharing website. It is designed for users who want to upload and share their videos with other, and to view...
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Is It Safe to Use Public Wi-Fi?
There is no doubt public Wi-Fi is convenient whether you want to quickly check your email while shopping or want to stay connected abroad but have limited mobile data. Providing free Wi-Fi for customers is always a...
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What to Do If You Receive 'Suspicious Sign-In Prevented' Message
Specialists encourage users to take certain security measures like setting strong passwords to secure their online accounts and turning on an extra security layer called two-factor authentication to prevent cyber...
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Top Things to Do If You Forget Your Microsoft Account Password
Social media accounts, banking, email, and online stores, to name only a few, all ask users to enter passwords and logins to use the service, which means that an average Internet user has to remember a bunch of...
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Tech Support Scams Target Your Personal Information: How to Recognize and Avoid Them
Although you probably take it for granted, the computer that's currently sitting in front of you is a sophisticated piece of technology. That's why it sometimes breaks and doesn't function properly. Because it's a...
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What to Do If Someone Logs in to Your Gmail Account from a Strange Location
What would hackers do if they steal or guess your Gmail password? Well, we have discussed the topic on these pages, but it must be said that we've mostly touched upon the scenario of a really noisy attack that wreaks...
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Try These Tips to Access Your Computer If You Forgot Your Windows 10 Account Password
Just like with the previous version of Windows, Windows 10 will automatically prompt you for your account password every time you boot, re-boot or switch user accounts on your machine. We've covered just how important...
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Two-Factor Authentication Is Not Invincible: Why Using a Password Manager Is Your Best Choice
Security professionals are very pedantic when it comes to what should and what shouldn't be said about a product's cyber defenses. If a marketing department is unwise enough to claim that a certain system has...
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Common Backup vs System Image Backup – Which Is the Better Option for Individuals?
You deserve a pat on the back. You've realized that backing up your valuable information is important, you've bought an external device for saving your backups, and you're ready to start. You know that Microsoft has...
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New iPhones Could Be Delayed After Apple Chip Maker Suffers Malware Outbreak
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), one of the biggest semiconductor manufacturers in the world, got hit by what has been described as a malware outbreak on August 3 which forced it to temporarily halt...
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