Most users are familiar with common threats such as viruses, worms, spyware and even phishing scams. But, many computer users may think you’re talking about a gardening product to fertilize your flowers or kill the weeds if you mention a […]
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Phishing attacks continue to evolve and become more sophisticated. Attackers improve their ability to craft messages designed to lure victims and to design websites that appear to be authentic – increasing the chances that you will be caught off guard.
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Social networking is all the rage. Kids these days have mostly moved to Instagram and Snapchat rather than Facebook, but many have profiles and access on all of the above and then some. Various websites continue to sprng up for
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How much information does someone really need to know in order to impersonate you to a third party? Your name? Birth date? Address? Armed with easily found information such as this, and maybe a couple other key pieces of information
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A new report from Gartner claims that information security spending will increase about 7 percent this year, and climb to $93 billion in 2018. As impressive as that number sounds, it actually seems quite tame when you consider the pace
Today’s cars are as much defined by the power of their software as the power of their engines. Almost any car feature you can name is now digitized to provide drivers with easier operation and better information. Technological innovation is
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Currently, when it comes to Blockchain, IBM is the big player on the block and, for the most part, they’ve largely stood alone. Intel and Microsoft announced that they are entering this segment and that may be OK with IBM
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It seems we can’t go more than a couple of days without seeing ransomware in the headlines. New attacks launched, new variants discovered, new victims reporting their losses. Despite the prevalent coverage of ransomware, there are a number of significant
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There’s no doubt about it – DDoS attacks are getting worse. That concise bit of bad news leaves a lot of blanks to be filled in, however: in what way are they getting worse? How is that happening? What types
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I love Adobe, and I have great respect for Adobe Flash. It has outlived its usefulness, though, and the end of Flash is really long overdue at this point. Giving it until 2020 is really more mercy than it probably
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