To protect your accounts, you must have a hard-to-guess password. However, it can be challenging to remember a gibberish combination of letters, numbers, and symbols, let alone create different passwords for every account you make. Fortunately, a password manager provides a solution to this problem. Should you use your Internet browser’s built-in password-saving feature? You […]
Cyber Safety in the Battle of the Sexes Who Does it Better?
Are men and women significantly different in cyber safety? The answer is both yes and no! All else being equal, there is no significant difference in vulnerability to cyber attacks between men and women. However, there are critical differences in the types of attacks each gender is more susceptible to. Studies suggest that phishing attacks […]
End-to-End Encryption: Demystifying How It Works and Why You Should Care
What Is End-to-End Encryption? End-to-end encryption is a method that protects your messages from hackers. It works by encrypting your confidential messages and storing them on backup servers. Essentially, end-to-end encryption ensures your messages are secure from unauthorized access. Why does it matter? This encryption ensures that even if hackers can access the messaging app’s […]
Unleashing Chaos: How Ransomware Is Escalating Its Attacks
Ransomware is malicious software that steals and encrypts files, rendering them inaccessible to the owner. The perpetrators demand a ransom fee in exchange for providing the decryption key. However, even after the payment is made, there is no guarantee that they will provide the key. Sometimes, they also resort to “double extortion,” threatening to publish […]
Safe Surfing Can Stop Spam And Scams In Their Tracks
Sick of getting spam and scams in your emails and texts? Cyber criminals have only become more intelligent and adept at tricking regular, even security-aware people into falling for their tactics. Thankfully, technology has developed alongside cyber threats to help protect our data. For example, some email/spam software allows users to report spam with the […]
Are Your Devices Spying on You?
Does this sound familiar? Are Your Devices Spying on You? You are having a conversation with a colleague about a service your company requires, and then suddenly, when you open a web browser to search for something unrelated, an advertisement for a company providing that service appears. Or perhaps you and your spouse are discussing […]