It can take the shape of stealing your data to sell on the black market or gathering information via social engineering in hopes you comply by giving sensitive data.

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Shopping online has many advantages: you can compare offerings from multiple retailers in a matter of seconds, and you can make a purchase with a single click. While the convenience makes it an easy way to avoid the hustle and bustle of shopping in stores, it’s important to ensure you’re taking the steps to keep […]

It could happen at any moment. You’re playing your favorite game, video chatting with a relative or surfing the web when you reach over for a glass of water and whiff. The water spills under your laptop or all over your PC, resulting in your hard drive having water damage. What you do from here […]

Social engineering can take many forms with the main theme being them fostering trust with you. The intentions behind the hacker interactions are to give the impression they are a person you know or a company you do business with, who can help you with a problem. Once they believe they established trust with you, […]

Hackers understand the key to gaining access to your information is to compel you to action. And they have many effective ways to do this including online baiting–this is where they offer some kind of benefit to you if you download an app, click on a link or open an attachment. How Hackers Employ Online […]

Social engineering is where hackers try to disguise themselves as someone you know to extract information from you. This could be something as simple as a family member emailing you to ask for money or someone from a bank requesting your password for verification purposes. To help you avoid the crafty techniques hackers employ, here […]

The ease of accessing technology is such that now you can check sports scores on your refrigerator, communicate with your home’s thermostat from miles away or even turn on your oven remotely with the push of a button. The Internet of things has made it convenient to manage our busy lifestyles, but with them, there’s […]

Many smartphones contain sensors that can measure how many steps you take, your oxygen levels, and even your heartbeat. These sensors can also help websites with screen orientation. This is when you tilt your phone sideways and the website changes to match your current layout. However, security researchers recently found that mobile websites are also […]