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How to keep your devices protected to prevent identity theft

To stay safe, you’ll need more than a password to keep your data secure and protect yourself from identity theft—which has nabbed...

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Business / Security / Tech

Infographic: Cybersecurity best practices and risks for enterprise

Here are some of the most up-to-date cybersecurity predictions for 2020 that will help you figure out your current need for security...

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Entertainment / Security / Tech / TV

Here’s how TV streaming services are tracking user data

Internet-connected streaming services provide subscribers with a vast library of content from several channels.

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Tech

Ring announces mandatory multi-factor authentication

Multi-factor authentication is also known as two-factor authentication or two-step verification. Here's a snapshot of what Ring is doing and how things...

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Security / Tech

5 essential security tips for shared devices

In the workplace, teams use shared computers and tablets, how do they keep them secure?

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Editorial / Security / Tech

Marry, date, or dump your security tech

If your organization is in the market to buy a security product, it is like playing the most complex game of marry,...

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Security / Tech

Is free Wi-Fi worth your social media account?

Free Wi-Fi is not worth giving your private data, or control over your data to anyone.

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Security / Tech

The growing importance of online encryption

There are many reasons that most security personnel believe in motivating the need for encryption. The primary goals are:

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Google / Security / Tech

Google is alerting some users it shared their Google Photos data with strangers

Google says the affected user base is a small number so maybe this has not affected you.

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Security / Tech

Ring Control Center rolling out to users offering privacy and security dashboard

With the video request tool, police cannot see your video recordings unless you explicitly choose to share them by responding to a...

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Security / Tech

Live facial recognition cameras are going live in London

Live facial recognition cameras were first used in the United Kingdom back in 2016 during the Notting Hill carnival.

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Editorial / Security / Tech

Digital Bounty: The great crimeware awakening

But around 2005 something started to change. Malware writers learned they could modify malicious roving code to make money.

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Security / Tech

Infographic: Data theft — protecting your data in 2020

A quarter of stolen laptops are stolen from cars, while 14% are lost on airplanes. Only a quarter are ever recovered.

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Security / Tech

[CES 2020] Toucan unveils a new video doorbell and wireless outdoor camera

The consumer demand for these types of products has been increasing but so has the demand for easy to install devices.

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Security / Tech

Infographic: Is the future of security biometric?

Currently, the global market for biometrics is $14 billion, and 63% of Americans say they want to use fingerprint scanners on their...

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Security / Tech

Google user data requests from governments keep climbing

The majority of people now have some sort of digital fingerprint and there's an effort to gain access to those fingerprints.

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Security / Tech

A guide to ethical hacking and how it is taking on cybercrime

Cyberattacks are becoming more frequent, with news about an attack now an everyday occurrence. This year alone, the FBI expressed utmost concern...

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Security / Tech

Infographic: Online dating and cybersecurity

Chances are if you consider online dating to be risky you are of a certain generation that dated before the internet and...

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Android / iOS / Mobile / Security / Tech

Infographic: Smartphone apps, privacy, and how to secure your mobile data

Every second on the internet there are 946 Instagram photos uploaded, 8690 Tweets, 77,783 Google searches, 2,845,459 emails sent.

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Security / Tech

Facebook is working on facial recognition identity verification

According to Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane), the company is working on facial recognition identity verification by asking users to take a selfie...

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Security / Tech

Beware the undelivered e-mail phishing scam

The undelivered e-mail phishing scam can appear in your inbox with a variety of titles, our latest is, "Undelivered E-mail. You have...

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Android / Google / Mobile / Security / Tech

xHelper malware installed via 3rd-party apps is infecting Android devices

There is a reason Google and others recommend you stay away from 3rd-party apps on your Android devices.

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Security / Tech

NordVPN makes moves to bolster its security following recent security incident

NordVPN has partnered with cybersecurity consulting firm VerSprite to add extra layers of security to their services.

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Apple / Security / Tech

Apple removed 17 apps from the App Store for malware

The clicker trojan module discovered in this group of applications is designed to carry out ad fraud-related tasks in the background, such...

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Deals / Security / Tech

You can snag a Momentum Robbi for less than US$40 at Walmart

While I can say the Momentum Robbi is decent at the US$100 price, I can safely say that at this low Walmart...

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Security / Tech

[UPDATED] VPN provider NordVPN has been hacked

Most providers, including NordVPN, operate on the model of zero-logging. This means the provider does not keep any record of your internet...

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Security / Tech

Beware of new FedEx phishing emails

FedEx addresses fraudulent emails on its website saying, "FedEx does not send unsolicited emails to customers requesting information regarding packages, invoices, account...