cybersecurity
Our personal, digital, national and military security depend on a safe cyber space.
Five Simple Steps to Ensure Online Security for Businesses
Small and medium businesses are the most vulnerable to cyber threats. Various surveys show that about 60 percent of them would close within six months of a major cyber attack. Despite that, few SMBs have an active and up-to-date cybersecurity strategy.
Laura TyrellPublished 2 years ago in 01
3 Ways Cybercriminals Are Targeting Your Employees
Unless you’ve had it happen to you, it’s all too easy to underestimate the impact of a cyber attack on your business. From hacking attempts and phishing scams to full-on denial of service (DoS) attacks, there are so many ways in which cybercriminals are constantly targeting your business as well as your employees. Though you might be unaware of it even as it’s happening, here are several means through which cybercriminals target your employees.
Tobias GillotPublished 2 years ago in 01
Sources of Intelligence
In the Intelligence Cycle, collection of sources is the second step in the cycle. The quality and quantity of information collected ultimately determines the value of the final intelligence product.
Dominic MartinPublished 2 years ago in 01
Network Security Courses for Aspiring Tech Wizards
Did you ever wonder how Guccifer was able to hack high security networks and actually post revealing documents online? Did you ever wonder how hackers were able to break into computers without even knowing much about the person?
Iggy PaulsenPublished 2 years ago in 01
5 Steps to Increase Your Website Security
Here are five steps that you should use to increase your website security. Step 1: Update, update, and update! It is of the utmost importance to keep all software updated. You should update your site as a new plug-in or CMS version if available. All these updates can contain security enhancement or patch vulnerability. It is very beneficial to keep your website updated, as well as software. If you have a WordPress website, then you should install the WP Update Notifier. It informs you when a plug-in or WordPress core update is available. It is the most important and beneficial step that you should keep in mind in order to secure your website. If you want to know further details about information technology, then you can reach out to a dissertation writing service.
Chris GreenwaltPublished 2 years ago in 01
Working in Cybersecurity
What do you think of when you hear the words “cybersecurity” or “hacking?” Does it invoke an image of a nerdy (but evil) man hidden in the shadows with a computer stealing your personal data? It’s possible. It might also bring up thoughts of things like the ever-present rumors of election hacking, because even the U.S. government has flaws in their infrastructure. While we tend to think of the United States as one of the most advanced countries, we also suffer the highest rate of all ransomware attacks worldwide.
Ainsley LawrencePublished 2 years ago in 01
How Your Printer Is Snitching on You
Printers are one of the most commonly used computer peripherals essential to every home and office. But, did you know that these devices are also designed to sell you out? Every piece of paper that comes out of your printer contains more information than you know, slipped in there for the sole purpose of tracking your documents back to you.
Jack WarnerPublished 2 years ago in 01
The Dark Web
**This article contains mature/adult themes and topics and is may not be suitable for some readers. I am also absolutely not at all in any way condoning or promoting illegal activity of any kind. This article is purely for entertainment/informational purposes only.**
Kamryn DavisPublished 2 years ago in 01
Are They Listening?
Technology is all around us, and the amount of technology we have in our home is increasing everyday. Many of these new technologies have raised some questions about privacy. Whether it be Alexa or our cell phones, numerous accounts suggest that they are listening to us. This is most likely not the first time you have heard this debate, but it recently happened to me first hand.
Derek MihalecskoPublished 2 years ago in 01
10 Ways to Keep Your Phone Safe from Theft
Last year, over 2 million Americans had their phones stolen. Phone thefts usually happen in public areas when your guard is down. Luckily, there are simple steps you can take to prevent this from happening, as well as precautions to put in place so that if it does get stolen, you have a better chance of tracking it. Be alert, be smart, and be intentional about living in a way that is ensured to keep your phone safe from theft.
James LizowskiPublished 2 years ago in 01
Hounded on All Sides: Freedom in Digital Spaces
The pervasion of mental spaces has increased dramatically over the last decade, particularly with the rise of social media. Most digital spaces have been sold and bought by corporations who push their corporate messages consistently onto vulnerable users. Such users (but not all) are vulnerable because they enjoy these spaces to relax and thus are not sufficiently circumspect against hidden advertisement. These corporate messages infiltrate mental spaces at such a regular and constant pace that they become assimilated unconsciously by users, which Alyssa Loh emphasises with regard to the USA; “Democracy in the United States, however, is less likely to end in spectacular violence than in the banal chug of market force...the gravest threat to our freedom today may be the steady erosion of our spaces of mental freedom.”
Harriet WestonPublished 2 years ago in 01
Learn How to Steal Facebook Password and How to Protect Your Account
Facebook is one of the most important social networking sites, allowing millions of subscribers to communicate fully with users on the Internet. There is no requirement to become a subscriber. Facebook is able to communicate with others and allow the subscriber to view the data of the other subscriber. According to the confidentiality and privacy adopted by this participant, in this context, Facebook was considered at the end of 2012 as the most important social networking sites, where the number of users are about one billion people on the surface of the earth – separated by borders and regions, and the different environments. I did not exaggerate when I say that Facebook infected people with delirium, it did not target a certain age group, but was able to invade various intellectual patterns, and can be used for various purposes, including chat with Friends, and the possibility of communicating by voice, image, spread of risk, the pursuit for friends, and the formation of different relationships. It is a means of social cohesion at the level of the world as a whole.
CosCom WritersPublished 2 years ago in 01
