Showing posts with label Internet Safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Internet Safety. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can't Protect Us Anymore

by Mat Honan

"No matter how complex, no matter how unique, your passwords can no longer protect you...Thanks to an explosion of personal information being stored in the cloud, tricking customer service agents into resetting passwords has never been easier. All a hacker has to do is use personal information that’s publicly available on one service to gain entry into another."

Read article here
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/ff-mat-honan-password-hacker/all

Friday, September 21, 2012

Your Facebook Account Hacked? Protect it Now!

Facebook has become a popular platform not only for social networking but also for business promotion. You will find many brand exposure on Facebook these days. But how will you feel when such an important account gets hacked?

Read tips here
http://www.ehacking.net/2012/09/your-facebook-account-hacked-protect-it.html

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Riskiest Places to Surf the Internet

by Bianca Bosker

AVG, a security company, has ranked the top ten riskiest places for people to browse the web, as measured by users' likelihood of being attacked by malicious viruses. AVG explains that its list of the riskiest nations is based on data collected from "AVG's vast user network, spanning 100 million PCs in 144 countries."

Read list here
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/27/riskiest-places-to-surf-t_n_696296.html