Security basics
Protect yourself: holiday online phishing is on
By Gina on December 2, 2011 | Security basics
It's not very surprising that December and January are the months of the most phishing scams circulating on the web. Because of the holiday season scam creators are trying to gain tricking computer users for their malicious intentions. Usually these kinds of attempts are infecting their computer with malware, spreading fake links or asking to fill various surveys for getting their potential victims' credit card information. Read more.
New rogue AV family invades computers
By Gina on November 24, 2011 | Security basics
Just right before holidays malware creators seems like have new ideas and are creating various scams. This time it is a new rogue anti-spyware tools' family spreading widely which tries to infect users' computers and gains to pilfer money from its victims. Read more.
Threats increase for Android
By Bryan on November 18, 2011 | Security basics
Android users should be careful when downloading anything from Google App Store because latest reports show a colossal increase in security threats.Juniper Networks Global Threat Center report states that Android OS suffered a 472% increase in security threats in just four months. The biggest problem named is that with Android users are able to download third-party apps that aren't approved by Google. Read more.
Friends can help when your Facebook is hijacked
By Gina on October 28, 2011 | Security basics
New security settings of Facebook were announced. Facebook set security features that will allow people set passwords for third-party applications and ask friends for their help to get into their account. The first thing hackers do if they succeed to hack into user’s account, they change password that account holder couldn’t get into it. To make less trouble for legitimate user getting back into their account, Facebook will let their friends to affirm for you. Read more.
Will .bank domain enhance online banking security?
By Bryan on October 12, 2011 | Security basics
Surely, you have noticed a lot of different domains while browsing the internet. The most common is *.com as a shortening of 'commercial' because from the beginning addresses like this were intended for business. Also, there are .gov (for U.S. governmental institutions only), *.edu for educational institutions websites and hundreds of others. There are certain domains that were intended for countries like *.co.uk, *.us, *.ru. Read more.
