Tech Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
Email is a wonderful tool that allows us to correspond with family members, friends and associates all around the world in just a matter of moments.
Gone are the days of having to write a letter, address an envelope, buy a stamp and send it on its merry way through the postal system with no guarantee that the recipient will receive it in a timely fashion, if at all.
But as the massive Yahoo hack reminded us, all is not perfect in the world of email. [Read more…]
Question from Sue: Yesterday I started getting emails from several websites that I mostly infrequently use or don’t use at all, such as Microsoft, Walmart, and Instagram.
But now I’ve received two more emails from two websites (AirBnB and eBay) that I DO use.
These emails were all in regard to resetting my password – either the password was already changed or a request to change it.
One email stated the request came from Malaysia and one from Russia, both of course I’m not visiting.
The requests definitely appear to be from the legitimate website – no misspelled words, correct internet and physical addresses, privacy statements, etc.
I changed the passwords on all the websites and updated and ran my Avast antivirus. But now I’m getting really concerned that “they” will figure out my passwords for more important websites such as banking, credit cards, etc.
I assume that I went on a bad website or something else. What happened and how can I fix it (preferably without changing each password separately as I’m pretty lazy) and prevent it from happening again?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Well, just in time for the Christmas shopping season those familiar “Target 50% Off Store-Wide” coupons have already started popping back up on Facebook.
They usually pop up right before Thanksgiving but they’ve started making the rounds early this year.
Sounds pretty good, right? After all, who wouldn’t like a 50% discount at Target?
The problem is, these coupons aren’t real. They’re nothing more than a ploy to get you to “Like” their Facebook page and visit a very realistic (but fake) copy of Target’s website. [Read more…]
It used to be that hackers targeted online retailers a lot more often than local “brick-and-mortar” establishments, but that’s no longer the case.
In fact there are actually fewer successful online breaches nowadays than “local” hacks.
The latest “brick-and-mortar” company to fall victim to a successful hack is Krystal, the ultra-popular “mini-burger” restaurant chain.
As you probably know, Facebook is a haven for crooks and scammers due to its massive 2 billion world-wide user base.
An old Facebook scam that exploits the trust and love people have for their family members is once again making the rounds, and it’s easy to fall for this one if you aren’t careful.
There are subtle variations of the scam, but it typically works something like this: [Read more…]
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