data

Signs Your Mobile Phone Is Being Monitored - Making Sense of Security

How to Tell If Your Cell Phone Is Being Tracked, Tapped, or Monitored by Spy Software

Security, Cybersecurity, Email, Hack, ID Theft, Monitor, Password, Phone, Prevention, Privacy, Social Media, Spy, Track, VPN

Signs Your Mobile Phone Is Being Monitored and Spied Upon Introduction Are you worried that your cell phone is being tracked, tapped, or monitored by spy software? If so, you are not alone. With the rise of technology, it is becoming increasingly easy for people to monitor and track your cell phone activity. Fortunately, there …

How to Tell If Your Cell Phone Is Being Tracked, Tapped, or Monitored by Spy Software Read More »

How VPNs Can Keep Your Data Secure - Making Sense of Security

How VPNs Can Keep Your Data Secure

VPN

How VPNs Can Protect Your Internet Activity A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a tool that allows users to create a secure and private connection to the internet.  When using a VPN, all internet traffic is routed through an encrypted tunnel, which hides the user’s IP address and encrypts their online activity.  This provides greater …

How VPNs Can Keep Your Data Secure Read More »

Personal Security Concerns with AI - Making Sense of Security

Personal Security Concerns with Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Concerns of Personal Security with AI AI systems can collect and process large amounts of personal data, raising concerns about personal security and privacy. Some of the specific concerns around personal security with AI include: Security Issues with AI Data Breaches Data breaches are one of the most significant security risks associated with AI systems.  …

Personal Security Concerns with Artificial Intelligence Read More »

What is Cybersecurity and How it Affects Your Personal Data - Making Sense of Security

What is Cybersecurity and How it Affects Your Personal Data

Security, Cybersecurity

How You Can Be Protective of Your Own Private Information Cybersecurity is essential for personal security because it helps to protect individuals from various types of cyber threats, such as identity theft, online scams, hacking, and data breaches.  These threats can have serious consequences, including financial losses, reputational damage, and exposure of sensitive personal information. …

What is Cybersecurity and How it Affects Your Personal Data Read More »

email phishing scams

5 Ways Businesses Can Avoid Phishing Scams Online

Phishing, Business, Cybersecurity, Email

5 Ways Businesses Can Avoid Phishing Scams Online The concept of phishing is gaining immense popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic. People, by and large, are becoming victims of such fraudulent activities. Therefore, we have come up with 5 ways businesses can avoid getting trapped with emails that are meant to deteriorate their online identity. Based …

5 Ways Businesses Can Avoid Phishing Scams Online Read More »

Facebook

Facebook Will Not Notify More Than 530m Users Exposed in 2019 Breach

Security, Breach, Social Media

530 Million Facebook Users Not Notified of Exposed Data Breach Company spokesperson said Facebook was not confident it had full visibility on which users would need to be alerted Facebook has not notified the more-than 530m users whose details were exposed on a hacker forum in 2019 and has no plans to do so, according …

Facebook Will Not Notify More Than 530m Users Exposed in 2019 Breach Read More »

how to protect against ransomware

5 Great Tips To Learn How To Protect From Ransomware

Protection, Cybersecurity, Malware, Ransomware

5 Great Tips To Learn How To Protect From Ransomware Every business owner and worker needs to learn how to protect from ransomware attacks. Ransomware is malicious software used by hackers to access and encrypt computers and computer networks. As the owner of the device or computer network, the encryption locks you out until you …

5 Great Tips To Learn How To Protect From Ransomware Read More »

Scraped data of 500 million LinkedIn users being sold online, 2 million records leaked as proof

Data Scraped From 500 Million LinkedIn Users Found For Sale Online

Security, Social Media, Work

500 Million LinkedIn Users Data Sold Online IDs, names, email addresses and more personal details are part of the massive database of stolen data, which could be used to launch additional attacks on LinkedIn and its users. A massive trove of LinkedIn account data has been found for sale online, containing 500 million user records …

Data Scraped From 500 Million LinkedIn Users Found For Sale Online Read More »

Android phone ransomware

Attention Android Users: This Free VPN App Leaked the Data of 21 Million Users

Breach, Cybersecurity, Prevention, Protection

Attention Android Users: This Free VPN App Leaked the Data of 21 Million Users

To live our digital lives to the fullest, we rely on a variety of technologies to support our online activities. And while some apps and devices are meant to make certain tasks more convenient or provide us with greater security, others simply offer a false sense of security and could potentially lead to online misfortune.

One such platform is SuperVPN. While users may applaud themselves for using a VPN to protect their privacy, this Android app is unfortunately spilling their secrets without their knowledge.

Phishing Emails Are After Credentials

Most Phishing Emails Are After Credentials

Phishing, Knowledge, Prevention

Most Phishing Emails Are After Credentials 57% of phishing emails in 2020 were designed for stealing credentials, according to Cofense’s most recent Annual State of Phishing Report. Meanwhile, just 12% of phishing attacks last year were used for delivering malware. Cofense believes this is because credential phishing emails are better at bypassing email security filters …

Most Phishing Emails Are After Credentials Read More »

commit to protect privacy

Let’s Commit To Protect Our Privacy This Year

Protection, Prevention, Privacy

  Let’s Commit To Protect Our Privacy This Year How our new identity & privacy app can help By this point in the year you may have already broken some of your New Year’s resolutions, but here’s one to commit to keep: better protecting your online privacy. After all, we are likely to continue to spend more time online in 2021, whether it be …

Let’s Commit To Protect Our Privacy This Year Read More »

New Dutch Data Breach Report Warns of Explosive Increase in Cyber Attacks and Stolen Personal Data

New Dutch Data Breach Report Warns of Explosive Increase in Cyber Attacks and Stolen Personal Data

Breach, Cybersecurity, Knowledge

New Dutch Data Breach Report Warns of Explosive Increase in Cyber Attacks and Stolen Personal Data The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) recently measured the number of reports of data theft in 2020 and the number of attacks skyrocketed. The report documented that it increased no less than 30% in 2020 compared to the year …

New Dutch Data Breach Report Warns of Explosive Increase in Cyber Attacks and Stolen Personal Data Read More »

how to keep consumer data safe

How to Keep Consumer Data Safe

Hack, Business, Cybersecurity

Every day on popular eCommerce sites, millions upon millions of people are entering valuable information. Their names, credit card information, addresses, and more all being uploaded in rapid quantities. All this sensitive info, especially in regards to payment profiles, has since become the target for malicious cyber attacks and hacking schemes. For businesses implementing their online payment systems, how can they ensure that consumer data is kept safe?….

Scroll to Top