What is the Signaling System No. 7 Network?
The iPhone has a vulnerability called the Signaling System 7 (SS7) that allows crooks to hack into the device.
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How to Delete Yourself from Social Media
Have you been thinking that it's time to make the drastic choice to remove yourself from social media? Most of us were quick to join the social media bandwagon, but these days, you might have worries about privacy. Though it's possible to delete yourself from social media, the process isn't easy, and it might not be totally foolproof.
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Read articleWhy install a Home Security System?
Question: No. 1 reason people get a home security system? Answer: Recently burglarized; The majority of the people I hear from who want to install a home security system were recently burglarized. It often takes adversity or even tragedy for us to wake up to the realities of a harsh world.
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Read articleYouTube's Spoon Feeding Pedophiles Kids Home Videos
YouTube uses a recommendation algorithm to help people view things they'd like to see. Recently, the algorithm seemingly encouraged pedophiles (YouTube would have no way of knowing this) to watch videos of children playing at home, videos that the family members uploaded.
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Read articleFreezing Your Child's Credit: What You Need to Know
You might not think about this, but identity thieves really want your child's Social Security number. If they get this number, they can do a lot, including buying a car, renting an apartment, opening a credit card account, or getting a mortgage. The Social Security numbers of children are great for the bad guys for several reasons:
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Read articleConsumers smartening up to Privacy Issues
According to a recent report from Pew Research, many Americans take privacy seriously—as in the cyber kind, but also offline.
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Read article11 of the Biggest Home Security Mistakes
One type of mistake that you should never have to learn from involves home security. Don't wait till something bad happens to you to learn a lesson. Here are the top mistakes that people make; learn about them here rather than from personal experience:
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Read articleHow to Digitally Secure The Remote Teleworker
If you employ remote workers, your IT staff has a unique challenge keeping your organization safe. Fortunately, using a combination of best practices for cybersecurity, user awareness campaigns, and a strong policy will help to keep data safe.
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Read article21 Tips for Holiday Home Security
People complain about all the stress that comes with the holiday season: the in-laws, the expense of buying gifts, figuring out what to buy, travel, reunions with people they don't like… But trust me on this: You'll take you're ever-criticizing in-laws and bratty nephew any day over a burglar who turns your holiday plans into a nightmare. So here's how to protect your home:
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Read articleFTC Brings Office Depot Fines and a Strong Warning to Other Companies
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Office Depot, along with a tech support firm, must come up with $35 million to settle a lawsuit over claims that both organizations were part of a computer repair service scam, which involved a fake malware scan.
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Read article8 Tips to protect your Money – and your Identity – from Theft
When you hear the dictum, "You should protect yourself from identity theft," do you equate this with pushing a wheelbarrow loaded with rocks up a hill? It would actually be more accurate to picture slicing into a fresh apple pie, because identity theft protection is as easy as pie. Check out the following things you should do—without breaking any sweat:
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Read articleHackers don't play well with Kids' Toys
No company is immune from hackers—even a toy company. Hong Kong based VTech got hit by a hacker recently. This company makes techy educational toys for kids, and its database got breached. Customers go to the Learning Lodge store and download content to their children's VTech devices. The devices for downloading to are a tablet, watch and action camera. But recently, this gateway store was attacked.
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Read articleTop 10 Signs of a Malware Infection on Your Computer
Not all viruses that find their way onto your computer dramatically crash your machine. Instead, there are viruses that can run in the background without you even realizing it. As they creep around, they make messes, steal, and much worse.
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Read article10 Ways our Privacy is invaded
Once you become active online…and especially once you become "connected" with a smartphone…your privacy will be in sizzling hot demand—and in fact, you can bet that as you read this, it is already being invaded in ways that you couldn't possibly imagine. Here are some of those ways, provided by wired.com:
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Read article11 ways to Let Santa in and keep Bad Guys out
You've heard of "dumb criminals," right? Well…unfortunately, there's at least as many dimwitted homeowners as there are criminals. Be a smart homeowner and use smart technology along with smart security tips and smarten up!
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Read articleConsumers Have Given Up on Security
According to a recent study, online security for most people is too bothersome. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology published the study, which shows that most people who use the internet have just given up and don't follow the advice given to them about online security.
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Read articleWhat kind of Home Security System is right for Me
Burglars don't usually depend upon the light of the moon to break into homes; they depend on the daylight—because that's when they know most homes are empty! The kids are in school, the adults are at jobs or shopping…duhhh, even a halfwit burglar knows this is an opportune time!
