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How to spot if your child is a victim of cyberbullying - Making Sense of Security

How to Know if Your Child is a Victim of Cyberbullying

Using Parental Phone Monitoring to Protect Kids Understanding Cyberbullying Cyberbullying is a growing problem in the digital age, with the widespread use of social media platforms, messaging apps, and online gaming creating new opportunities for bullies to target their victims. Unlike traditional bullying, cyberbullying can happen anytime, anywhere, and the victim may find it difficult …

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Best Security Tips to Protect from Credit Card Skimming

Protect Yourself from Skimming Attacks with These Security Tips Protecting yourself from credit card skimming involves taking a number of precautions to reduce the likelihood of falling victim to these types of attacks. One of the most effective measures you can take is to regularly monitor your financial accounts for suspicious activity and report any …

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How VPNs Can Keep Your Data Secure

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 …

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Personal Security Concerns with 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.  …

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Artificial Intelligence Safety Concerns

Safety Concerns Using Artificial Intelligence  One of the primary concerns is the potential for unintended consequences, where an AI system may produce unexpected outcomes or behavior that were not anticipated by its designers.  The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents several safety concerns, particularly in safety-critical applications such as healthcare, transportation, and manufacturing.  For example, …

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Take the Dating Security Quiz

Are You Smart When it Comes to Dating Apps? Are you looking for love? Do you use online dating? Test your dating smarts about apps and your safety with this quiz.  Dating Quiz Be sure to share this Dating Quiz with your friends!

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Child Abduction 101: Difference between Kidnapping and Abduction 

How to Protect Your Children from Being Kidnapped or Abduction  Every parent wants to do everything they can to prevent their child from being kidnapped or abducted. But what’s the difference between the two?  Most people think that kidnapping and abduction are one and the same, but there is actually a big difference between the …

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Making Sense of Security 5 Cyber Safety Tips

5 Cyber Safety Tips

5 Tips for Cyber Safety With October being Cyber Awareness Month, there s much that people need to know to stay safe online. Especially on social media. It’s more than not sharing any financial information. You need to protect your private data! Here are 5 simple Cyber Safety tips to help you stay secure. Get …

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How to Stay Connected and Protected in a Remote Work Environment

How to Stay Connected and Protected in a Remote Work Environment Advancements in cloud solutions and collaboration tools in recent years, coupled with the necessity of going remote due to the pandemic, have empowered today’s workforce to choose where they want to work. While the ability to work from anywhere—home, the library, coffee shops or …

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New Release: 2021 Remote Workforce Security Report

Holger Schultze wrote: The need to secure the remote workforce has never been more critical. A year into the pandemic, organizations are still grappling with how to protect their assets. The Remote Workforce Security Report reveals the status of organizations’ efforts to secure the new workforce, key challenges, and unique security threats faced by organizations, …

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New UK National Cyber Security Centre Head Warns that Cybersecurity Should be Taken More Seriously

New UK National Cyber Security Centre Head Warns that Cybersecurity Should be Taken More Seriously

Even though the UK has made ‘huge progress’ on cybersecurity efforts, the new Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Lindy Cameron believes that the current efforts are still not enough. The new security head previously worked as a Director-General for the North Ireland office. She also worked for the Department for International …

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A Discussion on How to Prevent Ransomware Attacks

Is your PC shielded against ransomware assaults? Ransomware is a kind of malware (vindictive programming) which crooks use to extract money. It holds info to payoff with encoding or by keeping clients locked from their gadgets. This article shows you everything to know on how to prevent ransomware attacks. We investigate the various approaches to …

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A Can of Phish Bait: from Surveys to Rule Changes to Your Boss’s Boss

Employees need to continue being wary of phishing scams as they begin to return to the office, according to Roger Kay at INKY. Kay describes several phishing templates that INKY has intercepted in recent months, including one that informed recipients that they needed to fill out a compliance form related to COVID-19 risks. “Reasonably well …

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