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How To Handle A Hack: Blizzard in 2012

Elizabeth — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 05:43:00 +0000

In 2012, game developers were beginning to experiment with a principle known as “always on”. “Always on” had many potential benefits, but the downsides keep the majority of games from ever attempting it. Many of the notable standouts are games that require team play, like Fall Guys or Overwatch. Others without main-campaign team play tend […]

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Internet Of Things Items Can Create Vulnerability

Elizabeth — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:30:55 +0000

Internet of Things items are convenient, otherwise they wouldn’t be selling. At least not next to regular, non-wifi-enabled items. They don’t even have to be connected to the internet, and they should stay that way! An Internet of Things item, or an IoT item, is a device that has a WiFi- or network-enabled computer in […]

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A Phishing Refresher

Elizabeth — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 10:33:00 +0000

How To Avoid it in the First Place There are a few key tips that give away phishing scams. Firstly, is there a sense of urgency? Your utility companies aren’t going to call and say they’ll shut off your water without at least a few mailed reminders that your bill is due! The same goes […]

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Using Biometrics: Is It Really Better?

Elizabeth — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 08:29:00 +0000

Some phones allow users to use their biometric data as 2FA, or as a password by itself – how does it measure up to PINs? Cons 1) Your Face Looks Like Your Family’s Every single service using face unlock handles this a different way – they all use different programs, and those different programs handle […]

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What is a Browser Cookie?

Elizabeth — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:46:00 +0000

A browser cookie is a little snippet of data that the browser stores while the user is browsing. Websites use cookies for their ‘remember me’ functions, for example – if you tick the box under your log in and ask the website to remember you, it will, using a cookie. The same goes for online […]

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How Does A Hacker Use Public WiFi?

Elizabeth — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 11:40:00 +0000

Ads for VPNs give their two biggest benefits as often as they can: that you can watch shows blocked in your home country using one, and that hackers using the same public WiFi network can’t steal your data as long as you’re encrypting it with a VPN. The first one is relatively easy to understand, […]

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Smishing (SMS Phishing)

Elizabeth — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:41:00 +0000

Do you get strange solicitations for all sorts of things in your messages? Are you getting texts from email accounts, or massive group-texts to you and everyone within a couple of digits of your number? That’s Smishing. Phishing Phishing is the process of sending emails with dangerous, annoying links in them hoping that someone on […]

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What Does Incognito Mode Actually Do?

Elizabeth — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 11:35:00 +0000

You might have heard it in advice: “You should always look at airline tickets in Private Mode, or the price will go up”, or “I look at eBay in Incognito Mode when I’m on the family computer, so my mom doesn’t know what her Christmas present will be”. Every browser is equipped with it! So […]

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Please, Don’t Just Scan That QR Code

Elizabeth — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 10:13:00 +0000

The Past and Present of Random Links Before the age of built in antivirus and user-friendly web design, it was entirely possible to wander onto a webpage that would just start downloading something malicious out of nowhere. Popups that did this were a serious problem, and many browsers responded by working in a sort of […]

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Consider a Password Manager

Elizabeth — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 09:34:00 +0000

Alongside 2FA, making a difficult-to-guess password can stop a staggering number of cyberattacks, both brute-force and engineered. But how exactly do you do that? The latest recommendation for a password has jumped from 8 characters to 10, 12 if you really want to play it safe, and a scrambled set of characters that meets all […]

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