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Read articleHow to figure out Crime Statistics in a Town
If you want to get an idea of how safe or crime-ridden a town may be, do some casual observing including at night:
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Read articleDo Not take that Stupid Facebook Quiz
Where should you live in the world? What Game of Thrones family are you in? What is the food that best describes your personality? All of these answers are given and found by doing quizzes on Facebook. You have surely seen them if you use Facebook, and have may have taken these quizzes, but you definitely might want to consider stopping. If you have ever used one of these quizzes, you have probably given these third-party apps permission to access some of your personal data. Not only does this affect you, it might also affect the people on your friends list.
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Read articleTell your Grams about these Scams
Do we really get wiser with old age, or just more vulnerable to all the scammers out there? Here are the top scams directed towards senior citizens. IRS The phone rings; it's from the IRS, claiming you owe money.
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Read articleHacking Cars Getting Easier and More Dangerous
If your car is in any way connected to the Internet, it can get hacked into. You know it's only a matter of time before hackers begin infiltrating motor vehicles in droves, being that vehicles are plagued with hundreds to thousands of security vulnerabilities.
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Read articleTop 10 Tips for Securing Your Mobile Devices and Sensitive Client Data
Do you have employees who bring mobile phones to work and use those devices on the corporate network? Do they store company data on these "Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD)"?? Does your company have a policy in place for this?
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Read articleFaulty Tire Repair could break your Neck
Roy Chattelle was on a road trip in 2008 and suffered what seemed like a minor tire leak. So he got the tire repaired. Many people think nothing of pulling into the nearest tire shop and getting that little puncture or tear repaired or "plugged."
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Read articleHow to recognize Online Risks
Would you give up your bank account and credit card numbers to a stranger on the street after he approaches and asks for them? Of course not. But that's essentially what people do when they're tricked by online crooksters into revealing sensitive personal information, including their Social Security numbers. One of the most common ways this is done is through phishing.
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Read articleHow To Determine a Fake Website
There are a lot of scammers out there, and one of the things they do is create fake websites to try to trick you into giving them personal information. Here are some ways that you can determine if a website is fake or not: How Did I Get Here?
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Read articleFake Real Estate Agent Caught Stealing $30K in Jewelry
Recently, a man was accused of pretending to be a real estate agent just to steal some jewelry from an open house. According to Toronto police, he has been arrested.
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Read articleGoodguy Hacker Selling Bad Guy hacks
Makes you wonder what these guys would have accomplished had they been born during the Renaissance…case in point: Kevin Mitnick, whose genius was so impressive as a cyber criminal (he hacked into IBM, Motorola, Sun Microsystems and other big-name outfits), that after serving prison time, he was hired as a good guy to help security teams develop penetration-proof systems.
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Read articleYes, Macs Can get Malware
So Macs can be infected with malware. Who would have ever thought? The malware at issue here is the dreaded ransomware. Ransomware scrambles up your files, and the hacker at the helm says he'll give you the cyber "key" in exchange for a handsome payment. Ransomware historically has primarily impacted Windows users, but recently it got into OS X—its latest version, Transmission.
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Read articleSecurity Appreciation lacking
What's it gonna take for companies to crack down on their cybersecurity? What's holding them back? Why do we keep hearing about one company data breach after another? Well, there's just not enough IT talent going around. The irony is that most company higher-ups admit that cybersecurity is very important and can even name specific situations that could compromise security, such as
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Read article6 Ways to halt Online Tracking
"On the Internet, you can be ANYBODY!" Not quite. Remaining anonymous in cyber space isn't as easy as it used to be. Your browsing habits can be tracked, leading to your true identity. But there are things you can do to remain as anonymous as possible.
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Read articleConsumers sacrificing Privacy for Convenience
It's hard to believe that, according to a recent poll from the Pew Research Center, most Americans aren't too upset that the government can track their e-mails and phone calls. There's too much of a blasé attitude, it seems, with people thinking, "I don't care if I'm monitored; I have nothing to hide."
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Read articleKarate Woman breaks Assailant's Nose
"I had my earphones in and didn't know he was there until he threw me to the ground," says Taela Davis, 25, of Australia in a heraldsun.com article.
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Read articleCheating Website hacked hard
Bad guys hacked bad guys. Hmmm, whose side should we take? Ashleymadison.com got hacked. This site helps and suggests married people cheat. The hack threatens millions of users, potentially revealing their credit card information, addresses, real names, pictures and content of their chat logs.
