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Watch out – fake support scams are alive and well this Christmas
Watch out – fake support scams are alive and well this Christmas 18 Dec 2017 byPaul Ducklin https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/12/18/watch-out-fake-support-scams-are-alive-and-well-this-christmas/ A few years ago, fake support call scams were one of the most likely cybercrimes that would reach out and touch you … Continue reading
Posted in DataLoss, Education, Privacy, Security
Tagged Fake_support, phishing, scam
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How To Hide Browsing History – Complete Guide
How To Hide Browsing History – Complete Guide TRIPWIRE GUEST AUTHORS MAY 21, 2017 How To Hide Browsing History – Complete Guide People today have many concerns regarding their browsing history and the visibility of their data to another … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, DataLoss, Security
Tagged browser security, PRIVATE BROWSER, Security_Awareness, tracking, VPN
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How to Enable Multifactor Security on Amazon
Krebs On Security https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/11/how-to-enable-multifactor-security-on-amazon/ Nov 15 How to Enable Multifactor Security on Amazon Amazon has added multi-factor authentication to help customers better secure their accounts from hackers. With this new feature enabled, thieves would have to know your username, password, and … Continue reading
Foiling Electronic Snoops in Email
NOV. 18, 2015 Photo Credit Minh Uong/The New York Times By BRIAN X. CHEN http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/technology/personaltech/foiling-electronic-snoops-in-email.html?emc=edit_ct_20151119&nl=personaltech&nlid=55148309&_r=0 IT didn’t take much for Florian Seroussi, a technology investor in Manhattan, to become suspicious of his email. His misgivings were sparked late one night … Continue reading
How the “Great SIM Heist” could have been avoided
How the “Great SIM Heist” could have been avoided by Paul Ducklin on February 23, 2015 https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/02/23/how-the-great-sim-heist-could-have-been-avoided/ You may very well have read about the latest leak supposedly sourced from the secret data stolen by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The three-bullet … Continue reading
Posted in Cryptography, DataLoss, Privacy
Tagged breach, forward secrecy, GSM, public key, secret key, SIM, Snowden, UMTS
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