Tech Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
Do you use a password manager app to create, manage and store all of your passwords?
If so, you need to know that all password managers are potentially insecure and any vulnerabilities that arise could put ALL of your passwords at risk of being compromised at any time.
Why do I say this? Because of the evidence that keeps popping up from time to time. [Read more…]
By now you’ve probably heard about last year’s Equifax hack that potentially compromised the personal and financial information of almost half of all Americans.
That was by far the largest security breach in history, and unfortunately scammers who weren’t even in on that attack soon began taking advantage of the fear and confusion it created.
One of the most common of these scams are fake emails that appear to be from the “Big 3” credit reporting agencies offering free credit monitoring services. [Read more…]
I have always recommended downloading your browser extensions and mobile apps from the official web and app stores provided by Google, Apple and Mozilla because they take great pains to ensure that the extensions and apps they allow into their repositories are safe and malware-free.
I still recommend that you limit your downloads to those official repositories, but I need to tell you about a disturbing trend that’s taking place right now. [Read more…]
If you do much shopping online you’re probably used to receiving emails letting you know that your orders have been shipped.
Many Internet retailers send out these emails as a courtesy to their customers. And they are indeed handy, especially when they contain the tracking number for an order you’ve placed.
Unfortunately, hackers and scammers are now sending out fake package delivery notices that could result in your login credentials for a retailer’s website being stolen and/or malware being downloaded onto your computer.
The scam typically works something like this: [Read more…]
If you’ve been using Facebook for more than 10 minutes you’ve probably received an instant message that begins with something like:
“Please send this to all your contacts…”
or
“Please tell all the contacts in your Messenger list…”
Truth be told, you probably receive at least one or two of these “dire warning” messages every day.
Well, guess what? Those messages are hoaxes. Every last one of them.
If you pay careful attention you will almost always see something in those messages that is obviously untrue. For example, lets take a look at one such message that I receive almost every day: [Read more…]
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