Tag: Hacker
Ransomware Is A Billion Dollar Game Of Cat And Mouse
Cyber security is a never-ending game of cat and mouse between criminals and those offering some form of protection, which is why we can never rest on our laurels. Yes, we now have more ways than ever to stay safe online, but that doesn't mean we're threat-free. In fact, according to recent statisti ...
The Top 5 Most Realistic Hacker Movies Ever Made
For a long time, Hollywood has followed a tradition of taking mundane, everyday tasks and highly dramatizing and simplifying them to create an engaging plot. Unfortunately, most of the compromises needed to make such films involve leaving out details that make legitimate experts cringe. Hacker movie ...
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Hacker Profiles – The Bad Guys Of Online Security [Infographic]
Not a single Internet user doesn't know that a certain evil is at large on the Internet. They are called hackers and sometimes cause havoc to secure systems online. What most people don't know is that hackers are mostly just voyeurs. They break into systems to get access to things they are intereste ...
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What A Phishing Email Looks Like And How To Detect One [Infographic]
If you are on your computer all day, it would probably be hard for a scammer to entangle you in the web of a phishing email. I've had my identity stolen before, so I've learned the hard way not to click on any links or download any attachments in email unless I'm sure about where they're coming from ...
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How Hackable Is Your Life & Everyday Tech? [Infographic]
With the increased amount of technology in our lives, the possibility of identifying theft is rising along with it. Whether or not we will get hacked is no longer the question we should be asking ourselves. Instead, we should be wondering when it will happen. It's a frightening thought, no doubt, bu ...
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Are You An Easy Hacker Target? [Infographic]
How much do you know about computer security? Did you know that without a firewall or anti virus protection, your computer is like an open book for prying eyes? In no way do I intend to scare you, but unfortunately it's the honest truth. In today's world, where everything is computerized, anyone is ...
5 Fresh Faces Of Strategic SEO Who You Probably Don’t Know
SEO is a dynamic industry, and that's one of the things that makes it so special. Search Engine Optimization picked up its spark in late 90's when Bruce Clay use to work for his clients on MSN.com. He is the most legendary and respectable SEO leader I have ever known. In early 2000, Aaron Wall and B ...
Incapsula: Website Security Protection To Keep Cyber Cyclopee Out
Recently, I wrote a bit of a rant about the ins and outs of protecting your website from Zombie hackers, malicious code snakes and spammers in Keep Bleep’n Website Zombie Hackers Out. The key takeaway was that business leaders need to embrace the fact that our websites will be attacked by one or all ...
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Password Strength: How Strong Is Your Password? [Infographic]
Internet security has always been a continuously evolving issue we've all had to deal with at one point or another. There are new and stronger security measures created on a daily basis, and yet they keep being overridden by crackers all over the world. This is usually not due to the security streng ...
Cloud Storage: Getting Hacked Might Be More Likely Than You Think
Feeling secure in this lovely, shiny new online world of the cloud? Spare a thought for Wired Journalist Mat Honan who had his iCloud account breached in recent days. It wasn’t due to a disclosure of a password on Honan’s part however, but a slip up at AppleCare, making this for a very disturbing da ...
OS X Inspired Dishes: Perfect For Late Night Snacking Hackers
If you are like me, and you don't need a lot of sleep, you know that in the middle of the night you sometimes get the munchies, right? I usually stay up late to get all the work done in order to stay ahead of the game. Of course, in order to produce good results, we need energy, and fruit and vegeta ...
How To: Be A Hacker (Or Just Look Like One)
Have you ever wondered what a computer hacker looks like? You might be surprised to know. If you haven't had much experience with all things related to being a computer geek, you probably picture a villain or scoundrel-like person in your mind. However, being a hacker doesn't necessarily have a nega ...
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Twitter Malware: A Complete Timeline [Infographic]
You are using Twitter, right? If you have used the social networking service for a while, you are well aware of the hiccups it has had through its existence. Compared to some other sites, there haven't been too many, but still there have been enough to make the average Twitter addict annoyed out of ...
The Twitter HTTPS Setting In Plain English
We've all seen the tweets over the past few days about the new "HTTPS Only" checkbox in our settings menu in Twitter, but a lot of people still don't understand what that box means and why it's there.
Bottom line, I think everyone should go in and check that box, and this is why. One of the most ...
Protect Your Password With Help From A Geeky Stripper
As we all know, computer hackers are getting better at what they do each day, thus becoming a daily annoyance that many of us think about. Just this past week, the hacker group Anonymous was all over the news again, freaking everyone out with their coy calculated cyber threats and mind-blowing skil ...