Smart devices, which collectively make up the Internet of Things have been found several times to lack the recommended mechanisms that implement security and safeguard user’s privacy. It’s even worse since most consumers don’t know what they are dealing with when it comes to smart technology. In a survey conducted in 2018, more than 50% …
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Routers are like a gateway between your home devices and the internet. Routers allow multiple connections of your devices and those that don’t support cables, can use Wi-Fi from your router. This means the router is a single point for all your internet communication and if it were to be compromised, then all your devices …
Ransomware attacks have been very common in the recent years especially in 2016, 2017 and last year. Although they haven’t hit the headlines lately, ransomware attacks still wreak havoc, and now they have shifted into other areas such as cryptocurrency. They can also go undetected till an attack has occurred due to recent upgrades and …
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Phishing is a subset of a social engineering attack that has been wreaking havoc since the ’80s. Phishing can be done in many forms, but the end goal is the same – users are tricked into giving out sensitive information by fraudulent actors who masquerade as being legitimate. Many methods are used by these fraudulent …
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Freely available internet and lots of devices that can be used to access it is a wish come true for anyone in this generation. The internet is full of resources, and also it provides services that we need to effectively fulfill our daily duties and tasks, as much the internet is helpful, it also has …
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The internet evolves rapidly, so does its good and bad side. In this post we are focusing on the bad side, specifically identity theft, its facts, myths and how best you can protect yourself against this threat that has been plaguing the internet daily.
The internet has lots of threats in its Pandora box ranging from malware and identity theft to blackmail and other breaches. One of the most common threats in most networks is the Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. As the name suggests, DoS attacks do the same thing, make resources inaccessible to legitimate users. While at …
Almost everyone owns and uses a smartphone daily. Smartphones are very convenient devices that help us get through our day to day activities with ease. You can use your smartphones in many ways such as for productivity, finance, communication, shopping, storage and sharing, social media, photography, business, dating, education purposes, entertainment, navigation, health and lifestyle, …
Nothing feels better than full bars of a Wi-Fi network with fast speeds. Coupling this with a few security mechanisms such as using HTTPS, you’re about to browse the internet without any worries at all. But that’s not the case. Even with HTTPS, some of your internet traffic is still vulnerable to malicious actors in …
A VPN is the ultimate tool for protecting your internet security and privacy. A VPN does this by creating a secure encrypted tunnel through which your data is routed through the VPN servers to its destination. With strong, unbreakable encryption, your internet traffic won’t be visible to prying eyes. And even if they manage to …
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