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Read articleVisual Hacking is High Tech Shoulder Surfing
A visual hacker can infiltrate you—from the outside in. Quite literally, a person (ranging from a snoop to a cyber criminal) can peer over your shoulder while you're using your computer or mobile ("shoulder surfing" or "visual hacking"), and collect your personal information—whatever you have up on the screen.
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Read articleYour Social Security Card Gets Stolen: Now What?
You might be shocked to know that when Social Security numbers were first given in the 1930s, the intention was never to use them as a form of identification. However, most of us use our Social Security numbers all of the time, from doing transactions at the bank to visiting our doctor's office.
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Read articleSmall Town investigates String of Burglaries
Home burglaries don't just happen in the big cities that everyone's heard of. They can also occur in small towns—simply because the burglar lives in them or in neighboring areas. Such is the case with Kirksville, Missouri. A recent report from heartlandconnection.com tells of multiple burglaries. They have elements in common: The thief enters ove ight while the occupants are asleep and takes cash.
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Read articleTips to prepare for Power Outage
Don't wait to be in the dark to find out you're in the dark. Are you equipped for a power outage? A power outage can even occur in perfect weather, thanks to a construction team "hitting a wire." Batteries. Don't have these scattered haphazardly in some drawer. Battery holders are sold that you can hang and place batteries in "pockets" for tip-top organization.
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Read articleRansomware Hackers provide Customer Service Dept. to Victims
Yes, believe it or not, ransomware has become such a booming business for thieves, that these cyber thugs even provide bona fide customer service departments to guide their victims!
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Read articleWhat is the Cloud?
You’ve probably heard of people storing information in “the cloud,” but what does that really mean, and is it safe to put your data there? The cloud is best described as a network of servers offering different functions. Some servers allow you to store and access data, while others provide an online service. You may be familiar with “cloud services” offered by companies such as Google and Adobe.
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Read articleWhat is Two-Factor Authentication and How Does it Work?
There are a number of ways that you can protect yourself online, and one of the things you can do is to start using two-factor authentication.
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Read articleAuto Hacking is a real Thing
You'll probably be shocked to learn that last year, thousands of cars with keyless entry technology were stolen in London, says a report from wired.com. But fact is, the more connected a vehicle is to the cyber world, the more hackable the vehicle is—and the hack could be to steal the vehicle or hurt the owner. Rule: Anything that's connected, especially via WiFi can be hacked.
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Read articleAre Password Managers as Safe as You Think They Are?
You have probably heard of password managers, and you probably think they are pretty safe, right? Well, there is new research out there that may might make you think twice, especially if you use password managers like KeePass, 1Password, Lastpass, or Dashlane. Frankly, I'm not worried about it, but read on.
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Read articleThe White Hat Hacker
These days, it is hard to pick up a newspaper or go online and not see a story about a recent data breach. No other example highlights the severity of these types of hacks than the Sony breach late last year.
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Read article1 in 4 Female Undergrads sexually assaulted
One in four (25 percent) of college women reported they received unsolicited sexual contact while in college, says the recent Association of American Universities Campus Climate Survey of 150,000 students. How can on-campus safety be heightened?
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Read articleHuman error is inevitable: Ways to protect your business
National Preparedness Month is happening right now. It's the perfect time to take action for you and your community. It's all about making plans to remain safe, and when disasters do strike, to keep communications going.
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Read articleThese Real-Life Stories Will Show You the Importance of Door Security
If you are like most people, when you think of burglars, you think that it "won't happen to me." But, it very well could happen to you, because it happens each and every day across the country. I have taken some time to gather some recent real-life stories that will not only show you that it can happen to anyone at any time, it will show you how important it is to secure your doors.
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Read articleMedical Identity Theft can be deadly
Every time you have a medical procedure done, including routine checkups and treatment for minor issues, paperwork is generated. You should have copies of every single paper. This is one line of defense against medical identity theft. Review your paperwork thoroughly for unauthorized or duplicate charges, mistakes with diagnoses, dates, names, anything that looks odd. Signs of medical identity theft include:
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Read articlePassword Security vulnerable to Trickery
There's only one entrance to the house: a steel door two feet thick. If someone from the outside touched the door—even with a battering ram—they'll get an electric shock. No bad guys could get through, right?
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Read articleThree Quarters of a Billion Records breached
Last year, says the security firm Gemalto, over 700 million records were breached. Or, to put it another way, this translates to two million stolen or lost records every day. 2015 Breach Level Report
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Read articleIn with the New, out with the Old
If you plan on getting a new smartphone, have you ever thought of what the next user of your old smartphone will find on it?
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