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Cybersecurity Basics: Everything You Should Know

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You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn’t care about their privacy. It’s human nature. You want control over what private information you share and who you share it with. Unfortunately, you can lose this control with a careless click.

Read the blog post to understand data privacy and protection, why they are important, and find out what trends to look out for in 2023.

Data Privacy: What It Is, Why It’s Important, And Trends For 2023

You Are Concerned About Data Privacy – but Are You Doing Anything About It?

Someone with your name and face has taken over your life. People keep talking about things you don’t remember doing. Your mailbox is full of unfamiliar receipts. One day, the police show up at your door. Sounds like the pitch for a psychological horror flick? It’s not — identity theft is real and can happen to anyone.

Identity thieves can target anyone — including you. Are you afraid someone stole your identity? Here’s everything you need to know about identity theft.

Identity Theft: Definition, Types, Defenses

Everything You Need to Know About Identity Theft

What do your mom's maiden name, first pet, and the year you met your significant other have in common?

The last time you had to recall one of these personal details, it was probably in the context of a security question.

Security questions often act as a failsafe to protect our accounts, but how safe are they? Learn the ins and outs of improving security question hygiene.

Are Security Questions Safe?

Are “Security Questions” Safe?

With almost 3 billion monthly active users, Facebook is one of the most successful online platforms that the world has ever seen. However, with that success and the enormous user base, the social network is often a hotbed for online scams. Although Facebook has various defensive measures to stop scams, some inevitably make it through the cracks.

Facebook scams are rampant. You could be the next to fall for one. Find out about the most common scams and how to avoid them in our latest blog post.

Learn How To Stay Safe On Facebook And Avoid Scams

Common Facebook Scams and How to Avoid Them

For the longest time, Apple devices have had an outstanding reputation for being secure. But does that reputation stand up to scrutiny? Can your iPad get a virus? If it does, how can you prevent that from happening? Let's find out.

Apple products are often cited as some of the most secure devices. But is that true? Can your iPad get viruses? Read and find out now.

Find Out If Your iPad Can Get A Virus

Can iPads Get Viruses?

You came up with a strong password. It has everything: numbers, uppercase letters in the middle, a couple of well-placed ^s and $s, and it ends with an upside-down question mark. Perfect. Now you can use this password on every account.

You came up with a strong password. Now you can use it for every account and that’s how hackers get you. Learn how to protect yourself from credential stuffing.

What is credential stuffing?

What Credential Stuffing Is And How It Can Get You

With over 1.21 billion monthly active users, Instagram comprises over 28% of the world’s internet users. At times it might seem that everyone’s on Instagram. Any social media platform with an audience of this magnitude is bound to attract scammers looking to cash in on unsuspecting users. Unsurprisingly, Instagram is a fertile ground for a variety of scams. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid falling victim to an Instagram scam by being aware of what they look like and having basic cybersecurity know-how.

Instagram scams can ruin the fun experiences that the platform offers. Learn all about the most common Instagram scams and ways to avoid them.

Instagram Scams: How to Stay Safe On Instagram

There are many different types of malicious software out there, and staying safe is not always easy. Learn what malware is and how you can keep your devices safe from it.

What is malware and what does it do?

What Is Malware?

You’ve just met someone wonderful online. The person is good looking, kind, and charming, and your relationship seems to be progressing. It took only a week for you to fall for each other. But your online friend suddenly disappears for days and avoids live conversation even after weeks of messaging. Unfortunately, you could be facing a case of catfishing.

You’ve met someone wonderful online, but your friend keeps avoiding live conversation even after a few weeks of messaging. This could be a case of catfishing.

What Catfishing Is and How to Identify It

With keylogging malware, hackers could steal your passwords by logging keystrokes and tracking your online activity. What is a keylogger, and how does it work?

What Is a Keylogger?

The online world is full of security threats. One such threat is known as a man-in-the-middle attack — a type of attack where a bad actor secretly intercepts online communications between two people.

Man-In-the-Middle attacks can be devastating because they are designed to steal the victim’s sensitive data. Learn how man-in-the-middle attacks work and what you can do to prevent them.

All You Need to Know About Man-In-the-Middle Attacks

Every social media post, every like, every search, and every click you make online leaves a trace. Right now, just by reading this blog post, you're adding to your digital footprint — a permanent record of your online presence that can be wielded in various ways for various reasons. Sounds somewhat spooky and confusing? Well, today, we're shedding some light on the concept of digital footprint.

Everything we do online leaves a trail known as a digital footprint. In this blog post, we explore what a digital footprint is, why it matters, and how you can manage yours.