24January2013
Posted by Kirsten Dunlaevy kdunlaevy@gmail.com
Hacking
a site or a database takes a decent amount of skill and a lot of man hours, as
you can imagine. But, there’s a new breed of hacker that isn’t as skilled… we’ll
call them “aspiring hackers”. Instead of spending their days cracking code,
they’re simply using premade hacking tools developed by more advanced hackers.
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23January2013
Posted by Kirsten Dunlaevy kdunlaevy@gmail.com
Identity Theft is a hot topic as we enter 2013. Hackers are
developing more ways to steal identities, and it’s only getting easier for them. According to Time
Magazine, 2.5 million dead people get their identities stolen every year.
We are all at risk, and yet most do very little to protect themselves and their
data.
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22January2013
Posted by Emma Ban emma.ban@bullguard.com
Last week, Facebook announced its latest functionality: the Facebook Graph Search. As Facebook changes its look and functionalities often,
you’ve probably asked yourself: “Ok, what
is Facebook doing now?” In a nutshell, Facebook tries to follow in Google’s
footsteps to create a built-in search engine that allows you to find things
and… PEOPLE, more easily, based on relationship
and context. Surely, all you Facebook groupies can’t wait to test it out,
but cybercrooks can’t either. How’s that? Well, let’s dig a bit deeper, shall
we?
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17January2013
Posted by Alexandra Gheorghe alexandra_gheorghe@bullguard.com
Remember
we’ve talked about how to become a better online citizen?
Now make
a U-turn and think of… TROLLS. The anti-social side of being social. A threat to
good manners and Internet etiquette. Trolling is all about deliberately and
cleverly annoying people online and there are plenty of examples. To spot a
troll in your online conversations on forums, blogs or chat rooms simply look
for offensive or off-topic messages that disrupt the thread and try to start a
riot!
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