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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How to Protect Your Account from the New Facebook Messenger Bug Hacking Passwords
Users' private data has always been a prime target for cybercriminals. The meteoric rise of social media over the past few years and the amount of personal information that has become available online has made...
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How to Backup and Sync Your Passwords Saved in Google Chrome
Our contemporary world spins around various online services that exist to make people's lives easier. It would not be a mistake to say that we live in the service-based world. As a result, users have dozens (or even...
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What You Should Do to Protect Your Privacy Before Ditching Your Old Flash Drive
The flash memory market revenues worldwide have increased notably in 2017, according to the data gathered by Statista.com. Also, it is estimated the revenues should increase even more and reach a sum of 56.76 billion...
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Social Media Monitoring App Mention Blames Third-Party for a Recent Data Breach
Data breaches are an unfortunate fact of life. Some companies don't take the security of your data seriously enough and are easy prey for hackers. Other organizations work hard to protect users' personal information,...
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Surprise! Most Data Breaches Occur Due to Human Error
Even though a lot of data breaches are carried out by cybercriminals, the recent statistics show a considerable part of such incidents occur because of failures happening inside the companies who store sensitive user...
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The Best WordPress Security Practices to Protect Your Website from Hackers
Websites get hacked as often as users' accounts, be it a blog, an eCommerce website, or a portfolio. This is especially true for WordPress websites. The WordPress content management system (CMS) continues to be the...
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How to Choose the Best Password Manager Extension for Chrome
Keeping one's accounts safe from cyber-attacks is becoming challenging these days as hackers are getting more and more resourceful. Consequently, users concerned with their data security are urged to follow three...
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Should You Quit Facebook Because of Its Recent Talks with Major US Banks?
What is Facebook exactly? Some would say that it's a brilliant way of communicating with people, discussing interesting topics, and sharing fun memories and cat videos. Others will say that Facebook is a viciously...
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Here's What Hackers Do with Your Social Security Number and How to Protect It
We sincerely hope that all of you fully understand that your Social Security number should remain private. You must know by now that few organizations are supposed to ask for it and that before you give it away, you...
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