Single Sign-On Feature on Social Media Platforms Is a Security Threat
These days, it is not a matter of whether you have any kind of account online. It's the question of how MANY accounts you have. The more accounts you have, the more bothersome the sign-on processes become because you...
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Are You Sure Your WhatsApp Messages Are Private?
What’s your preferred social networking app when it comes to communicating with your friends and family? If it’s WhatsApp, there are a few privacy concerns. Of course, most apps have a tainted reputation, and we could...
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How to Set up a Password to Protect a PDF File in Adobe Reader
Just about everyone uses the PDF file format. The PDF format is very useful and thus very wide-spread among users and businesses. With the PDF format, you can freely send and receive information, your content, and you...
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Yet Another Spam Campaign Uses CVE-2017-11882 to Deliver Malware
We recently touched upon the problem of vulnerability management and patching. The fact of the matter is, a very large portion of users and organizations that rely heavily on computers are completely unaware of how...
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Change Your Weak Server Passwords ASAP If You Do Not Want to Face GoldBrute
Those of you who have been interested in the online threat landscape for the last few years probably know what Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol (or RDP) is. You've seen it being used in more than a few large-scale...
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Follow These 4 Steps to Ensure That You Are Safe When Using Google Chrome
Nowadays hackers have various methods to steal our sensitive or private information, and so there are lots of safety measures to consider if you want your data to be secured. Users are often recommended to watch out...
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Hackers Exploit Only 5.5% of All Security Vulnerabilities, but That Is Not Good News
How do you deal with security vulnerabilities? Well, for individual users, things shouldn't be too hard. In fact, more often than not, all they need to do is enabled the automatic updates for their software...
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How to Protect Your Password From the Rootkit-Enabled Scranos Malware
Beware, the Scranos rootkit malware, which has been running wild recently, can do serious damage to you by stealing your passwords and user credentials through a fake certificate. However, if you have become the...
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How to Backup Your Computer Before Performing a Factory Windows Reset
There is a multitude of ways in which a user's important files can be lost wholesale - from accidents, power surges, regular hardware failure, software issues to malware. Such unfortunate events can damage your PC,...
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Top 8 Security Tips If You Use Instagram for Business
Do you own or manage a business? If you do, the chances are that you use some kind of social media to promote your product or services. There are many platforms to choose from, starting with LinkedIn and ending with...
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Tech Data Corporation Left 264GB of Personal and Financial Information in an Unprotected Database
Some of you may be unfamiliar with the name Tech Data Corporation, but you are bound to have heard of its customers. Tech Data is a Fortune 500 company that supplies some of the world's biggest technology enterprises...
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'Game of Thrones' Fans Need to Beware of Phishing Scams
Game of Thrones has ended, but, sadly, we cannot say the same about phishing scams targeted at the TV show’s fans. Apparently, cybercriminals see the continuing interest in the TV series as a perfect opportunity to...
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7.7 Million LabCorp Customers Were Potentially Hit by a Massive Data Breach
Quite a few people were worried when Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (better known as LabCorp) announced that it had suffered a cyberattack on July 16, 2018. This is not terribly surprising. After all,...
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How to Change Your Password on Twitch
What is Twitch? In case you don't know what Twitch is it's a live streaming video service owned by Twitch Interactive, which is a subsidiary of Amazon itself. Twitch was created in June 2011 as a spin-off of to...
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What to do When Receiving 'There is not Enough Space Available on the Disk(s)' Pop-up
Chances are that most users are familiar with this particular error message - especially if you've worked with heftier pieces of software or larger files. If you've ever tried to download a particularly unwieldy file...
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Will You Be One of 800 Million Users Whose Windows 10 Passwords Will Be Replaced by Microsoft?
The short answer is NO. No one will replace or delete your Windows 10 password if you do not want that. At least, not yet. That being said, Microsoft is definitely trying to get rid of passwords because they are not...
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If You Are Using the McDonald's App, You Need to Think About Hackers
Most users worry about the safety of their banking apps or other programs that contain sensitive information. Thus, it is no wonder it might come as a shock that an app, which is supposed to help users order their...
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Top 5 Things You Should Stop Doing Online for Your Safety
How to browse the web without facing security issues? How to be safe online? How to ensure that you do not face hackers? These are the hows that every person faces the moment they turn on their computer or take a...
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