How secured are you with the Internet Security?

With malicious cyber-attacks becoming more direct and certainly more advanced, a user needs to be well-informed to stay protected; internet security is all about trust. Most security measures involve data encryption and passwords. Data encryption is the translation of data into a form that is unintelligible without a deciphering mechanism. A password is a secret word or phrase that gives a user access to a particular program or system. But these numbers of securities on the cyber space has also an equivalent ways to crack by cyber criminals which then gives them an opportunity to become whoever they please.

On a series of Online Trust Alliance Conference (a group that is headed by Craig Spiezle, a former Microsoft executive and Director of Security and Privacy Product management for Internet Explorer based in Seattle Washington) at Town Hall explained how criminals worldwide have seized upon the Internet as a treasure trove to breach, steal, scam, extort, phish, stalk, track and victimize any individual or entity that has a connection to the cyber space [...]

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What’s new in identity theft protection?

With all the hundreds of quests from our survey, its a Hass Associates pleasure to answer those today! As what we have observed, identity theft is on the top where individuals get so interested. In fact, identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America, affecting on the average of 500,000 new victims each year, for the past decade. And so, we are glad to discuss this for you to be well- informed and have preventive measures, such as reducing and reporting scams and prosecuting scammers. These topics are followed by:

-online security and hardware concerns;
-earning money from legitimate work-at-home programs and work-at-home scams;
-credit cards and consumer issues;
-Nigerian and lottery scams;
-viruses and spyware;
-phishing scams;
-investment scams; and
-urban legends.

Obviously, many subscribers are interested in knowing out about new scams in these areas. This seems quite related to what we have been writing about. [...]

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Five Ways to Manage Your Digital Reputation

Reputation is the key word. In fact, online digital reputation has never been more important. While a few years ago much of our personal information was still considered private, today cyber security expose more information about our lives than ever before. While many people don’t think much about having a “digital reputation,” especially in purchasing products online, information about almost all adult worldwide can be found online.

Based from the survey conducted by ORC International, results have shown more than 89% of consumers research articles online before making a buying decision, while, 87% of them agree that a favorable review [...]

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Cracks/Hacks

Recent instances of hacking and security breaches on bigtime players like multinational companies, organizations, governments or state agencies. They range from simple DoS attacks to the more complex data theft from secured servers [...]

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