World Password Day 2020
Are Your Password Habits Keeping You Safe Online? Learning how to navigate our entire lives online has definitely been a steep learning curve for many of us over the last few weeks. Whether it’s working from home, helping our kids learn from home, conducting ‘wine time’ from home or even ...
How to Stay Secure While Distance Learning: Don’t Get Schooled by Hackers
Many students hold their college experience near and dear to their hearts. Apart from working towards a degree and a desired career path, students rely on college to make lifelong friends and gain a heightened sense of responsibility and independence. But due to recent circumstances, many college students had this experience interrupted or put on pause. With many schools closed for the remainder of ...
How Secure Is Video Conferencing?
As millions of people around the world practice social distancing and work their office jobs from home, video conferencing has quickly become the new norm. Whether you’re attending regular work meetings, partaking in a virtual happy hour with friends, or catching up with extended family across the globe, video conferencing is a ...
How to Stay Cyber Safe While Social-Distancing
Do you find yourself working from home these days? Kids off school too? Then your daily life is set to change super-fast. Yes, there is so much to organise to implement this essential ‘social distancing’ strategy. But in the flurry to get everyone set up, it’s essential that we don’t ...
Scams Facing Consumers in the New Digital WFH Landscape
With many people having their normal day to day life turned upside down, scammers are capitalizing on consumers’ newfound lifestyles to make a financial gain or wreak havoc on users’ devices. Let’s take a look at the most recent threats that have emerged as a result of the pandemic. Fraudulent Relief Checks On Wednesday March 25, the Senate passed a relief bill that contains a substantial increase in unemployment benefits ...
Burning Man Is Coming: How to Watch out for Ticket Scammers
As the winter months fade and spring begins to creep up, many millennials and Gen Zers set their sights on festival season. Whether they plan on attending Coachella, Stagecoach, Outside Lands, Lollapalooza, or Governor’s Ball, festivalgoers across the world anxiously begin to look for cheap or discounted tickets in the ...
Frequently Asked Questions About Identity Theft
Frequently Asked Questions About Identity Theft The more you know about identity theft, the better prepared you will be to prevent it from happening to you. Here are some commonly asked questions about identity theft. What is identity theft? Identity theft is when a person pretends to be you to ...
How You (and Your Teen) Can Stay Safe While Looking for Love Online
Valentine’s Day is such a double-edged sword. If you’re feeling the love and just can’t get enough of your sweetheart – then I wish you a wonderful day. If, on the other hand, you are unattached and feeling a little lonely then chances are you’re thinking about trying your luck ...
The Top Technology Takeaways From CES 2020
Another Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has come and gone. Every year, this trade show joins practically everyone in the consumer electronics industry to show off the latest and greatest cutting-edge innovations in technology. From bendable tablets to 8k TVs and futuristic cars inspired by the movie “Avatar,” CES 2020 did ...
Here’s How the California Consumer Privacy Act Will Affect You
On May 25, 2018, the European Union implemented a new privacy legislature called the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. This regulation updated European law to give EU citizens more control over their data as a result of the hyper-connected world we live in today. Then last June, California responded ...
