In the first quarter of 2011, enterprise users encountered an average of 274 web-based malware attacks, a 103 percent increase over 2010, according to research from Cisco ScanSafe. Why the dramatic increase? One major cause is the growing number of drive-by download attacks. Drive-by downloads are an especially pernicious method…
The Possible Security Risks of The Free WiFi Zone During Sinulog and Some Tips to Prevent It
Sinulog Festival Route News have spread that there will be a free WiFi zone in the Sinulog Festival Route. This connection was brought to us by PLDT DSL. According to Roberto Cabarrubias, user’s name and password will be provided for FREE to control the user so that the bandwidth will be…
HP Releases Firmware Update To Prevent Printer Hacking
Hackers May Be Able To Access Networked Printers Alex Knapp Forbes Staff Image via Wikipedia A few weeks ago, a group of researchers announced that they were able to exploit a security hole in some older Hewlett-Packard printers that allowed them to take the printers over. In one demonstration, they…
Facebook Empowers Friends to Prevent Suicide
by Larry Magid When Anne Collier and I wrote our long out-of-print book, MySpace Unraveled, we pointed out that MySpace was the largest referrer to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. We noted that kids were alive because of the way friends had reached out to save their friends. Facebook, of course,…
Students learn how to prevent hacking
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ProtectMyID: Ask financial institutions about adding another level of access codes/passwords to your account to prevent hacking. #101tips #idtheft
ProtectMyID: Ask financial institutions about adding another level of access codes/passwords to your account to prevent hacking. #101tips #idtheft View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Use a strong voicemail password. This helps prevent crooks from hijacking your phone line or voicemail
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