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What You Can Do To Fend Off Hackers

Your personal information is valuable. That’s why hackers try to steal it. We’ve got tips to help you keep your personal information from ending up in the hands of a hacker.

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How to Protect Your Phone and the Data on It

Your cell phone holds some of your most sensitive, personal information. Things like your passwords and account numbers, emails, text messages, photos, and videos. If your phone ends up in the wrong hands, someone could steal your identity,...

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FBI, CISA Echo Warnings on ‘Vishing’ Threat

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from voice phishing or “vishing” attacks targeting companies. Th...

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Voice Phishers Targeting Corporate VPNs

The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access their employers’ networks. But one increasingly brazen group of crooks is t...

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Facing a Future Without Passwords

Do you hate remembering passwords? Soon, you may be able to forget them for good.

For years, we’ve relied on a secret we share with a computer to prove we are who we say we are. But passwords are easily compromised through a phishing sca...

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Activate Two-Factor Authentication Like a Pro

If your level of anxiety over online security and privacy is on the healthy side, you probably already have two-factor authentication (2FA) set up for your main accounts. If you don’t, you should seriously consider activating it to protec...

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