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Think Your Smartphone Is Safe? Think Again!

Jul 17th, 2012 | By
Think Your Smartphone Is Safe? Think Again!

Smartphones aren’t the prime target of virus writers — yet. Hackers are ramping up their efforts, however, unleashing a variety of attacks that specifically target smartphone owners. In the past year, “we’ve noticed a 900 percent increase of malware for mobile devices that run the Android OS,” said Catalin Cosoi, global research director at Romanian security firm Bitdefender. “Although some of the samples are oriented towards profit, by sending text messages or phoning to premium-rate numbers, the wide majority [are] focused on extracting personal information from the device, such as contacts, text messages, browser history
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You Don’t Need a Perfect Password

Jan 5th, 2012 | By
You Don’t Need a Perfect Password

Given enough time, ingenuity, equipment, and resources, virtually anything can be hacked into. The truth is, there is no such a thing as a perfect password. Many burglars admit they don’t bother with the house that has all the security. Why should they when a house two blocks down has none at all? The same is true of computers and passwords. None are perfect, but hackers have too many easy marks to risk invading a computer with even adequate protection. An anonymous hacker explains his process for getting your information as follows: You probably use
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How Safe is Your E-mail?

Nov 12th, 2011 | By
How Safe is Your E-mail?

While e-mail may be the new snail mail to the iPhone generation, the fact is that it is the most-used conduit for communication in our world today. E-mails routinely contain business deal discussions, social security numbers, bank account information, and personal information intended only for the recipient. Along with its convenience, e-mail also carries certain liabilities. Though we immediately think about virus protection for our computers, many of us fail to realize e-mail is the easiest and least-noticed backdoor for hackers. That doesn’t mean you need to avoid using e-mail because it isn’t 100 percent
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