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What you may not know about wifi and how to stay protected
Tweet On my last blog post I told you about a new phone scam called Smishing. Today I want to hip you to another way people get scammed and that's being hacked through public wifi. If your big on using public wifi then you could potentially be putting all your personal information at risk. [...]
Continue reading...Beware of Smishing
20. October 2011
Tweet For years hackers have tricked thousands of people with phony emails luring them to divulge their bank account information or personal identifiable information (PID) so that they can have an all expense paid shopping spree on someone else's dime. Times change and so do criminals. They are always modifying there tactics to scam you. [...]
Continue reading...Keep Your Home Address Out of the GPS
22. July 2011
Tweet GPS systems have made our lives easier when it comes to navigating the country. I remember the days of having a map and plotting out the road trip. Trying to make sure you didn't miss an exit or turn. I'm glad those days are over. Some of you may have a built in GPS [...]
Continue reading...Mobile Security
25. February 2011
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Tweet The last few weeks I’ve covered how to protect yourself in various areas of your digital life. I decided to close this out by covering one of the biggest security risk that most of us have; the mobile phone. Our mobile devices have become such an intricate part of our lives and they contain a ton of [...]
Continue reading...DIY "Life Lock" Your Credit
11. February 2011
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Tweet If you watch TV I’m sure you’ve seen the Life Lock ads with the CEO publicly displaying his Social Security number for the world to see. Well even he had his identity stolen (13 times), but that doesn’t have to be you. Credit monitoring is great, but in reality it is really not enough. [...]
Continue reading...Create Your Own Video Surveillance System…..For FREE
27. September 2010
Tweet Download Programs Needed SkypeVitamin DDropbox Not everyone can afford a high tech security system, so today I will explain how Skype, Vitamin D and DropBox can provide you with what you need for free. If you’ve been keeping up with me you know I’m a fan of Skype from my post on How I [...]
Continue reading...How hack proof is your password?
21. August 2008
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Tweet Every wonder how good is your password you that protects your email, bank account and such? Well I've come across a website that will tell you exactly that. Hackosis has a spreadsheet formula that will tell you based on the types of characters used in your password ( number of upper case, lower [...]
Continue reading...KeyScrambler
29. June 2008
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Tweet KeyScrambler is a great program that scramblers your keystrokes on account login’s. This will protect you from keylogger programs. KeyScrambler is free, but they have some paid versions for more protection. The free version should be enough for most of you though. This version works in Firefox and Internet Explorer. Digg This Post
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21. November 2011
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