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Don't Let Unerased Skype History Lead Hackers To Your Conversations

Don't Let Unerased Skype History Lead Hackers To Your Conversations

Skype did manage to let the world talk for free. I think it'd be hard to find a single PC user on the globe who doesn't use the service. But the free service can make us pay a heavy price if we don't pay proper attention to safeguarding our privacy. Skype history is a feature that works very...

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Expert Interviews: Gary Miliefsky

Expert Interviews: Gary Miliefsky

Welcome to the new section of our blog, "Expert Interviews". Our interviewee this time is one of the world's most well-known infosecurity expert, Gary Miliefsky, Executive Producer at Cyber Defense Magazine, member of Board of Directors at National Information Security Group. We would like...

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Data Security Based On File/Folder Encryption

Data Security Based On File/Folder Encryption

Welcome to the second installment of our Encryption series. In this post I'm going to show you how to encode your confidential data with an encryption software to protect your sensitive business, financial, or medical data, passwords, private photos, videos and so forth. If kept on your PC in plain...

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How To Avoid Identity Theft During This Tax Season?

How To Avoid Identity Theft During This Tax Season?

The time is here to file taxes and if you use the Internet to get it done there are some very important best practices for preventing identity theft this season. Cyber-criminals are especially in favor of the tax season because the documents you are required to submit contain highly sensitive...

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Think Before You Sync! Chrome, Firefox, Opera Sync Multiply Privacy Risks!

Think Before You Sync! Chrome, Firefox, Opera Sync Multiply Privacy Risks!

Do you sync? Me too. I keep myself signed in to my Chrome account on all the PCs I use so when I finish working on my office PC and switch on my home laptop, I can access all my bookmarks, add-ons, history, autofill, open tabs and saved passwords on that device too. (The same goes for sync provided...

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Don't Let This Pony Take You For A Ride: Prevent ID Theft On Social Networking Sites

Don't Let This Pony Take You For A Ride: Prevent ID Theft On Social Networking Sites

Who doesn't have a social networking account these days? Whether it's because of emotional ties, business, work, or fun, most of us connects with family, friends, or colleagues across the web. However, with their hundreds of millions of users, social networking sites are in constant hacker focus....

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