Security

Norton 360 Exclusive Features That Will Make You Smile

March 27, 2013

Protecting your computer isn’t, and never should be, a game between you and the bad guys. You know, the ones that create the phishing emails and web sites, the spam, the spyware, the malware and the viruses. With the wrong software it can be just that: a game. But if you want to win permanently [...]

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SPAM mails – where do they come from? I’ll tell ya!

March 19, 2013

Research done by Giovane Cesar Moreira Moura from Twente University in Holland shows that it’s just a few bad ISP’s (Internet Service Providers) that is behind most of all the spam and scam e-mails that the rest of us is plastered with daily. He has looked into 42,000 ISP’s to find “the bad neighborhood” on [...]

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Top 5 Ways to Improve your Internet Security

February 19, 2013

With the Internet evolving continuously, it’s exponentially important to ensure our is at its maximum. With viruses, identity theft and phishing scams all threatening our Internet experience, we need to ensure that our home network is fortified with online security software that can keep these nasties at bay. This is where security experts such as come in, [...]

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Mobile Operating Systems – An Overview Of Security Features

December 9, 2012

Increasing use of cell phones has extended this industry and now a day more Smartphones are sold than PCs. Smartphones are playing an important role not in the personal life of people but in their corporate life too. According to a study, a person spends more time on his Smartphone as compared to internet browsing. [...]

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Information Security in the Era of Google Wallet

November 26, 2012

Make sure your phone is secure, not a liability! About a decade ago, Microsoft let everyone know that the future of payment was using their phones and devices enabled with Bluetooth. While that never really happened, Google’s push for mobile payment seems to be much timelier and actually gaining traction. With popular phones using Google’s [...]

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Advancements in Safe Technology

November 2, 2012

The first safe was invented by brothers Charles and Jeremiah Chubb in 1835. The purpose of their invention was, simply put, to create a box that was durable and secure enough to prevent a thief’s efforts to steal its contents. This invention was enhanced in 1886 when Henry Brown created a metal safe that would [...]

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iPhone Spy App Increases in Popularity

October 18, 2012

Millions of people use smartphones, and particularly the iPhone. In fact, the new iPhone was reported to have sold millions within just a couple of days. It’s a phone that can do a wide variety of things, leaving many people to long for the opportunity to monitor what someone is doing on the device. This [...]

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Rooting Android Devices: Know the risks!

September 5, 2012

So you’ve got that android phone that you always dreamed of! Unpacked it, charged it and loved it. Started downloading apps or games and everything seems rosy in this picture perfect world. But can you download every app? How about trying to install some custom themes? What if you aren’t that satisfied with the in-built [...]

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Two Innovative Ways Which Will Hack Your PC

August 28, 2012

More than 80 million people in America use E-mails to connect with a lot of people across the globe and another 100 million surf the web to find different information and interact with the web. Although the number of online user is so high, only a few are able to protect their computer from major [...]

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Will you survive losing all your data (photos, docs etc.)?

August 27, 2012

The subject of this article is what I often ask people I know are not very computer/tech savvy, because often they have no clue about backup or they know it’s something that they “should be doing”, but they either don’t know how or just “haven’t gotten around to it yet”.In almost every single case the [...]

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The Affordable DIY on Identify Theft

August 25, 2012

Identity theft is a natural outgrowth of the technological advancements society has made. Just as sure as people are able to manage their finances and make their purchases in ways completely unthinkable in the 1960s and 1970s, so too have the ways in which criminals have sought to steal from the public. Now, there are [...]

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How to Protect your Data in 2012

August 6, 2012

All around the world, data is constantly being created. Some of it is trivial, and its loss would not be too traumatic, but some data is so valuable that losing it could have disastrous consequences. Many businesses have suffered due to data loss, and some have had to cease operations altogether. It is not only [...]

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Yahoo! Voices Hack Underscores Importance of Security

July 25, 2012

Troubled Internet company Yahoo! has another problem to deal with. On Thursday, it confirmed that Yahoo! Voices had 450,000 user passwords and email addresses stolen from its database. Surprisingly, every password had been stored in plaintext or unencrypted, so that anyone could read them. And it wasn’t only email addresses that were compromised. Gmail, Hotmail, [...]

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Bouncer for Google… timid echoes of the Bugle

July 18, 2012

There is always a time in a security application’s life when the bouncer becomes the bounced. Yes, we are referring to the Google Bouncer, the initially appreciated Android app store gatekeeper, which seems to have hit its puberty a bit too hard. According to Google, the percentage of Android users who were infected by malware [...]

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Android malware-apps: Doubled in just a month

July 12, 2012

The amount of malware aimed toward Android devices continue to increase. Hundreds of thousands of Android devices are already infected with Malware from the official Android app store, known as “Google Play”, according to a study by Trend Micro (who happens to a maker of antivirus software, obviously…) Also according to “The H Security”, the [...]

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Cybercriminals Attacking Critical Infrastructure

July 12, 2012

Hi-tech attacks can really unplug this economy. Forget about the gas prices soaring and food prices spiking because the new threat to the economy is now emerging. The problem Hackers are now attacking vital American industries that are growing quick. That includes cyber attacks on oil and gas facilities, power plants or water supply. And [...]

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High Tech Security for Everyone

July 9, 2012

In this cyber overloaded world, we sure love our technical devices. But in the expanding mobile universe, there are others lurking around that love our devices too – in fact they love them so much that they would love to snatch them away from us. Regardless if it’s a device or even your identity, we [...]

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Unblock Websites with a German VPN

July 5, 2012

Traveling comes with a variety of inconveniences. Being unable to access the German websites can be one of the worst. Fortunately, there is a quick and easy solution. Using a German VPN allows users to access German websites from outside the country. The same VPN can allow travelers to access websites that are blocked by [...]

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5 popular places to get malware infection

June 27, 2012

Getting infected by malware is not difficult today. There are tons of places where malware are hosted and easily infect a machine if you are not careful. Sometimes, your computer’s life can still be save with a little help of antivirus and firewall but not always you are so lucky because not all antivirus block [...]

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Top 7 Cyber Security Threats In 2012

May 26, 2012

Cyber attacks are a major concern at present, and there are many questions hovering around the minds of cyber security experts pertaining to what kind of cyber attacks can be expected and how can we combat them. With a range of sinister cyber attacks hitting Sony to Stuxnet, cyber security experts have come up with [...]

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Integrated Security Systems You Can Manage From Your Laptop

May 24, 2012

In the past 30 years, mankind has made great strides with technology. The internet, which was first created as a government-only network in 1982, is now easily accessible on everybody’s mobile phones. With that capability, we are able to do so much more than ever before. For instance, your home security system can now be [...]

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How to hide your a** on the Internet – and why you should!

May 12, 2012

Here’s how the Internet works: Imagine you sitting at home, writing a message to a friend in another city. You write that message on a postcard and deliver it by post, shortly after it arrives at the recipient and everything is okay. But underway, how many people do you think might have read your message? [...]

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Best techniques to Protect Your Computer from Viruses

May 4, 2012

Nothing is 100% virus proof but by taking the following precautions, you can help reduce the risk of your computer being infected by a virus that could do significant damage. Microsoft offers a feature for Microsoft Windows users through their Microsoft Windows Security Center/ Protect Your PC Site which can help you enable the essentials [...]

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