Could Your Passwords Be at Risk When Using VPN Apps?
A Virtual Private Network – or VPN, in short – is supposed to make your virtual presence more secure. With a VPN account, you should be able to browse the web anonymously using a temporary IP address. Whether you are...
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Docker Hub Users Must Change Passwords Now
Just a few days back we learned about a data breach that affected around 190 thousand of Docker Hub users. The number of exposed accounts may not appear to be that significant, but it seems the damage could affect...
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Microsoft Will Stop Forcing Password Changes, but It Doesn’t Mean You Should Stop Making Changes
According to the latest statistics, nearly 56% of all Windows OS users run Windows 10, which is the most popular version of the operating system, followed by Windows 7 at 33%. Undoubtedly, in time, the gap between...
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Yes, All of These Smart Home Devices Can Be Hacked If You Do Not Set up Strong Passwords
Smart TVs, baby monitors, Wi-Fi enabled security cameras, and other similar devices make our daily tasks easier and more fun. However, while there is no denying such gadgets are convenient, a lot of users forget that...
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An 'Avengers: Endgame' Scam Threatens Your Passwords' Security
Avengers: Endgame, the latest blockbusting movie from Marvel's enormously successful Infinity Saga, came out on April 26. It's been on the screen for close to two weeks, but you haven't seen it yet. You desperately...
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Hackers Target Gullible YouTubers to Steal Passwords
More than half of all the emails that are sent and received every day can be classified as spam, and of those, quite a few are classic phishing scams – the ones that trick users into sharing their usernames and...
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As It Turns Out, Gen Z Is Not Smarter About Cybersecurity
According to Bloomberg, close to a third of the world's population belongs to the so-called Gen Z. Generation Z, for those of you who don't know, is the collective label placed on those of you who were born between...
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How to Set and Change the Screen Saver Password on Windows
Did you know that Windows Vista was responsible for a bunch of new features like the addition of modern and sleek screen savers? Among those introduced were Bubbles, Ribbons, Mystify, and Aurora. Every newer version...
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Qbot Continues Stealing Vulnerable Passwords
Dozens of malware families appear every day. Many of them are written by less capable hackers and are not that difficult to protect against which means that usually, they fail to make any sort of significant...
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Why Does Microsoft Want You to Switch from Passwords to Biometrics?
In a recent interview with CNBC, Bret Arsenault, Microsoft's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), found the perfect words to describe one of the most common cybersecurity misconceptions. When speaking about the...
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How to Recover Forgotten Rocketmail Account Password
Did you know that RocketMail was one of the Internet's biggest email service providers since the 90s? Some of you younger readers might not even have been born yet, but the 90s was a magical time of bad fashion,...
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Apple Decided to Get Rid of Parental Control Apps Due to Alleged Security Issues
There's little doubt in anyone's mind that modern technology should play a part in a child's development. You want to bring up smart, capable individuals that are fully aware of how today's gadgets work and how they...
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How to Easily Login to Multiple Gmail Accounts on the Same Browser (Chrome/Firefox/Safari/Edge)
It's pretty common to have multiple Gmail accounts. I have a few myself. I have a business account which I use to communicate with my coworkers, and I have another personal Gmail account for private correspondence....
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WiFi Finder Exposed Over 2 Million Wi-Fi Passwords
You probably know that you should never share passwords. But can this piece of advice be applied to every single situation? No, it can't. Work often requires you to use the same login credentials with some of your...
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Look Out: Your Microsoft Account Could Be Used to Steal Cryptocurrency!
If you're an Outlook user who has some cryptocurrency stored in an online exchange account, now would be a good time to log in to the said exchange account and make sure that everything is where it should be. As you...
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Bodybuilding.com Users Are Advised to Change Passwords After a Data Breach
Bodybuilding.com bills itself as more than just an online fitness shop. According to the About Us page, there are over 9 million members of BodySpace – Bodybuilding.com's social network for fitness enthusiasts who...
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How to Tell If a Website Is Safe
We've come to accept that certain images and symbols mean certain things. A picture of a padlock, for example, is regularly associated with security. It might seem like the most natural thing in the world, but this...
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What Is Instagram's 'Hotlist' Scam and What to Do If You Fall into Its Trap
It's fair to say that Facebook isn't enjoying its best days at the moment. It recently became apparent that thanks to the last year's Cambridge Analytica scandal, Mark Zuckerberg's social media empire could be looking...
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