Archive for 'Security Info & Tips'
The First Lady Has Been Hacked! Does the Secret Service Need Supplementing?
First Jay-Z then his wife, Beyonce. Hillary Clinton has been there, too. The same with LAPD big shot Charlie Beck. And now, the First Lady Michelle Obama. These notable names all have one thing in common – they’ve joined the estimated 8.572 million Americans who are victims of identity theft each year (1). How Did [...]
Full StoryHow to Protect Against Identity Theft and Identity Fraud
Online scams are a huge problem in today’s digital world. One of the most dangerous and most common threats out there is identity theft. This is when someone gets hold of your secure information like your I.D number, credit card number, password or email address and impersonates you for their own benefit. Usually this includes [...]
Full StoryBuyer’s Guide to Acquiring The Best Electronic Signature Solution
2013 marks the coming of a new era – the paperless era. Even Google is encouraging users to go paperless in 2013, not just for the sake of saving trees and environment, but for self-gains. And what precisely are these self-gains? That’s saving money spent aimlessly on paper and ink and the time spent on [...]
Full Story4 Easy Ways To Keep Away Keyloggers
Though we have many types of security threats on our computers nowadays, keylogger is the most threatening security threat for almost all of us. You may be traveling to some other country and you may use the common net cafe there. You won’t know what issues you left behind after using the common PC and [...]
Full StoryHow to Improve Your Security When Using a Public Terminal
Let’s face it. Public internet terminals simply are not safe for anything more than general browsing. In fact, public internet terminals are hardly even safe for that. Logging into your bank account or any other financial account at a public terminal could end up as a nightmare. It is not advised to use public terminals [...]
Full StoryHow A Digital Signature Can Change Your Concept of Secure Signing
Maybe if someone talked about digital technology 3 decades back, they’d be considered no less than an imbecile or delusional! Though, those decades have passed on and the current era is all about digital technology that has everything under its control, to be precise. We need a cup of coffee, we get it made in [...]
Full StoryAdvantages Of Using A Personal VPN
Today, an increasing number of Internet users are using Virtual Private Networks for professional as well as entertainment purposes. At the same time, the number of fraudulent entities looking to misuse confidential information has risen as well. Confidential information includes sensitive documents, personal photographs, credit card numbers, personal identification details and other information which is [...]
Full StoryFive Ways to Improve Your Enterprise Security
Enterprise security governance is a critical part of today’s business environment. There are so many different security aspects organizations must consider including: endpoint and mobile device security, data center security, messaging and collaboration security, web and network security, data security, security and risk management, enterprise security suites, and consulting and support services. As you can [...]
Full StorySecurity Tools for an Online Business
There is no question that security is essential for online businesses. Between hackers and identity thieves, if you are not protecting your customers’ information, it is likely to end up in the wrong hands. In addition to ensuring that your website and information is protected, you should also be sure that you have backups of [...]
Full StoryProxy Servers versus VPN Connections: VPN is the Clear Winner
Internet freedom and Internet security are two different things. A virtual private network, or VPN, connection can provide both. It has the ability to allow users the freedom to browse the Internet and access IP-restricted sites. It also provides users security through data encryption. A proxy server, on the other hand, can offer users only [...]
Full StoryMalware Attacks: Adult Sites are Safer than Religious Sites
A recent study by Symantec concludes, surprisingly, that your PC is more vulnerable to malware when you visit a religious site rather than an adult site. The results are statistically significant, tabulating that websites with an ideological or theological theme are three times more likely to host viruses, spyware, trojans, rootkits and other malware compared [...]
Full StoryStuxnet – World’s Most Advanced Malware
Stuxnet is a complex piece of software discovered by a Belarusian security company, VirusBlokAda, in June 2009. Since September 2010, over 100,000 hosts were infected. Iran has been hit the most, with almost 60% of all infections. Due to its sophisticated nature the worm is capable of infecting removable media such as USB pen-drives and [...]
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