Online Theft and Online Identity Theft: Who are the Biggest Scammers? You know what makes me so angry I could chew the bark off a pine tree? The supposedly trustworthy companies who use fear-mongering and misinformation to sell you something you don’t need. For example. Every time I hear the Norton/LifeLock commercial filled with half-truths and… Read More »
How to Use Your Browser’s Address Bar to Stay Safe Online We have featured this information before, but it’s important enough to revisit it. Why? Because it’s all about your safety. The information in this article can protect you from identity theft and/or from having your bank account cleaned out, our your credit cards abused by… Read More »
Google’s Titan Security Keys Titan Security Keys make hardware-based two-factor authentication easy and practical for your online accounts. Google promises “the highest level of protection against phishing attacks”. Google recently wrote that its 85,000 employees have been using similar physical security keys for months and that none of them have fallen victim to phishing attacks. Currently Google (and… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Premium – Issue #748 – Available Online If you’re not a subscriber to Cloudeight InfoAve Premium Newsletter, please join us. It’s delivered to your inbox every Friday and it’s completely free! Subscribe right now! Our Cloudeight InfoAve Premium, Issue #748, was sent to all subscribers on Friday February 9, 2018 at approximately 10:55 AM, U. S.… Read More »
Equifax Does it Again [Almost]: A lesson to be learned The Great Equifax Breach of 2017, allowed hackers to obtain sensitive information from approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. In order “to assist” victims of the attack, Equifax set up a website where people could go learn whether or not they were affected by the breach. Around the same… Read More »
Tech Support Scams are Everywhere We featured this article several months ago, but we are reprising it because so many people are getting fooled by scams similar to the one we describe in this article. We don’t want it to happen to you. Knowledge is power and knowing what to do if scammers try to trick you can… Read More »